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Excellent Choice for Hosting
December 19, 2019

In essence this is where you get treated with respect regardless of your own shortcomings.
9+ Technical Score for solid data center implementation

10 Score for Anytime You Need It Support
Because the tech's will go into your installation and make the fix if you are not able or do not understand what to do (the majority of problems are not understanding the details yourself).

10 Score for Email included

5 Score for Technical Assistance with Security.
The default install of WordPress and Email leave you highly vulnerable because the File & Directory Rights (Read, Write, eXecute permissions) are too promiscuous as with all hosting providers. "0644" means 0 in Directory (good), 6 as Read/Write for Owner (ok), 4 as Read for Owners Group User (ok) and the last 4 is Read permission for the entire world (VERY DANGEROUS). While these are the defaults for loading software the problem is with last position being xxx4 that anyone or any program can bypass the WordPress application and read your all of your data, your User accounts in WordPress, all the passwords in WordPress INCLUDING wp-config. Php which contains the Website ADMIN, Email, Password, plus Database User ID and Database Password.
Proper setting for websites is published in the WordPress Codex and also involves placing WordPress application in it's own subdirectory to enhance security control. The majority of Wordpress program files should be running under 0640 Read/Write(update)-Read-None, files which are just contents use 0440 Read-Read-None permission, and your backups should be 0400 Read-None-None since they contain the all your data & secrets.

Regardless of the Hosting provider - the effort of Locking Up of File Permissions After Install & Unlocking to Perform WP Updates is the responsibility of the hosting User (You & me). So unless you hire someone to do it for you it's going to remain your job description OR YOU CAN BE RUNNING A WEBSITE IN UNSAFE CONDITION THAT"S EASY TO STEAL (copy) DATA. All hosting providers have this inherent problem of website owners failing to handle the security. Fortunately codex.wordpress.org has documentation of Securing WordPress.

I would recommend SiteGround for the majority of small to medium hosting. It's far more useful than wrestling GoDaddy or RackSpace for email and other common programs are fundamentally bundled in Linux/Unix hosting which those providers stripped out to charge you more money with increased headache of using Microsoft mail instead of Exim or Postfix which are a better technical choice for multiple reasons.

SiteGround is at the top of their industry. If you are not willing to learn how your site works then hire a wordpress administrator to run your site on SiteGround. There is no entry level hosting with better features & dependable support than SiteGround at their price.

David L. Cannon
Best Selling Author, Innovator, Sr. Executive - Bridging the 99,000 foot Gap Between Strategic Goals & Execution

Date of experience: December 18, 2019
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