<div class="bbWrapper">I see many people recommending shared hosting or managed hosting.<br />
In the interest of keeping your monthly cost low, you could opt for unmanaged hosting and do this yourself.<br />
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What you would be hosting from is called a <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_server" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">VPS</a> (Virtual Private Server).<br />
You can get one at <a href="https://www.digitalocean.com" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">Digital Ocean</a> for $5 a month. It's cheap for what's essentially your own little computer.<br />
Unless you run a really successful website, this plan will suffice. (You can run up to 200 concurrent visitors and still have load times under 2 seconds). If you've got more visitors, well, pick a more expensive plan <img src="/community/imgs/emoticons/em-wink.png" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-shortname=";)" /><br />
Do check for coupon codes, most of the time you'll get 10 dollars for free so you can try their service.<br />
(You can only add a coupon after providing payment info)<br />
If you still have acces to an educational emailadres, get the <a href="https://education.github.com/pack" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">Github Pack</a>, a 50 dollar coupon for Digital Ocean is included.<br />
(I also love <a href="http://www.ramnode.com" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">Ramrode</a>, but DigitalOcean is a bit more user friendly)<br />
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Now comes the great part. Not kidding, it really is great.<br />
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You get this VPS. See it as a computer. It has Linux on it, Ubuntu 14 to be exact.<br />
Now, instead of you going through a long and complicated proces of installing all the applications necessary to make this into a web server, you just type in 2 lines of code. That's it.<br />
You do it with a script called <a href="https://easyengine.io" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">EasyEngine</a>. Go to the site, it has all the info you need in the FAQ and DOCS.<br />
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Oh and the great part?<br />
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It installs Wordpress on your server and configures your server for speed.<br />
Like, crazy fast speed. They've done all the research, they know what works.<br />
You get a super fast Wordpress website hosted, for only $5 per month.<br />
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In their latest update they also added <a href="https://easyengine.io/blog/new-release-http2-letsencrypt-support/" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">SSL support</a> by <a href="https://letsencrypt.org" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">LetsEncrypt</a>.<br />
So you get an https website for free. With just one line of code.<br />
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As you might have noticed, I love this.<br />
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Now, I wouldn't recommend this to a non technical person who has never heard of Linux, doesn't understand what a server is or screams at the sight of a computer.<br />
But since you're looking for a different hosting provider yourself, I'm guessing you're capable enough.<br />
Even if you've never done anything like this, it's worth it if you don't mind learning a little.<br />
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If there is any interest, I could type out a little start to finish guide, but really, there's not much to it.<br />
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TL;DR: <a href="https://www.digitalocean.com" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">DigitalOcean VPS</a> with <a href="https://easyengine.io" target="_blank" class="link link--external" rel="nofollow ugc noopener">EasyEngine</a></div>
