Comments on: Why You Should NOT Use GoDaddy Managed WordPress Hosting

By: aayur

aayur — Fri, 24 Feb 2017 06:34:06 +0000

Thanks for this post David. I launched my website on GoDaddy yesterday and it’s terribly slow . I bought their basic Cpanel hosting package with no managed wordpress. What other options do I have . Can you recommend any other hosting companies?

By: David Wallace

David Wallace — Thu, 23 Feb 2017 00:13:20 +0000

In reply to Lewis Yildirimturk. Fortunately I have never had to use GoDaddy for anything myself. However, we constantly work on client sites that are either hosting with GoDaddy or at the very least, using them for domain name provider. The latter is fine but for hosting, a nightmare! Thanks for your comments.

By: Lewis Yildirimturk

Lewis Yildirimturk — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 16:37:52 +0000

I tried GoDaddy’s WordPress hosting for over a year and had lots of problems. I have been designing web sites since 1998 and used a lot of different hosts. Godaddy servers are extremely slow and their support system is very bad.

Lots of problems with https (SSL) and you end up wasting time and spending more money per website.

There is also no email support. Phone support and chat support wait time is over 20 minutes. Support staff (if you wait and can reach them) has very little knowledge and they act like receptionists. They can’t solve most the issues. Godaddy tech support is the worst I have ever seen.