{"id":110713,"date":"2025-04-01T17:39:48","date_gmt":"2025-04-01T14:39:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/?p=110713"},"modified":"2025-04-01T17:39:52","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T14:39:52","slug":"best-ssh-hosting-for-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/best-ssh-hosting-for-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Best SSH Hosting for WordPress Sites on Shared Servers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Shared hosting is what most website owners (~38%) 1<\/a><\/sup> rely on when first launching a WordPress site. But for many people – including probably you – shared hosting eventually starts to feel limiting. You reach a point where maybe you need to make server-level adjustments or export a large database, but you also don’t want to upgrade to a dedicated server or a VPS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SSH access provides a nice middle ground solution, but unfortunately<\/em>, many shared hosting plans don’t allow it for security reasons – so they say<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

On the flip side, there are some that do – and I’ve rounded up five of my favorites with all the details for you right here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Let’s begin with a top-level comparative overview. Then I’ll give you a quick primer on what SSH access in shared hosting environments looks like, followed by a more detailed look at each company.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Best WordPress hosting with SSH access overview \ud83d\udda5\ufe0f<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Host<\/th>Intro Price
(Renewal)<\/span><\/span>On the cheapest available shared hosting plan.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/th>		cPanel<\/th>WP-CLI<\/th>Composer<\/th>Node.js<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
Namecheap<\/strong><\/a><\/td>$1.58 ($4.07)<\/td>\u2705<\/td>\u274c<\/td>\u2705<\/td>\u2705<\/td><\/tr>
Hostinger<\/strong><\/a><\/td>$2.69 ($7.99)<\/td>\ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<\/span><\/span>Hostinger's shared hosting plans come with their own custom control panel called hPanel. They have separate cPanel plans if you really want cPanel. The pricing is similar, though not always the same as the default hPanel plans.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\u2705<\/td>\u2705<\/td>\u274c<\/td><\/tr>
InMotion<\/strong><\/a><\/td>$2.99 ($10.99)<\/td>\u2705<\/td>\u2705<\/td>\u2705<\/td>\u2705<\/td><\/tr>
Hosting.com (formerly A2 Hosting)<\/strong><\/a><\/td>$3.99 ($12.99)<\/td>\u2705<\/td>\u2705<\/td>\u2705<\/td>\ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<\/span><\/span>Node.js is not available on the entry-level plan, but access is enabled on all higher shared hosting plans.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td><\/tr>
GreenGeeks<\/strong><\/a><\/td>$2.95 ($12.95)<\/td>\u2705<\/td>\u2705<\/td>\u274c<\/td>\ud83e\udd37\u200d\u2642\ufe0f<\/span><\/span>Node.js is only available on the third-tier Premium plan.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n
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TL;DR<\/strong> \ud83d\ude0e<\/p>\n\n\n\n