{"id":29357,"date":"2020-03-24T11:48:00","date_gmt":"2020-03-24T09:48:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/?p=29357"},"modified":"2025-03-07T00:04:00","modified_gmt":"2025-03-07T00:04:00","slug":"godaddy-wordpress-hosting-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/godaddy-wordpress-hosting-review\/","title":{"rendered":"GoDaddy WordPress Hosting Review: Good Value or Not?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Are the GoDaddy WordPress hosting plans a good choice for your website?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s no surprise that GoDaddy offers plans tailored to the most popular content management system (CMS) on the web (WordPress)! Depending on your needs, the handy features that GoDaddy’s WordPress plans provide could help your website succeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n

In our GoDaddy review for WordPress, we’ll take a closer look at the features it offers, as well as its support system, performance, and prices. Let’s first begin with an overview and then we’ll dive into the fine details.<\/p>\n\n\n

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<\/svg><\/svg><\/svg><\/svg><\/svg>\t\t\t <\/div>\t\t\t\t3.8 out of 5<\/span>\t\t\t<\/div>\t\t<\/div>\t
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The GoDaddy WordPress hosting plans offer decent load times for the price and some solid features like automatic daily updates, a free SSL, and a staging site to test changes before you push them to your live site. As long as you don’t plan on running more than one website then GoDaddy’s WordPress hosting is a good choice for a flexible and affordable WordPress hosting solution.<\/p>\t<\/div> <\/div>\t

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<\/svg><\/svg><\/svg><\/svg><\/svg> <\/div>\t\t\t3.7 out of 5<\/span>\t\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\t
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<\/svg><\/svg><\/svg><\/svg><\/svg> <\/div>\t\t\t3.8 out of 5<\/span>\t\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\t
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Pros<\/h4>\t
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Low cost<\/p>\t<\/div>\t

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24\/7 support availability<\/p>\t<\/div>\t

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Free WooCommerce extensions on Ecommerce plan<\/p>\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\t

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Cons<\/h4>\t
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Just "OK" performance<\/p>\t<\/div>\t

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Only supports a single site<\/p>\t<\/div>\t

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Poor user support ratings in our survey<\/p>\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\t<\/div>\t

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An overview of GoDaddy for WordPress<\/h2>\n\n\n
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Load times<\/strong><\/td>\n0.58s (US) | 0.49s (EU) | 0.7s (Asia) … (?)<\/span><\/span><\/span>This is the average amount of time it took for our test website to load, as measured from various global locations.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uptime<\/strong><\/td>\n100% (avg. over 3 months)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Support<\/strong><\/td>\n24\/7 support for all plans via live chat, phone, or text message.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Key features<\/strong><\/td>\nNVMe storage, free SSL, free domain, daily malware scans, unmetered bandwidth.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Apps<\/strong><\/td>\nWordPress pre-installed, AI creation tool, and web application firewall.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Price<\/strong><\/td>\nEntry-level plan is $5.99 per month<\/a> and lets you host 1 website with a free domain name for the initial contract term.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Best for<\/strong><\/td>\nBeginner WordPress users who want a head start on setting up their website, along with some useful bonus features.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

GoDaddy WordPress plans versus main competitors<\/h2>\n\n\n
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<\/th>\nGoDaddy<\/strong><\/th>\nBluehost<\/strong><\/th>\nSiteGround<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n
Rating<\/strong><\/td>\n3.8 \/ 5<\/td>\n4.4 \/ 5<\/td>\n4.7 \/ 5<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Load time avg.<\/strong><\/td>\n0.57s<\/td>\n0.5s<\/td>\n0.94s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uptime avg.<\/strong><\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Price from<\/strong><\/td>\n$5.99<\/td>\n$9.99<\/td>\n$2.99<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Free domain<\/strong><\/td>\n\u2705<\/span><\/td>\n\u2705<\/span><\/td>\n\u2705<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Free email hosting<\/strong><\/td>\n\u274c*<\/span><\/td>\n\u274c*<\/span><\/td>\n\u2705<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Free SSL<\/strong><\/td>\n\u2705<\/span><\/td>\n\u2705<\/span><\/td>\n\u2705<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Hosting panel<\/strong><\/td>\nCustom panel<\/td>\ncPanel and custom panel<\/td>\nSiteGround’s own Site Tools<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Visit<\/strong><\/td>\n GoDaddy<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n Bluehost<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n SiteGround<\/span><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n
* Free email hosting is available as a trial (various lengths) and then renews as a paid add-on feature.<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tfoot>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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GoDaddy compared to market average<\/caption>\n
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Load times US<\/strong><\/td>\n0.58s<\/td>\n1.13s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Load times EU<\/strong><\/td>\n0.49s<\/td>\n1.15s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Load times Asia<\/strong><\/td>\n0.7s<\/td>\n1.79s<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Uptime<\/strong><\/td>\n100%<\/td>\n99.86%<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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