I am super excited to announce that from 16th to 20th April 2018, we celebrated the WordPress Hosting Week 2018 featuring all the awesome hosting partners at WPCouple.
β‘Sshh! A little birdie told me that at @TheWPCouple we're preparing for a "WordPress Hosting Week'18" β I say no more!
π¦ Who: Me @MrAhmadAwais @MaedahBatool @MrSaqibAmeen
π¦ What: @Kinsta @WPEngine @LiquidWeb @Cloudways pic.twitter.com/ZPPm0yTByH— Ahmad Awais (@MrAhmadAwais) March 30, 2018
β‘οΈYAY! WordPress Hosting Week '18 is here π https://t.co/do7Fg5g1Ju
π WHEN: APR 16 β 20, 2018
π¬ WHERE: https://t.co/8G38hxviMl
β
HOSTS:π― @Kinsta π― @WPEngine π¦ @LiquidWeb π @Cloudwaysπ€ Fun Puns
π Extensive Reviews
π° Insane Discounts
π₯ #WPHostingWeek18π #Retweet pic.twitter.com/3RWcEgBLP5
— Maedah Batool π©βπ» (@MaedahBatool) April 12, 2018
Throughout this week we sharedΒ extensive reviews and feature highlights of the top-notch hosting companies in the WordPress ecosystem i.e.,Β Kinsta, WPEngine, LiquidWeb, and CloudWays. Lots of exciting stuff regarding WordPress hosting services got featured.Β π
For the first four days, we talked about one WordPress hosting service each day. On the fifth day β Friday β there was a round-up for the whole week. Sssh! Did someone say discount coupons?Β π
P.S. This is going to be your go-to post for the Hosting Week since we’ll be updating it every day with details & happenings, etc. So, stay tuned!
Below is the brief schedule for the week: β
β‘Β KinstaΒ is an incredibly fast, premium WordPress hosting service. It’s the first managed WordPress hosting service powered by Google Cloud Platform. Kinsta rocks tons of great features and plans for everyone.
Review Highlights
We wrote an extensive review of Kinsta at WPCouple. You can read here.
π Starting #WPHostingWeek18 DAY01 β @Kinsta Day!
We wrote an extensive review of @Kinsta π https://t.co/VMpni1ARBu
π 1st WP Managed Hosting that uses @GoogleCloud
β° 4 Cache Types β Bytecode, Object, Page & CDN
β‘οΈ Blazing Fast Performance
π Top-notch Supportπ Retweet pic.twitter.com/7CP12Er8QI
— Maedah Batool π©βπ» (@MaedahBatool) April 16, 2018
π₯ Today's @Kinsta day at WPCouple #WPHostingWeek18
Read why I love @Kinsta & how they helped me double my site traffic
π https://t.co/0uOQcd1QncπWe (@MaedahBatool, @MrAhmadAwais, @MrSaqibAmeen) are celebrating our WPCouple #OpenSource hosting partners' week.
π Retweet pic.twitter.com/TLLjOQamQ8
— Ahmad Awais (@MrAhmadAwais) April 16, 2018
"One of the best things that happened after I migrated to Kinsta was my organic traffic and keyword rankings at Google increased. β¬οΈ" — @TheWPCouple
Check out their in-depth review: https://t.co/MYoWNCn6Mc #webperf #webhosting pic.twitter.com/HO0Tul7CMG
— Kinsta (@kinsta) April 16, 2018
π WPCouple #WPHostingWeek18 β @Kinsta Day!
WPCouple wrote an extensive review of @Kinsta π https://t.co/1BFxJB3PDX
π 1st WP Managed Hosting that uses @GoogleCloud
β° 4 Cache Types β Bytecode, Object, Page & CDN
β‘οΈ Blazing Fast Performance
π Top-notch Support— Saqib Ameen (@MrSaqibAmeen) April 16, 2018
π Analytics by @Kinsta are super cool!
OFFERS
π© Server & site performance
π₯ Server responses
π Actionable data
π₯ User dispersion #WPHostingWeek18π¬ Don't miss our extensive review @TheWPCouple β https://t.co/VMpni1ARBu pic.twitter.com/ihbQgkac7O
— Maedah Batool π©βπ» (@MaedahBatool) April 16, 2018
π« @Kinsta boasts an incredibly dope dashboard!
π¨ Great UX
β Ease of use
π Beautifully designed
π― Everything just at the right place#WPHostingWeek18 #KinstaEffectFor details read our extensive review @TheWPCouple π https://t.co/VMpni1ARBu pic.twitter.com/FNYN7jfr6m
— Maedah Batool π©βπ» (@MaedahBatool) April 16, 2018
π @Kinsta offers hosting plans for everyone!
β± Total 8 plans
πΉ Detailed description
π Monthly & yearly payments#WPHostingWeek18Donβt miss our extensive review at WPCouple π https://t.co/iEnOpIE2y4 pic.twitter.com/dKrpcXJqd5
— Maedah Batool π©βπ» (@MaedahBatool) April 16, 2018
π₯Β WPEngine fuels a great digital experience for WordPress based websites. It’s a premium WordPress hosting which provides reliability, security, scalability, and performance. WPEngine offers dedicated solutions for Small Businesses, Agency, and Enterprises. Stay tuned to learn more.
Review Highlights
We wrote an extensive review of WPEngine at WPCouple. You can read here.
π DAY02 #WPHostingWeek18 β @WPEngine Day!
We wrote an extensive review of @WPEngine π https://t.co/Kv3SZiL27Iβ Managed hosting for Agency, Enterprise, SMB
π Unrestricted transferable sites
π $250M + $100M Invesment
β Integrated w/ 40+ tech
π WPCLI Integrationπ Retweet pic.twitter.com/c86bshTl6a
— Maedah Batool π©βπ» (@MaedahBatool) April 17, 2018
π₯ At @WPEngine, you get 3 different environments for your sites to build a workflow and migrating among them is fun!
π· Development
π§ Staging
π¬ Production #WPHostingWeek18More in our extensive review at https://t.co/8G38hxviMl π https://t.co/BlDnpDb6fG pic.twitter.com/WPs5pgFnmD
— Maedah Batool π©βπ» (@MaedahBatool) April 17, 2018
π© Keep your love for terminal alive by using WP-CLI for your site without any configuration with @WPEngine right from your dashboard.
π₯ Navigate to your site Dashboard > Advanced and start doing the magic!#WPHostingWeek18
Read an extensive review π https://t.co/BlDnpDb6fG pic.twitter.com/1GWHJmrbP7
— Maedah Batool π©βπ» (@MaedahBatool) April 17, 2018
π An exclusive @WPEngine discount deal for @TheWPCouple readers!
π₯ Use "WPCOUPLE20" for 20% OFF on first payment thatβs an additional 2 months FREE months on annual plan β 12 months in the price of 8!#WPHostingWeek18
Read our extensive review: https://t.co/BlDnpDb6fG pic.twitter.com/SxQDmDtubN
— Maedah Batool π©βπ» (@MaedahBatool) April 18, 2018
π₯ Today is @WPEngine Day at #WPHostingWeek18
Wrote an extensive review of @WPEngine π https://t.co/wIeuEYTQ8cI use @WPEngine for my clients:
β Dev accounts
π Transferable sites
π #OpenSource Community support
π Props @HeatherJBrunner @WPDavidV @ASmartBearπ Retweet pic.twitter.com/Iw8KWVKTZ3
— Ahmad Awais (@MrAhmadAwais) April 17, 2018
π―Β LiquidWebΒ is a leading Managed WordPress hosting service provider. Recently, they have introduced ManagedΒ WooCommerce Hosting for the first time in the industry. Next time you need to create a store without worrying about downtime, security, or performance, don’t miss it out.
Review Highlights
We wrote an extensive review of Liquid Web at WPCouple. You can read here.
π YAY! DAY03 #WPHostingWeek18 β @LiquidWeb Day!
We wrote an extensive review of @LiquidWeb π https://t.co/5EmK57Xvay
π Pioneer Managed WooCommerce Hosting
β Pre-installed plugins for performance
π Free Glew, Jilt & Astra Integration
π Stencils for future sitesπ Retweet pic.twitter.com/PEp7uLzkLg
— Maedah Batool π©βπ» (@MaedahBatool) April 18, 2018
π With Managed #WooCommerce @LiquidWeb β get several pre-installed plugins
π₯Brings optimization
πExtends Woo's functionalityPLUGINS
πWooSimple
πMulti-tabs Products
πWoo Custom Thank You
π¦Lazy Load Comments & Images#WPHostingWeek18Review π https://t.co/ohnXiF2Gru pic.twitter.com/BIeuORoZ9U
— Maedah Batool π©βπ» (@MaedahBatool) April 18, 2018
π₯ FREE @GlewAnalytics with @LiquidWeb's #ManagedWooCommerce!
πΊStats to plan next strategy & take proper action
ποΈStore analysis β orders, products & customers
π’ Dedicated data centers for stats with https://t.co/1xk5wHwDEE#WPHostingWeek18
π https://t.co/ohnXiF2Gru pic.twitter.com/NNTbBGGFAK— Maedah Batool π©βπ» (@MaedahBatool) April 18, 2018
π― FREE @Jilt with @LiquidWeb #ManagedWooCommerceHosting
πΌPlan next orders recovery email campaign
π€Recover abandon carts
π€Generate more revenueDesign Email With
π Predefined templates
π‘Drag & drop functionalityβ Read our extensive review π https://t.co/5EmK57Xvay pic.twitter.com/D5K9Jyhyhd
— Maedah Batool π©βπ» (@MaedahBatool) April 19, 2018
β‘ Folks, it's @LiquidWeb Day 3οΈβ£ of #WPHostingWeek18
We wrote an extensive review of @LiquidWeb π https://t.co/D73c2vJYtjπ Pioneer Managed #WooCommerce Hosting
π Free Glew, Jilt & Astra Integration #FTW!
π Performance focused platform
πStencils for future sitesYay!!! pic.twitter.com/u5I5ukmSBG
— Ahmad Awais (@MrAhmadAwais) April 18, 2018
Don't just take our word for it, read this extensive review about our Liquid Web #ManagedWooCommerceHosting product and see how easy it is to get started. Thanks, @MrAhmadAwais & @MaedahBatool https://t.co/gpmoRb70WQ
— Liquid Web (@LiquidWeb) April 18, 2018
I LOVE the stencils. https://t.co/DmSCccxFVh
— Jason Hobbs, LLC (@jasonhobbsllc) April 18, 2018
π―Β Cloudways is managed WordPress hosting which allows you to deploy your site on cloud-based architectures. Currently, it manages services forΒ AWS, Google Cloud Platform, Vultr, Digital Ocean, Kyup, and Linode. This way, you can utilize the cloud infrastructure perks without worrying about its configuration.
Review Highlights
We wrote an extensive review of Liquid Web at WPCouple. You can read here.
π Super excited for DAY04 #WPHostingWeek18 β @Cloudways Day!
We wrote an extensive review π https://t.co/Na01yBRsjK
π° PaaS β Pay as you go
π Pre-installed Varnish Cache & WooCommerce
π¨βπ« Site Testing with AWS, Digital Ocean, Vultr, Linode
β½οΈ Deploy with Gitπ Retweet pic.twitter.com/7y7oE64RJ6
— Maedah Batool π©βπ» (@MaedahBatool) April 19, 2018
π I was super glad to see that @Cloudways take "Pay as you go" mechanism quite seriously.
This helps you to craft your hosting plan and choose your computing platform a lot more fun. π―#WPHostingWeek18
β Donβt miss our extensive review π https://t.co/9iA4xwRseN pic.twitter.com/xp9qQnB78w
— Maedah Batool π©βπ» (@MaedahBatool) April 19, 2018
π© Folks @Cloudways ensure you utilize all data centers of partnering Cloud Hosting Services
Data Center Locations
π14 @GoogleCloud Hosting Service
π‘8 @DigitalOcean
π―14 @AwsCloud
πΊ4 @Kyupcloud
π₯8 @Linode
π―15 @Vultr#WPHostingWeek18
Review π https://t.co/Na01yBRsjK pic.twitter.com/EjcQez7DoN— Maedah Batool π©βπ» (@MaedahBatool) April 19, 2018
π #DYK that @Cloudways went through 550% growth in 12 months. Check out their super awesome timeline to know about their journey so far. π―
Read our extensive review at https://t.co/8G38hxviMl π https://t.co/9iA4xwRseN pic.twitter.com/zoncPnDZgW
— Maedah Batool π©βπ» (@MaedahBatool) April 20, 2018
β‘Today's @Cloudways Day at WPCouple's #WPHostingWeek18
Our team wrote an extensive review π https://t.co/3BUjgbCsGi
π° WP PaaS βPay as you go
π Pre-installed Varnish Cache & Security FW
π¨βπ« Deploy on AWS, Digital Ocean, Vultr, Linode
β½οΈ Git & other dev-toolsβ Retweet pic.twitter.com/BWvmxcyIkl
— Ahmad Awais (@MrAhmadAwais) April 19, 2018
I love Cloudways. The best affordable host if you canβt set up your own VPS. https://t.co/kiGRradeNE
— David Greenwald (@davidegreenwald) April 20, 2018
π₯
And it’s a wrap!
Weekly Round-Up βΒ FRI 20-04-18
This is the last working day of the week β Friday β and here we are summarizing the whole week. Compiling the highlights and fun happenings of the whole week.
π₯ And it's a wrap! #WPHostingWeek18
A BIG #ThankYou to our amazing hosting partners for making it possible. π―π
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ποΈββοΈ 4 Hosting Companies
βοΈ Extensive Reviews
π€ Social Sharing
π€ Fun Factsh/t@Kinsta @WPEngine @LiquidWeb @Cloudways
Detailsπhttps://t.co/j1PaZyJhpS pic.twitter.com/TUdeHX359y
— Maedah Batool π©βπ» (@MaedahBatool) April 20, 2018
I’d like to say a special thanks to all our hosting partners β Kinsta, WPEngine, Liquid Web & Cloudways for being so awesome and extending their support for our open-source work. Their support has made it possible for us to accomplish some cool projects like:
- πΌΒ
create-guten-block
Developer Toolkit: A zero-configuration #0CJS developer toolkit for building WordPress Gutenberg block plugins. Used by more than 15,000 developers. - πΒ Shades of Purple: A free professional theme with hand-picked & bold shades of purple to go along with your VS Code. Used by more than 1300 developers and still counting.
- π¦Β WordPress AI Project: UsingΒ Cognitive Services APIs, Microsoft Azure,Β MongoDB Atlas and other related automation.
- And so on… β
Don’t forget to follow the WPCoupleΒ team β Ahmad Awais, Maedah BatoolΒ & Saqib Ameen on Twitter for updates.
Peace!Β β
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