Cheap/reliable hosting advice please?

[JimmyMac]

Can anyone recommend a good UK based hosting service for WordPress sites? I've had quite a bad experience so far. :(

[Boss Hog]

That's because you used the word cheap! Cheap & Reliable rarely go hand in hand

Don't have anyone to recommend unfortunately as we have a dedicated server, although sure others will be along with some suggestions for you.

[JimmyMac]

That's because you used the word cheap! Cheap & Reliable rarely go hand in hand

yeah, true!

[djb]

I’m not if you want Wordpress specific hosting (although you can certainly install Wordpress on the webspace using the automatic installer thingy) but I’ve just switched to these guys:

cPanel Hosting UK | Cheap Domain Names | Free R1Soft | UK Virtual and Dedicated Servers - Vidahost Fast UK Web Hosting

And yes they are cheap, and so far extremely reliable and also surprisingly helpful considering the price you pay. They transferred all my websites/email accounts from my previous host for me within about 15 minutes of asking! Which beats waiting days for my previous (cheap) US hosting company.

[byronc]

Can anyone recommend a good UK based hosting service for WordPress sites? I've had quite a bad experience so far. :(

Fasthosts?

[spottypenguin]

The place I work offers websites and they are all WP, the gaffer uses Heart and it is p1ss-easy to set it up, has a one-click button type jobby

[knorthfield]

If you want cheap I would go for a US host. Is there any particular reason you want a UK one?
Kris.

[JimmyMac]

Thanks for the advice guys.
For now, I've gone with Clientwork | Free webspace for web designers. I have a WordPress site completely free while I'm developing. I may use the suggested sites above when the time comes to go live.

Many thanks.

[richimgd]

For me I would always reccomend 1&1 Web hosting as they havent let me down... I've hosted multiple sites with them for 5 years with no issues at all.