Hosting your blog with Gandi
Designing a personal or professional blog using WordPress has many benefits. WordPress allows users to personalize their website very easily without knowing any code and provides an all-in-one solution for bloggers who wish to focus on their content.
However, WordPress does not offer a ‘turnkey’ experience. It is therefore necessary to put a third party in charge of hosting your WordPress blog. Rather than complicating your efforts, entrusting your blog to a web host can instead be an unexpected asset.
Plan: S+
Starter- 2 sites max recommended
- 1 CPU/up to 256MB
Plan: M
Basic- 5 sites max recommended
- 2 CPU/up to 512MB
Plan: L
Pro- 10 sites max recommended
- 3 CPU/up to 1GB
Plan: XXL
Business- 20 sites max recommended
- 8 CPU/up to 16GB
Included in each plan:
- Storage expandable up to 1TB ($0.35/GB)
- Free TLS/SSL certificates.
- Unlimited bandwidth.
- Automatic linking to your domains.
- Varnish web accelerator.
- Technical support by email.
Benefits of choosing your own WordPress hosting solution
There are many benefits to designing your blog with Wordpress while choosing your own hosting provider. This solution allows you to:
- Avoid unwanted advertising on your blog,
- Decide the price you want to pay based on the features and options that you deem important,
- Have the flexibility to adjust the size of your hosting offer to the amount of traffic on your blog,
- Benefit from a fully automated installation process that will immediately connect your WordPress blog to your domain name.
Blog hosting gives you the possibility to enjoy these benefits without having to sacrifice any of the other advantages you get from using a CMS.
The advantages of using WordPress as your CMS to create a blog
WordPress is a content management system (CMS) that has a high level of personalization and user-friendliness that few other open-source CMS can provide. Even professional web developers rely on this platform without hesitation.
Thanks to thousands of themes, extensions, and plugins available under this CMS, WordPress users can create a unique, high-quality blog without running the risk of lengthening the time it takes to display the pages.
WordPress blogs put an emphasis on content, which particularly benefits their rankings in search results. Search engine optimization is also made simpler thanks to a wide range of easily-integrable SEO plugins.
Lastly, WordPress’s community is where this platform truly shines. In their online forum, you will be able to communicate with people who have put their hearts into making the official forum as lively and useful as possible. There, you can find answers to all your questions.
Steps to create a WordPress blog and host it with Gandi
Gandi assists you with the creation of your WordPress blog, giving you a streamlined experience. The first step consists of purchasing a domain name which you will then be able to connect to your blog.
The second step is to connect your domain name with your blog. When you select your domain name from Gandi, and also trust us to host your blog, this process becomes very simple. You only need to choose the best plan for your needs and, a few emails later, your SSL certificate is created.
You will then receive your final message inviting you to complete your WordPress configuration. Once you receive this email, you will be able to start personalizing your web pages and writing your content immediately.
Thanks to free customer support and the possibility of modifying the options available to the blogging platform, it will be easy for you to offer your visitors an enjoyable user experience.
Plan: S+
Starter- 2 sites max recommended
- 1 CPU/up to 256MB
Plan: M
Basic- 5 sites max recommended
- 2 CPU/up to 512MB
Plan: L
Pro- 10 sites max recommended
- 3 CPU/up to 1GB
Plan: XXL
Business- 20 sites max recommended
- 8 CPU/up to 16GB
Included in each plan:
- Storage expandable up to 1TB ($0.35/GB)
- Free TLS/SSL certificates.
- Unlimited bandwidth.
- Automatic linking to your domains.
- Varnish web accelerator.
- Technical support by email.
FAQ / frequently asked questions
What hosting plan should I choose?
Gandi offers several different types of quality web hosting that are easy to use:
How do I choose the right domain for me?
Explore our various services:
- All the domain name extensions (over 750) we offer
- new domain name extensions
- check the availability of domain names you want to register
- WHOIS: view publicly available domain name information
How can I secure my website?
To help secure your website, make use of an SSL certificate from among our offer:
What solutions do you have for online file storage?
We make the Nextcloud open-source platform easy to install and use. It lets you store, share, and easily engage in collaborative work. It's a great way to control your data online.