Handyhost - how to choose the best hosting for you. So why exactly Handyhost

Hello readers! We continue our reviews to help everyone who is looking for an inexpensive and high-quality hosting for their WordPress site. This time we will test Russian hosting - Handyhost, which has been featured in various host tops for a long time and has very high user ratings. I created a guest account there (by the way, 30 days is more than generous) and now I will tell you about all the shortcomings and advantages of this hoster.

Handyhost - basic hosting features

The Russian company Handyhost has been providing hosting services for more than 7 years and is in the top 10 of the popular hosting top Nija Hosting. Among the services offered to customers are various options for regular, inexpensive, universal hosting, productive VPS and powerful dedicated servers. On the modern and understandable website of the company, you can easily get acquainted with all the tariffs and important features of all the services provided.

I am sure that most readers will be primarily interested in the rates and features of the most economical and universal hosting, where prices start at 68 rubles per month (when paid for a year). If required, you can immediately purchase domains from 109 rubles.

The popular ISPmanager admin panel is responsible for the interaction of users with the hosting in the form of two panels familiar to many for billing and working with the server. Everything is in Russian and it is not difficult to understand here. Moreover, the network has a lot of different guides and manuals.

Specialized terifs for WordPress

In terms of price, tariffs for WP are no different from ordinary ones. The hosting administration claims that all settings are fully consistent for fast and correct WordPress operation. After adding a new domain to the site, you should immediately go to the PHP settings and set the maximum size of uploaded files to at least 100MB if you plan to upload large themes or serious plugins through the admin panel.

Below I provide screenshots of a quick installation of a test site using the built-in installer.

Everything is really, very fast, convenient and error-free. In a couple of minutes, we get a ready-to-use WordPress site, where you just have to update the system to the latest version and get to work.

In just a few minutes, I managed to install (import) the full demo version of the rather heavy premium Enfold theme version 3.6.1. In fairness, it must be said that not every hosting, like this, by default, in a couple of clicks, manages to make such an import the first time. You can see the result here (link works for two weeks).

As always, during these tests I install the premium plugin BackupBuddy. By itself, this is a cool plugin designed for backups, but in addition, it includes a powerful Server Tools utility with which you can easily determine how well the server fits the modern requirements of script and theme developers for WP. The picture turned out as follows:

As you can see, almost all conditions are met perfectly except for the MySQL Version. In support (very prompt, by the way), I was told that at the moment it is not possible to upgrade the version. However, this warning cannot be considered critical, since everything works quite correctly on version 5.1.73. But in general (especially in terms of memory), everything is very good.

Bonuses + half a year of free hosting!

Now let's look at the bonuses and advantages that Handyhost hosting offers us.

Free transfer of your sites.
Domain and ssl certificate as a gift when ordering hosting for one year.
Work sites on fast ssd drives.
Extensive experience in the market of similar services - more than seven years.
The servers are running CloudLinux.
Servers are located in Russia and Germany, fast FTP.
Selecting the PHP version in the IspManager control panel.

All in all, Handyhost is a more than worthwhile option for your favorite WordPress site and more. Quite reasonable rates, operational technical. support, a convenient control panel and, of course, stable operation and high uptime of the servers themselves.

Well, one more pleasant moment at the end of our review - especially for WPNICE readers, the Handyhost campaign provided promotional codes for half a year of free hosting! To get hosting for six months for free go to link.

() is a Russian hosting provider that has been providing virtual hosting, VPS and dedicated server rental services since 2009. Some of the servers are located in Moscow and St. Petersburg, the rest are located in Germany. Technical support is available 24/7 via email. mail, tickets from the control panel, online chat and free phone 8-800.

Hosting

HANDYHOST offers to evaluate the quality of shared hosting absolutely free of charge for 30 days. The tariff scale consists of 7 classic tariffs (suitable for any task and allow you to place up to 50 sites on one account) and 5 specialized CMS tariffs with support for the 1s-Bitrix platform.

The user account is managed in ISPmanager. Virtual hosting servers operate under the operating system of the Linux family. handyhost.ru announces support for CloudLinux OS, Cron task scheduler, Nginx server and XCache script accelerator. By the way, HANDYHOST specialists can transfer your site from another hosting provider for free and set it up to work at their own facilities. To obtain this service, please contact support.

VPS / VDS

) there is a choice of 11 VDS-tariffs. In addition to the Linux-based server operating system, it is possible to create a VPS under FreeBSD and Windows (KVM virtualization). All tariffs come with a free control panel. As for the traffic, it has the restrictions indicated in the tariffs.

I continue to introduce you to different hosting companies offering their services for hosting WordPress sites and other projects. Each of these firms has a basic set of similar offers, as well as certain individual nuances. Due to the latter, it is just possible to attract loyal users: someone lures with a low price, others rely on gifts and promotions, others provide the most convenient conditions for users, etc. Today we will look at the distinguishing features of Handyhost hosting and how to quickly create a WordPress site with it. At the end of the article I will tell you how to get free hosting for six months, and for example I will use the test period.

First, some general information about the company. Handyhost has been on the market for more than seven years and is in the top 10 of the popular Hosting Ninja rating (51 reviews and an average rating of 4.7). Here are all the main types of hosting services:

Virtual VPS and dedicated servers can be created on Windows or Linux. All of them have high uptime, have backups and provide a guaranteed amount of resources (due to kvm virtualization). Fast SSD drives are used for hosting, you can choose location in Germany or Russia (depending on the audience of your project). A server control panel is available, and root access rights are also given.

But in this case, I'm more interested in regular universal hosting, which can also be used for WordPress. It is suitable for simple and medium sites, has all the necessary requirements for this CMS. The optimal tariff is HOST-4. Although for the price even HOST-5 looks quite profitable compared to many other companies.

For hosting, you can choose the version of PHP you need. As in servers, fast SSD drives are used here. To work with the database, you will have PhpMyAdmin. The HOST-4 tariff implies the creation of up to 6 sites, but you need to remember that the WordPress system is demanding and adequately assess the load from these projects.

Universal hosting is also suitable for other systems - Joomla, Drupal, PrestaShop, modX, there are separate tariffs for Bitrix and UMI. The servers have Cloudlinux installed.

Getting Started with Handyhost - Installing WP

A nice feature of Handyhost hosting is the ability to quickly order. To do this, you can fill out a special form on the site. Or click on the "Login for clients" button in the top menu on the right. You will be taken to the login/registration page.

Choose registration, enter your data, confirm the request by mail and after that you can log into your account. Here, in principle, the options are all standard:

user settings;
invoices/payment;
affiliate program;
services/products;
support;
the ability to add a new user (payer).

Go to the services section - the "Hosting" item, where you click on the "Order" icon.

Next, choose the tariff you need with the possibility of testing. When ordering in billing, 10 days are given to get 30 days of free hosting - fill out an application through a special form on the website (on the tariffs page). This time is enough to check everything. In addition, Handyhost provides a technical domain for work, which is extremely convenient.

In a couple of minutes, you will receive access to the ISPmanager control panel of the newly ordered hosting by e-mail. Here you will already have all the necessary set of tools for creating your site:

Main parameters: file manager, databases, FTP users.
WWW: domains, SSL certificates, scripts, PHP version management.
Mail.
Backup (backups).
Tools (PhpMyAdmin).
Statistics about used resources and system.
IP address management.

To automatically create a WordPress site in one click, go to the WWW section - the “Web scripts directory” item.

First of all, you will need to click on the "Install" button in the column with the WordPress system. In the next step, choose the domain and directory to create the site. And then you will need to specify different project parameters: database and user, WP administrator data.

Bonuses and six months of free hosting

As I said at the very beginning, many hosting companies use various kinds of bonuses in their work. Handyhost is no exception. They offer:

Free site transfer from another hosting.
Discounts when ordering services for a period of 3 months.
SSL-certificate and domains as a gift when you pay for hosting for a year.
Well, and the 30 free days of the test described above.

Beginners will be most pleased with the first point - you just provide the necessary access to technical support, and all the work of transferring the site will be done for you.

Especially for readersWordpressInside has created a promotional code that gives you six months of free hosting! To do this, follow the link and fill out a special form.

In general, the main advantages of Handyhost:

affordable prices (hosting - from 68 rubles / month, domains - from 109 rubles);
fast and convenient work;
good server options;
free buns;
experience and a good rating of the company.

If you are looking for hosting for your WordPress project, you can safely order a trial period from Handyhost and try to create your first site (or transfer from another company). With the promo code on this link you will have six months of free hosting!

Hello, dear readers of the blog site. Today there will be not an ordinary, but a guest post about Difficulties in choosing the right hosting for all parameters, where the author will briefly talk about this problem and the hosting provider he chose. Further from the words of the author of the post ...

In this short note, I want to talk about hosting and the problems that you may encounter if you choose the “wrong” provider. Each of us has our own projects, which are hosted on some kind of hosting. And due to the variety of companies on the market, their prices, the quality of services provided and the attitude towards their customers, the following problems often arise:

your website is intermittently down or slow
Support responds for a long time and does not want to solve the problems that have arisen
Feeling overpriced

In short, a waste of nerves, time, loss of customers, endless correspondence with the support service, negativity - these are the very consequences of choosing a low-quality host. Do you need it?

So why choose Handyhost?

The unpleasant and often completely unexpected “surprises” described above cause an irresistible desire to go to another hosting, but changing the provider is always a risk. the site may stop working altogether after the transfer, or work incorrectly. Many hosting companies do not issue refunds and you will have to lose money, or wait until the end of the paid period…

Familiar? How to choose a hosting and not miscalculate? I propose to pay attention to an excellent provider - HandyHost.ru And take advantage of his offer:

when switching from another hosting company, the company will transfer your site and service validity from the previous provider for free and give you an additional 1 month of hosting! ( promo code at the end of the article).

You can move right now, get rid of problems with the site and not lose anything! In my opinion a very good deal!

I personally tested the services of the company, and I must say that I received positive impressions of the quality of services, but first things first.

A little about the company

The software creates traffic in the form of 20 users who are simultaneously on the site and view 6 pages per second for an hour. As you can see, there are no errors, which means that the server has processed all user requests, and the download speed has not changed, it is also approximately 0.3 sec.

The results are very worthy, I am sure that your site will work like clockwork.

Technical support

Now about the work of the support service. I wrote a request - they answered quickly and intelligibly, and judging by reviews(for example, here: http://hosting101.ru/handyhost.ru) everyone praises the support of this provider very much, competent guys sit in support and sometimes even help solve issues with setting up the site, although they should not do this. I think it will be especially useful for beginners.

Tariffs and prices

In my opinion, hosting tariffs are more affordable compared to the promoted mammoth brands, with the same resources.

Domain prices look very attractive too, registration cost = renewal cost, to be honest, unlike some other companies where registration is cheap and renewal costs 5 times more.

How to transfer your website to HandyHost for free

Especially for blog readers there is an offer from the company: when switching from another hoster, Handyhost transfers your site and service duration from the previous provider for free and gives an additional 1 month of hosting!

To take advantage of the offer:

Order hosting
Fill out the site transfer form
Pay for hosting for a month
Create a support request with the subject "rescheduling" and include the code word in the body of the request: " ktonanovenkogo»

Good luck to you! See you soon on the blog pages site