Best WordPress Hosting in India - Expert Choice

The site you are reading this article on is built on WordPress. 

So are 35% of websites on the internet and more than 60% of sites using a CMS (or Content Management System).

People ⁠— from beginners to experts ⁠— love using WordPress due to its customization options, SEO friendliness, open-sourceness, and much more. Therefore, inevitably, almost all web hosting companies in the world want to win/make WordPress users their customers.

And hence comes the WordPress Hosting/WordPress-optimized hosting.

We have tested dozens of such hosts for everything ranging from performance to support and tried to compile this best WordPress hosting in India list. 

Top 5 WordPress hosts in India

1.  Hostinger - Best Overall for WordPress
2.  Bluehost - Recommended by WordPress
3. Kinsta - Premium managed WordPress host
4. A2Hosting - Well-optimized WordPress servers
5. HostGator - Pricier than competitors

The five hosting providers we chose are undoubtedly “bang for the buck.” The “buck” or the budget can vary from person to person, so we’ve tried to list at least one option for everyone. Still, if any choice doesn’t fit your need, let us know; we’ll try to help you find the best alternative.

Just beginning, don’t have enough money to invest in an expensive host, but still want quality WordPress hosting? Look no further than Hostinger. A single site plan costs a mere $0.99/month or INR 69/month! It includes 10 GB SSD storage, 100 GB bandwidth, a free SSL certificate, a free email account, WordPress & WooCommerce optimization, 24/7/365 WordPress-expert  support, and a 99.9% uptime guarantee. 

Besides the Single WordPress plan, Hostinger offers ₹199/month WordPress Starter, ₹299/month Business WordPress, and ₹899/month WordPress Pro. With the varying costs, of course, come additional features like you can add more sites, get more bandwidth & server resources, etc.

Read our Hostinger review

Kinsta is an expensive, cloud-based, managed WordPress hosting. Big companies like Ubisoft, TripAdvisor, FreshBooks, Flippa, etc. use it for reliability, exceptional WordPress performance, security, and other features. And you will assuredly get the best of the best with Kinsta, may it be loading speed, response time, support, or freebies

How expensive is it? Well, these are Kinsta's packages: $30/month Starter plan, $60/month Pro plan, $100-$400/month Business plans, and $600-$1500/month Enterprise plans. All in all, it's for individuals/businesses looking for quality rather than affordability.

For individuals & small to medium-sized businesses, A2 Hosting is another good option in the value WordPress hosting market. It keeps performance as its top priority and hence misses on some beginner-friendly features such as free domain. 

They have two types of WordPress-specific plans: Shared WordPress and Managed WordPress. The shared ones cost as low as 220 rupees per month, and the managed plans start around 900 INR monthly. If we were to describe A2 Hosting in one line, it’s the perfect Bluehost alternative - fast & affordable.

HostGator’s base WordPress plan is just a bit better than BlueHost’s or A2’s base plan, yet it costs significantly more. It’s a great host, no doubt, but it’s the fifth on the list because the other options are better value for money.

The $5.95/month price tag will get you a free domain, free emails, a free SSL certificate, free CDN, hundreds of WordPress themes, a 99.9% uptime guarantee, a 45-day money-back guarantee, and superb 24/7 customer support. Nothing the other mentioned WordPress host doesn't. It's a pretty solid option if you are sure of getting thousands of visitors. Otherwise, we’d suggest going with Bluehost, A2 Hosting, or even Hostinger for a better deal.

What must your WordPress host include?

Judging a WordPress hosting isn’t rocket science. A bit of expertise and some time to test the host will do; at least, that’s what we needed. At a very basic level, you should look for these things:

1. WordPress-specific optimizations

You can’t know what tweaks a hosting provider has done on the backend for best performance, but there are some things you can learn. This includes answers to questions like 

• Does WordPress come pre-installed? 

• If not, is there a one-click WordPress installer?

• Does the provider offer a free WordPress migration (via plugin or manually)?

• Are there any WordPress themes, builders, etc. included?

• Are you getting any premium WordPress plugin/plan with the plan? 

• Then, there are some technical questions like- What PHP versions/MySQL versions does the host support? 

2. How’s the performance?

A test-based performance evaluation of the host can give you insight into how well your site will perform. Some questions to answer in this step are:

• Is there a data center near my target audience, or is a free CDN included? Either way, how good is the server response time?

• How much time does it take for a WordPress page to load? 

• What’s the uptime/website availability with the host? 

Compare answers of all three questions with the recommended limits like “> 99.95% uptime” or “< 200 ms server response time”.

3. WordPress support

Ideally, you wouldn’t want to get in some trouble & contact the support team, but you never know. So, have answers to these questions:

• Via how many ways can I contact customer support? E.g. Is there email support, live chat, etc.?

• Is the support team available 24/7?

• How fast does the team respond?

• Are the support agents WordPress + Hosting experts? 

Knowing the answers to these questions will eliminate many hosting options for you.

4. The type of hosting

Yes, you want WordPress hosting, but the baseline architecture of the hosting depends on the plan and provider.

Most of the affordable plans & the ones you most probably need are WordPress-optimized shared plans. E.g., Bluehost, Hostinger, etc. Then, there are cloud-based packages (E.g., Kinsta), VPS plans, and dedicated servers.

Each type of hosting has its pros and cons. What you need depends on your requirements.