[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #14087: Set up team to evaluate web-hosting providers for WP.org recommendations

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#14087: Set up team to evaluate web-hosting providers for WP.org recommendations
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 Reporter:  demetris     |       Owner:            
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  new       
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  Unassigned
Component:  General      |     Version:            
 Severity:  normal       |    Keywords:            
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 The problem is simple to describe:

 When setting up a CMS-based website, two of the most critical—if not the
 two most critical—decisions are:

  *  publishing platform
  *  web host

 For the first you can pick at random among the best-known offerings and
 you won’t go much wrong.  (Or you can pick the most popular one, and, in
 most cases, you will have made the best choice! :-D)

 But the second is different — or so my little experience tells me:  Fame
 and familiarity do not seem to be directly correlated with quality in the
 case of shared web-hosting, which is the best type of hosting for the
 majority of WP users.

 And that’s unfortunate, because bad web hosting can ruin the experience of
 web publishing.

 In addition, evaluting web hosts is not easy for a single individual, even
 for individuals who have the technical understanding, because it takes
 time and also money.

 We, the people involved with WordPress development, are in a better
 position to offer some insight into the problem:  We are many, we have
 collective knowledge, and also collective experience.  So, here is my
 idea:

  *  Set up a team
  *  Set up a set of criteria
  *  Start evaluating services for a period of two or three months
  *  Publish the final recommendations on the WP.org page (along with the
 criteria used)

 What do you think?

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