Hosting for WordPress Websites Service
We have been developing high-performance websites since 2010. Why not benefit from our experience? We are supporting our clients with the same WordPress hosting solution that we use on our many websites. This hosting set up is one of the best we have been able to achieve for WordPress websites. Along with this we offer website development support to help more business owners reach the customers searching for their products & services.
We are more than a web development agency. Our marketing services help companies identify and implement strategies that deliver tangible business benefits and a strong ROI. We are known for our optimised websites and how we can help business rank in search engines. We build fast, secure and optimised websites.
WordPress Hosting
Why Choose our WordPress Hosting Package?
When most of our clients come to us for a new website, they focus on just getting the website done and online. They don’t always consider everything else that comes after that. Hosting is often a rush job, done at the cheapest price. Often, this isn’t factored into the budget until much later in the process, and sometimes not even until after the site is live.
Our WordPress hosting services take a different approach. Your hosting service has a big impact on how your site performs for your users. When the hosting service is not geared towards performance and SEO, it can harm the website that you just spent weeks or months developing with your team and web design company.
At ProfileTree, we use the best hosting platform for your website, ensuring it meets and exceeds the requirements for your website to perform well online.
We also build a whole host of services into the package. This ensures that your website stays continuously optimised and updated. Our support team will keep your WordPress site backed up, secure and safe. We provide a high level of website service at a range of 3 price points, depending on the level of cover and service that you need.
Premium Hosting
£30.00Per Month
+VAT
€40.00Per Month
+VAT
- Daily Secure Backups
- Security Monitoring
- 24/7 Uptime Monitoring
- Premium SEO Hosting
Hosting Details
- Daily Back Ups for 28 days ** Extra charges may apply for very large sites due to the additional costs of the server space (sites of 7GB+; 98% of sites do not fall into this category)
- Cloud Based Servers with Scalable Technology to support higher bandwidth and growth. Optimised for speed and performance from the server end.
- iTheme Security Pro – the best WP security plugin
- Free SSL
- UK or EU Datacentre depending on where your business is based
- Cloudflare CDN for enterprise speed and protection
- Development / Staging Access if required
- Restore Point – if something happens to your website, we can work with you to recover the site back to a previous saved version from the last 28 days
Monthly Plugin Updates Add-on
Can be added as an extra to your hosting package. An experienced developer will work through your website and update the plugins – manually checking that all elements are functioning as they should be and will send you an email confirming what has been actioned.
This includes a developer spending one-hour updating plugins and checking the website. If a plugin update does break something which would result in additional time over the one hour scheduled in this plan, we will inform you by email and you can either approve the work or revisit it again in the future.
An experienced WordPress developer will be quicker than your in house team updating plugins, but also very skilled in this process having completed updates already thousands of times. They will know what to check and ensure the site is working well after the updates are complete. Sometimes older plugins on websites are more difficult to update and this may require additional work which would be quoted for, before any additional costs were incurred.
It is one of the best ways to ensure your website is running at the best performance that it is possible. Faster loaded websites become better sales and leads machines.
Plugin Update Add-On
£75.00Per Month
+VAT
€85.00Per Month
+VAT
- Monthly Plugin Updates
- Manual functionality checks
- Keep your website secure
Hosting & Management
WordPress Hosting and Management from ProfileTree
Get StartedOur WordPress hosting packages are aimed at letting you getting on with doing what you do best. We understand that most business owners aren’t tech specialists. This is why we offer hassle free hosting and support services to ensure high performance and unparalleled reliability.
WordPress hosting might not sound like the most exciting investment in the world. However, choosing a hosting packaged designed by WordPress experts offers countless benefits, from attracting more users to converting more of these into hard profit.
Of course, every WordPress build comes with certain features pre-installed. These include the WordPress control panel, and a variety of themes and plugins. Your hosting solution has a huge impact on how these function. Our WordPress hosting plans provide security, fast load times, SEO performance and a wide variety of support and maintenance options.
Website Hosting & Website Management with Us
Why Choose Our Agency?
Those who are new to the concept of website management may experience some confusion when opting for a web hosting company. Businesses and organisations may encounter a range of terms or complicated jargon which may pose a challenge to those without the knowledge and expertise.
A web hosting service entails using dedicated servers and control panels to maintain the functionality and security of a website. ProfileTree offer a fully responsive support team for several types of hosting packages, including wordpress hosting and cloud hosting. Choose us as your website hosting provider and move forward in confidence that your site is stable, secure and functional.
Put simply, domain and hosting services allow your business or organisation to use secure, external servers to publish, update and maintain your site. However, professional internet website hosting services with ProfileTree come with a raft of extra support and aftercare features, making our agency Northern Ireland’s top site hosts.
Beyond offering website and hosting packages, ProfileTree offer bespoke packages focused upon the professional management of your site and its assets. If your business is relying on your website for leads and sales, then keeping it up to date and fully serviced will only help its ranking and improve the chances the website will continue to generate leads and create sales. These services include:
Migrations of website and domains
As a domain hosting provider, ProfileTree can securely move your site and domain to a fresh host or online registrar. This service can be delivered at a time which is convenient to your business or organisation, minimising any potential disruption.
SSL Certificates
With our website hosting and management services, we aim to secure Secure Sockets Layers for each and every one of our clients. This grants your customers peace of mind that your site is secure and protective of their personal data.
Ecommerce
We believe that the website of a business should act as a digital shop window or showcase for the organisation as a whole. We are proud to deliver bespoke ecommerce packages, allowing your business to generate profits online 24/7.
Website builders
Simple and user-friendly tools enable businesses and organisations to construct fully functioning sites without having knowledge and expertise around coding and web development. At ProfileTree, we can give you those tools.
Hosting Control Panel:
Flowing and easy-to-use graphical interfaces can allow you to interact with your server, giving you complete oversight over the functionality and security of your site. If this is something you require – talk to our team today
FTP Services
To enhance the productivity of your business, ProfileTree offer File Transfer Protocol (FTP) services, allow you to interact with your server’s files and transfer them to and from your local computer.
Website Hosting & Website Management with ProfileTree
Why Choose Our Agency Services?
Web Hosting is one of the services we at ProfileTree provide. It’s part of our range of website services that include:
- Website Design
- Website Development
- Website Hosting and Management
- Website Training
- Search Engine Optimisation
Web Hosting is crucial for creating your business website and making it accessible to visitors via the internet. At ProfileTree we offer a range of web hosting plans and customer support services. One of our popular services is our WordPress or website training, where we can show your in house team how to use their website. This allows a company to keep its website updated, while keeping the ongoing costs as low as possible.
Once your website has been optimised and the day to day maintenance is taken care of, you should which to your marketing strategies, which is closely connected to its performance. Our expert team can assist with your digital strategy and how you can best achieve online success.
In the content below will share the importance of web hosting, what it is, and why you should understand where your website is being hosted from.
What is web hosting?
Think of web hosting like a storage container for your website, that houses all of the files and content you wish to share with others. If any site exists on the internet, it is being ‘hosted’ by someone, somewhere, physically on a server.
A website is stored on a web hosting provider, with dedicated servers and control panels to maintain the functionality and security of a website. The domain and hosting services allows your business to use secure, external servers to publish, update and maintain your site.
You should give some thought to who your web hosting provider is, because you’ll need to consider the scalability, speed and security they provide. Professional web hosting servers can share content on sites incredibly fast and efficiently.
Your web hosting provider essentially provides your business with a ‘plot’ of internet space to host your website on. There are many different web hosting providers and it’s important to think about the most suitable options for your business. Read more about what web hosting is in this beginners guide.
Why should I think about web hosting for my business website?
If you’re launching a business website, you really need to consider where the site is hosted from and who is providing the hosting service. Web hosting affects the functionality of your website and it has a great impact on user experience.
If a visitor to your website has a poor experience, they won’t blame your web hosting provider, they will blame your business and brand.
Some of the things to look out for when considering a web hosting provider includes storage space, bandwidth and email hosting:
Storage Space
This refers to the amount of data you can store on your website. Typically this stands around the 5GB mark, but can go all the way up to unlimited storage plans.
You should consider how much media is displayed on your site – images and videos will quickly eat away at your storage allowance.
You’ll also want to look into what happens when you want to update your storage allowance. As your business grows, you may begin investing more heavily in content marketing. You should select a web hosting provider that can grow with you as your business grows.
Bandwidth
Bandwidth is essentially how much traffic your site can handle. The best analogy here is a busy road. A dual carriageway can easily handle hundreds of cars every hour without becoming congested. However, if thousands of drivers tried to drive down the same road, things would quickly start to slow down.
Bandwidth works exactly the same way. It’s generally best to purchase a plan which offers the highest bandwidth within your budget – the speed of your site has a direct impact on sales figures.
You should also consider what’s known as the bandwidth overage.
This is your host’s policy for what happens if you go above your allowance. Generally, hosting services will do one of three things:
- Turn off your site entirely.
- Automatically charge additional fees.
- Notify you that you’ve exceeded your allowance, and give you time to upgrade without penalising you.
Business email
Your web hosting provider will also be responsible for hosting your businesses email accounts. Some of the things you might want to consider when selecting a web/email hosting provider is:
- The number of unique email addresses they will let you create
- Inbox space in each email account
It’s important to think long-term about selecting an email hosting provider, as you will want a service that will let you create more email accounts as your business grows.
There is a lot to consider before partnering with a web hosting company, read this article for some tips on what to consider before Choosing a Web Hosting Company.
What are the different types of web hosting?
It’s important to know the difference between website hosting services, so that you can select the most suitable one for your business website.
Dedicated Hosting
Some companies offer dedicated hosting, although this requires you to have a sound knowledge and understanding of web-hosting demands. You need to set up and operate a web-server, but there are many advantages like greater control over your website’s security.
Shared web hosting means that many users with multiple websites are on one server. Almost every web hosting company offers shared hosting and it is one of the cheapest types of hosting available.
Shared hosting however, may lead to potential overcrowding and potentially, slow your website down. Although many companies offer decent performance, support and sound security measures.
Cloud / VPS Hosting
VPS (Virtual Private Server) hosting, or also known as cloud hosting, works in a similar way to shared hosting except with fewer people on a server.
With this lower number of people sharing, the risk of security issues is decreased. The VPS helps secure your hosting by using technology to separate and protect your site from potential issues.
VPS hosting ranges in pricing from low budget to costly options. With VPS hosting, choosing the right plan for you is essential as you may need more bandwidth than you initially expect.
Web hosting companies
Think of web hosting like property – there are many different landlords and agents selling/renting property out for you to reside in and store your personal things, similar to how there are many different web hosting companies who are lending out their onlines spaces for you to store your website in.
Some of these companies offer paid for or free hosting services. The free hosting providers tend to get their return on investment by running ads on your website or by placing their logo in your website’s layout.
Below we’ll discuss some web hosting companies on the market and what resources they can provide your business website with.
WordPress
WordPress is one of the most popular website builders and usually the cheapest option when selecting a web-hosting provider. It is a very user-friendly platform and allows users to build, publish and manage their website’s content.
There are two forms of WordPress:
WordPress.com
WordPress.com provides its own hosting, which means it is free for everyone, but it restricts plugins. Plugins can be an essential part of customising your website, so you may want to use WordPress.org.
WordPress.org
With WordPress.org, you can add your own plugins and still use the WordPress platform, but you’ll need to find your own hosting from other web hosting sites such as Bluehost or GoDaddy.
Plugins are used for adding features like e-commerce or mailing lists, this is what makes WordPress such a popular option for building your business website on.
At ProfileTree, we provide excellent WordPress hosting services, you can read more about our prices and services.
Managed WordPress Hosting
Managed WordPress Hosting is one of the most popular WordPress hosting types. The whole hosting environment is set up to support WordPress and to help increase speed, security and reliability.
The price for managed hosting can become very expensive, depending on the resources you need to host your websites. Many managed hosting plans have restrictions to help make your sites more secure. This means some plugins will not work with managed plans. In this article, you can find out more about hosting with WordPress.
Companies such as WP Engine and Flywheel, deal solely with managed WordPress hosting, they are experienced providers in this market, but other companies like LiquidWeb work with WordPress and other web building platforms. At ProfileTree, we also specialise in providing hosting services with WordPress. Find out more about our web hosting with WordPress services here.
GoDaddy
GoDaddy is the leading and largest domain register in the entire world. They have served approximately 17 million customers and registered over 73 million new domain names internationally.
GoDaddy allows a larger amount of traffic on your sites, allowing websites to fulfil their full potential and reach out to as many people as possible without crashing.
GoDaddy has four different packages for WordPress hosting, known as Basic, Deluxe, Ultimate and the Pro 5+. You can read more about the web hosting services GoDaddy provides here.
Liquid Web
Liquid Web is another web host company with over 30,000 customers in 130 customers and five data centres worldwide. They offer dedicated hosting with WooCommerce, WordPress and other web-building platforms.
Users of Liquid Web have unlimited access to their support. This includes their 24/7/365 telephone, email and live chat, they also guarantee a 30 mins initial response time to any reported problems.
You can read more about the pricing and services from Liquid Web Hosting.
A2 Hosting
A2 Hosting is a web hosting company based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. They were established in 2003 and offer hosting services for many applications and services including; Joomla, Drupal, Magento, OpenCart and WordPress.
A2 has four data centres – two in the US, one in Amsterdam and one Singapore. In addition to WordPress and managed WordPress hosting, A2 also has plans for shared, VPS, Re-seller, cloud and dedicated hosting.
You can read more about the pricing and WordPress services and hosting from A2.
123Reg
123Reg are one of the biggest web hosting and domain registrars in the UK, boasting over 3.5 million registered domains. They have also gained the following awards; Best 10 web Hosting Award, Host Review Award and the Best Domain Registrar Award.
123Reg is different from many other hosting companies. Two plans are offered for WordPress, business plan and the premium plan. Each plan comes with many features to help your sites with security, support and performance.
You can read more about the pricing and WordPress hosting from 123 Reg.
How much is web hosting?
The cost of web hosting depends on the hosting type. Shared hosting tends to range from £6 – £20 per month, whereas dedicated web hosting can cost up to £500 per month. We see a lot of companies go for the cheapest hosting possible and then invest heavily in marketing with a marketing team, paid adverts and content creation. But with the cheapest hosting, their website is not loading as fast as it could and should.
So they are wasting or loosing a percentage of their entire annual spend on their marketing team, staff salaries, advertising costs – never mind the lost sales from missed traffic to the website. The question is not how much is web hosting, it is how much is cheap hosting costing my business! If you have a landing page or you do not want to generate any online sales, then the cheapest hosting is perfect for your needs. Otherwise – pay a little more and ensure your most important business asset is optimised for ranking and speed.
Why do I need a web hosting company?
A web hosting company will allow your business to use secure, external servers to publish, update and maintain your site – providing you with a suitable space to store your website and make it accessible via the internet.
It’s important to think about the web hosting provider you are selecting as this may have ramifications if you want to change anything about your business needs in the future.
Get in touch with ProfileTree today and see how we can help you find the correct web hosting provider for your business website if it is not our solution.
If your online business, presence, leads and sales are important to you, then you should invest in a web hosting company for the advice and support you can get around your website and the best wordpress hosting available.
What will a web hosting company do for me?
A website hosting company will discuss your business needs, size, target audience, expected traffic, domain name and email requirements in order to select a web hosting service that is best suited for your business needs.
At ProfileTree, we offer a fully responsive support team for several types of hosting packages, including WordPress hosting and Cloud hosting. Choose us as your website hosting provider and move forward in confidence that your site is stable, secure and functional.
In addition to our professional website hosting services, we provide a range of extra features – making our agency one of Northern Ireland’s top site hosts.
Some of the additional features we provide include:
Migrations of website and domains
As a domain hosting provider, ProfileTree can securely move your site and domain to a fresh host or online registrar. This service can be delivered at a time which is convenient to your business or organisation, minimising any potential disruption.
SSL Certificates
With our website hosting and management services, we aim to secure Secure Sockets Layers for each and every one of our clients. This grants your customers peace of mind that your site is secure and protective of their personal data.
Ecommerce
We believe that the website of a business should act as a digital shop window or showcase for the organisation as a whole. We are proud to deliver bespoke ecommerce packages, allowing your business to generate profits online 24/7.
Website builders
Simple and user-friendly tools enable businesses and organisations to construct fully functioning sites without having knowledge and expertise around coding and web development. At ProfileTree, we can give you those tools.
Hosting Control Panel:
Flowing and easy-to-use graphical interfaces can allow you to interact with your server, giving you complete oversight over the functionality and security of your site. If this is required our team can provide it for you.
FTP Services
To enhance the productivity of your business, ProfileTree offers File Transfer Protocol (FTP) services, allowing you to interact with your server’s files and transfer them to and from your local computer.
Web Hosting Company Northern Ireland
ProfileTree is a web service company based in Belfast. We have helped businesses all across Northern Ireland, Ireland, the United Kingdom as well as the USA and some countries in Europe.
There are many advantages in hiring a local web hosting company.
International Web Hosting Company
At ProfileTree, we have also expanded our web services into the international market. Helping to support international businesses based in Spain, Middle East, USA and as far away as China. We take pride in helping businesses operate and compete online. Contact our team today to find out how our website hosting services can benefit your business.