Bluehost is the safe default: officially recommended by WordPress.org, with the smoothest WordPress onboarding for absolute beginners and a free domain for year one. The $2.95/mo intro is genuinely cheap — then it renews at ~$11.99/mo, and the checkout is famous for upsells. Buy the brand and the onboarding; budget for everything after.
Three years at renewal: ~$432. The intro year costs roughly $35; years two and three cost ~$144 each. Uncheck every add-on at checkout (you don't need most of them) and the math is fair — just not cheap. This is the classic intro-trap shape: a great year one followed by a 4× bill.
Buy it if: it's your first WordPress site and you want the officially-blessed path with maximum hand-holding.
Skip it if: renewal hikes bother you, or you want more storage per dollar than 10 GB on the starter plan.
The safe default for WordPress beginners, officially recommended by WordPress.org. Fine — until renewal.
InterServer 9.4/10 — first month $0.01 with code DEVHOST01, then $7/mo locked forever.
A long partnership, 1-click installs, and a huge WordPress user base. It's a reasonable default for beginners — not a performance award.
Uncheck everything at checkout except the hosting itself. Domain privacy, backups and security add-ons can be had cheaper elsewhere — or free.
It works for small stores, and the Online Store plan adds store-specific features. High-traffic stores usually graduate to managed cloud like Cloudways.
30-day money-back on hosting plans, no questions asked. Domains are non-refundable — standard across the industry.