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How to choose your WordPress hosting for France ?

When I have to choose a web host to create a website, I look at the following criteria:

  • The performance of the server and its specs (CPU, Ram, etc)
  • The pricing
  • The storage available and type of disks
  • Security (SSL) and tools
  • The automatic backups of your work in progress
  • the reactivity and quality of the customer support

Which French Web host to choose for WordPress?

Here is a ranking in order of preference of the best web hosts to host your WordPress site:

  1. O2switch
  2. WP Server
  3. Infomaniak
  4. PlanetHoster
  5. IONOS

Moreover, some of them offer a free domain name for the first year or for LIFE; this will allow you to save easily about ten euros in registration fees or more!

My favorite Web hosting plans for WordPress (in French)

The following list of French web hosts is the best in terms of qualityand price ratio and performance. Most of them offer a module to install WordPress in 1 click which is ideal to start on WordPress without wasting time with the technicalities!

WordPress Hosting with O2switch

O2switch is by far the best web hosting offer that exists on the French market if you want to create a WordPress site. There are not 40 thousand offers at this hosting company: there is only one! So you are not lost and know what you are buying. It is a reliable, efficient host with a very good customer service. It offers in particular:

A free domain name (the 1st year)
a 1-click WordPress installation module.
Unlimited hard disk space
Possibility to host several websites on the same hosting
A 30 days money back guarantee
Technical support available 7 days a week
price (H.T.) : 7 € / month

WordPress hosting with WPServeur

WPServeur is for me the best French hosting company for WordPress websites. It could be more widespread among website owners if it wasn’t that expensive.

I used it for one year on a blog for a French project and I was very satisfied not only with the performance of this host but also by the quality of the customer service. Among the many features offered:

Ultra simple and intuitive interface
An architecture 100% optimized for natural referencing
Automatic backups of all your work on WordPress
Possibility to restore backups at D-1, D-2, up to D-15.
Possibility to clone your site to test other versions of it
SSL certificate
Automatic update of all your WordPress plugins
9 premium WordPress themes offered with the subscription
FTP and PHP Admin access
High quality and responsive customer support
A data center (resources & FAQ) very provided
price (excluding VAT): from 19 € / month

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WordPress hosting with Infomaniak

Infomaniak has a great all-in-one offer (hosting, email pro, sending newsletters (emailing), etc. …). It is also one of the few hosting companies that has environmentally friendly datacenters.

100 GB of SSD disk space
unlimited domain names & MySQL databases
80 free professional themes (Elegant Themes)
Integrated pro emailing tool
Pro VOD/AOD platform to store, stream and protect your videos and podcasts
Daily backups
Easy restoration of your work
Automatic security updates
green hosting
price (excl. VAT): from € 7.42 / month

WordPress hosting with PlanetHoster

PlanetHoster is a little more known in Canada than in France but remains one of the best web hosting companies on the web both for its reliability and its ALL-inclusive offer. The offer is complete and offers a LOT of features for a very good price:

1 free domain name for life
Backup of your work every 12 hours
Multi-Sites + Unlimited sites + 100% isolated
Unlimited disk space
Unlimited bandwidth and traffic
Unlimited Databases
Unlimited Email Accounts
Dedicated SSL certificates per domain
SiteBuilder included (Page Builder)
Anti-DDoS Protection
Anti-Malware Protection
14 days money back guarantee
Free inbound migration
24/7 support
price (incl. VAT): from 6 € / month

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WordPress hosting with IONOS

The web hosting company IONOS has more than 25 years of experience in website creation and web hosting. The company, which originates from Germany and operates internationally, also offers WordPress solutions. These differ according to your needs and are particularly cheap for the first 12 months. This hosting company is highly recommended because of its excellent price/performance ratio. Key features of all three of their WordPress solutions include:

Domain included, SSL certificate(s) and email included
Easy installation
Website Scan anti-malware protection
Optimized CPU and memory resources
Guaranteed 2GB of RAM and 360Gbps connectivity
Daily backups with Jetpack
1-click data recovery
Automatic updates
24/7 support
Environmental protection and sustainability in its data centers
price (excluding VAT): from 1 € / month

Peter