Namecheap In 2000, they launched a service for domain registration and administration. Over 10 million domains and 3 million clients. today.

You may have thought about creating a WordPress site Namecheap has been a popular choice for web hosting services.

They were the first to release a WordPress theme in 2017. EasyWPIt is a fully-managed WordPress hosting. EasyWP’s special feature was that it was managed by professionals. Namecheap is backed by a brand nameThe service was fully managed and the prices were staggering.

In this EasyWP Hosting Review, we will put EasyWP to the test to see how it compares to its competitors.

EasyWP Features

EasyWP provides a fully managed WordPress Hosting, which includes all the technical aspects involved in managing your site, including: installing WordPress, backups, setting up SSLIt is a free CDN. FTP, and all the other aspects are taken care of for you—you don’t have to worry about it.

You do not lose any of the benefits by using managed hosting. Fine-grained control Hosting is not the only option available. For most people, it’s a much better choice, as they can focus on creating their website rather than managing it.

EasyWP Pricing

EasyWP has 3 different hosting packages with their own prices. EasyWP hosting prices are listed below.

•          EasyWP Starter Plan – $3.88 per month ($1 for the first month)

•          EasyWP Turbo Plan – $7.88 per month ($2 for the first month)

•          EasyWP Supersonic Plan – $11.88 per month ($3 for the first month)

If you pay your hosting annually, you can receive a significant discount.

You should know this. EasyWP is a cloud-based hosting, that means you get all the benefits that you’d get from a dedicated server hosting while excluding all the problems that shared hosting or VPS providers might have—All for the price shared hosting—it is the best of all worlds.

All plans include generous SSD storage. Plans are easily understood as the differences are clearly listed just below the price. The visitor cap on the Pricing: an interesting approachIt is logical from the perspective of a client and helps them choose a hosting package that best suits their needs.

Only the Supersonic Plan has a 99.99% guarantee on uptime. The other two plans only have a 99% guarantee.

There will be free trials as early as 2020. If you wish to cancel your subscription, you can do so at any time. Back by a 30-day refund guarantee. Contacting the customer support is all you need to do.

When comparing the prices with another managed hosting provider. SiteGroundThe price is similar but EasyWP has a larger capacity to support visitors with the same priced plans.

We purchased EasyWP Supersonic for our review and testing.

Create a website

It is no small task to create a website. If the host offers an easy-to-use interface, it can help ease the burden. Let’s see how EasyWP makes it easy to create a website.

You will be taken to a payment screen once you have selected a plan. You can then proceed to the next step. Start the website creation process. Keep in mind that Namecheap will be the one to handle payment. You shouldn’t be concerned if the payment screen takes you to Namecheap EasyWP is a better alternative. You will actually see EasyWP inside your Namecheap profile after purchasing a plan.

This is the payment screen. You may be directed to Namecheap after you have paid.

We started the creation of the website after we paid. The interface was very clean and we only had to click “Set up WordPress.” This process is similar one-click WordPress installs Modern hosts have a lot to offer.

In the next step you will be able to select the domain that you would like for your website. Use a domain purchased through Namecheap, or another registrar. You can use a domain you already own or one you’ve purchased elsewhere. decided on a name yetYou can also choose a domain name that is temporary (set by EasyWP). Later, you can switch from the temporary to a new domain. domain name.

Important Note: EasyWP only supported Namecheap hosted domains when it was first launched. It has changed. EasyWP can host any domain that is registered with any registrar.

Already registered? domain namWe purchased our domain from Namecheap and received WhoisGuard free of charge.

After choosing a domain, you can begin. setting up WordPress. You can choose to use a 1-step WordPress installation or customize your own.

Customization options are not complicated. Change your email address, change the title of your website, choose a username and password. You can also choose the WordPress theme Pre-select plugins to be used for your website.

You will receive this warning once the website has been set up. This is normal. Click Continue to continue the installation.

Your website will be online in just a couple of minutes after WordPress has been installed. In your email you should receive the login credentials for your website. You can then log in to your website’s backend.

If you select a custom-made domain name for your site, it is important to remember that the website will be redirected. EasyWP configures the DNS for your websiteIt could take up to 24 hours for the change to be effective. In our situation, DNS propagation took several hours and we could not access the site during this time.

After the DNS propagation, you can log in to the EasyWP Dashboard, and the dashboard will list your websites.

Click on the website for all details. There you can manage SSL certificates. backups, database access and SFTP. If you want, you can take your site offline.

Installing the SSL certificate It can be daunting for some people, but EasyWP allows you to upload a customized SSL with only a few mouse clicks. 

EasyWP offers both a free and a premium version. CDN built-in support. It is available via the CDN button in the dashboard. You can set it up with a few simple clicks. A free plan is also available, with generous 50GB of bandwidth.

We will now examine the Backup and Other options in greater detail.

Backups

You can create a website backup in the Backups section. It’s pretty easy to create a website backup. You can create a backup by entering a name and clicking the “Create” button.

After a successful backup has been completed, you have the option to download the files separately from the database, delete the backup or restore it. You can download files and databases independently.

There is a problem. no automatic backupNot yet, at least. It was surprising that a service, which should be simple, could be so complicated. You can backup manually, or install plugins that do this. However, first-time WordPress users may not be aware of the options and end up forgetting about backups.

Files and Database

Click here to enable the FTP access Access to your website’s database if needed. It is also very simple to use.You can create either a temporary authorization token or a permanent one for each access.

You will be able to see the credentials and the time remaining on your screen once you have created an authorization.

You’ll need to use third-party software in order to access FTP. FTP software comes in many forms. FileZilla Open-source is a popular alternative that’s available on many platforms.

Authorizing database access works the same way, but with one small difference. Once you have been authorized, PHPMyAdmin can be accessed directly via a link. No 3rd party software is required.

It is possible to revoke the authorization token for both FTP and database, making it a flexible yet secure method of accessing files.

The Website

Let’s check out the website you created with EasyWP.

Anyone who has used WordPress before will recognize the “Hello World”, which appears on every new installation.

Backend: It is a very simple setup—no additional features or plugins are installed except the ones that come default with WordPress.

There is however one thing we noticed is different. EasyWP offers its own catching plugin, delivered by the EasyWP WordPress plugin. EasyWP says that its caching solution comes with Varnish Opcache Redis object cache. faster performance It is more efficient than other caching plugins.

EasyWP states that you do not need to install any other caching plug-ins for your website. However, you can use plugins which minify HTML, CSS, and Javascript.

Restriction

EasyWP provides managed hosting services, which means that there are few restrictions as to what you may do to your WordPress installation. Maintaining performance and security. Here are some notable restrictions.

•          Disable PHP functions – Here is a list of PHP Functions There are people who are disabled.

•          The Plugin Restrictions – These are the plugins This plugin cannot be used in conjunction with EasyWP. The plugin name is accompanied by the reason why it cannot be used.

•          Multi-Site Support – EasyWP currently does not support WordPress multisite setups.

EasyWP, and other managed hosts, also have restrictions. I don’t have cPanel. cPanel, if you’re not familiar with it, is a software program that helps manage websites. cPanel has become a popular software in the hosting world, but with managed hosts like EasyWP the majority of the heavy lifting will be done for you.

The Performance of a

EasyWP installation is now complete. How about the performance of EasyWP? As you may know, having an fast website is mandatory for visitor satisfaction, conversions, as well as a variety of other metrics. Let’s see how EasyWP does on this front.

We will first test our website’s performance as-it is, that is, without content, to see how quickly the hosting performs. What we found is shown below.

The performance was impressive on Pingdom ToolsThe scores of almost all the players were already at 100%. GTMetrix A similar response was received.

Let’s install some plugins now and add some new content. Then, repeat this process again to see the impact on performance.

The overall page size increased by almost four times, but the number requests only doubled. The load time has remained nearly the same. This is an excellent example of performance.

Here are the GTMetrix results for comparison.

This is the loading time The website’s speed has increased.. It’s possible that caching is kicking in but the performance still is commendable.

EasyWP: Is it right for you?

If you are not a website or system administrator, EasyWP It is a good solution for hosting any type of website. The pricing is competitive, the interface is simple to use, and the website is set up quickly. The only thing we would like to point out is that the website setup can be a bit slow. Lack of automatic backupsWe hope the EasyWP team will do something about this. Be ready to back up manually your website until then.

You can also read our conclusion.

We reviewed EasyWP, a managed WordPress hosting option for WordPress. EasyWP is a strong contender with its attractive managed WordPress hosting solution. Right mix of features at very affordable prices. EasyWP has exceeded our expectations on almost all of our tests. The real-world results may be different from our tests, but you can get a good idea of the kind of thing to expect.

What is your opinion on EasyWP? Did you like it? What else could we have done? Tell us in the comments.