4 Best Hosting Services for Divi

Web hosting is the main component you need to prepare before you create a website, other than a domain name. Choosing the right web hosting provider is a tricky task as hosting is one of the aspects affecting the performance of your website at large. Following the popularity of WordPress (in which over 40 percent websites are built with it), there are some web hosting providers that offer managed WordPress hosting plans. A managed WordPress hosting means that its infrastructure and server configuration are optimized to run WordPress. Still, some themes and plugins need more specific configuration settings to run optimally. If you want to use Divi on your WordPress, choosing a hosting plan that is optimized for Divi can be a better option to ease your job. Especially if you have no adequate knowledge in server configuration.

In case you haven’t used Divi before. Divi requires higher system requirements than most WordPress themes you might have used before as it is packed with a built-in page builder (Divi Builder). Also, Divi has a larger file size (8.45 MB) than other WordPress themes in average. So, the very first thing you need to do before you buy Divi is to make sure your hosting provider allows you to upload a file larger than 8 MB. If you have subscribed to a hosting plan that doesn’t allow you to upload a file larger than 8 MB, you can outsmart it by installing Divi via FTP.

Here are the minimum specifications of your server to run Divi (be it Divi theme or Divi Builder).

• PHP Version – 7.2
• MySQL Version – 5.6
• memory_limit – 128M (256 recommended)
• post_max_size – 64M (128 recommended)
• max_execution_time – 180
• upload_max_filesize – 64M (256 recommended)
• max_input_time – 180 (600 recommended)
• max_input_vars – 1000 (5000 recommended)

Best Hosting Services for Divi

Elegant Themes (the developer of Divi) partners with some well-known hosting providers to offer the best experience for WordPress users who want to create websites with Divi. The package of the partnership is called Divi Hosting. A Divi Hosting is technically a managed WordPress hosting but specialized for Divi. This means that the configuration of a Divi Hosting is optimized to run a Divi-powered WordPress site.

Using a Divi Hosting, you don’t need to install Divi yourself. When you buy a Divi Hosting package, you have a WordPress site with Divi preinstalled so that you can switch your focus on implementing your design and creating the content. A Divi Hosting package also offers automatic staging site to make it easy for you to develop a website without disrupting your visitors.

Here are three web hosting providers that Elegant Themes partners with.

1. Flywheel

Flywheel is a managed WordPress hosting provider owned by WP Engine. It is one of the great options if you are looking for a premium WordPress hosting provider to host your WordPress site. Flywheel is especially a great option if you are looking for a hosting provider that uses NGINX as its web server. Flywheel is one of the hosting providers that Elegant Themes partners with to offer a Divi Hosting package. The Divi Hosting plans offered by Flywheel starts from $15 per month for a single site. In addition to Divi optimized servers, Divi Hosting by Flywheel also offers the following key features:

• Free SSL
• CDN & caching (powered by Fastly)
• Assisted migration
• Staging environment

Flywheel is a great option if you are more comfortable working on a local environment when developing a new website before you make it live. Flywheel comes with a local development tool (Local) that you can use to develop a WordPress site on a local environment first.

2. Pressable

Pressable is a managed WordPress hosting provider owned by Automattic. As you have known, Automattic is a company founded by Matt Mullenweg, the creator of WordPress. Popular WordPress products like WooCommerce, Jetpack, and Akismet are owned by Automattic. So, if you are a fan Automattic products then Pressable is a great option for you. The Divi Hosting plans offered by Pressable starts from $14 per month for one site with the storage capacity of 10 GB. In addition to Divi theme, the Divi Hosting plans offered by Pressable also offers the premium version of Jetpack.

Here are the key features offered by Divi Hosting by Pressable:

• Jetpack premium
• Free SSL
• CDN and caching
• Assisted migration
• Staging environment

If you need to access a certain file on your WordPress site, Pressable offers SFTP for a securer file access.

3. SiteGround

SiteGround is a popular enough web hosting provider. It claims to be used by over two million websites. SiteGround also offers managed WordPress hosting service. SiteGround is one of the Elegant Themes partners to offer Divi Hosting. Compared to Flywheel and Pressable, SiteGround offers the cheapest plan for the Divi Hosting. The cheapest Divi Hosting plan offered by SiteGround is $4.99 per month (discounted from $14.99) with storage capacity of 10 GB. SiteGround offers collaboration tools to allow you to collaboratively manage your client websites with your team. It also offers WP-CLI to allow you to manage your WordPress site via command line.

Here are the key features offered by Divi Hosting by SiteGround:

• CDN
• Free SSL
• Staging environment
• WP CLI
• Team collaboration tools

4. Cloudways

Cloudways offers cloud hosting service for a wide range of CMS platforms, including WordPress. Recently, the company partnered with Elegant Themes to offer WordPress users — especially Divi users — a Divi-optimized hosting just like the first three hosting provider companies above. When ordering a hosting account in Cloudways, you can select where your website to be hosted. Whether Google Cloud, AWS, DigitalOcean, Linode, or VLutr. Cloudways comes with useful features like staging tool, collaboration tool, WP CLI, and realtime monitoring. Basic features like SSL and CDN are also available.

Here are the key features offered by Cloudways:

• Cloud hosting provided by Google Cloud, AWS, DigitalOcean, Linode, and VLutr
• CDN
• Free SSL
• Staging environment
• WP CLI
• Team collaboration tools
• Real-time monitoring

The Bottom Line

Performance is the aspect you need to notice when creating a website. Especially if you are creating a website for client. Server configuration plays a vital role in determining the performance of your website. Ideally, you have a dedicated team (with adequate knowledge, of course) to take care of your server. When it comes to WordPress, you have a managed WordPress hosting option if you have not enough human resources to take care of your server. If you use Divi on your WordPress site, you have more specific option of hosting: Divi Hosting.

Divi Hosting is a managed WordPress hosting optimized specifically for Divi. By using a Divi Hosting (or managed WordPress hosting in general), you don’t need to optimize your server yourself in order to get a faster performance. Instead, you can focus on the site development (design and content). You can visit the official website of Elegant Themes to learn more about Divi Hosting.