[wp-hackers] Re: Why are we supporting BlueHost?

Chris Poteet cpoteet at siolon.com
Wed Jan 16 18:15:18 GMT 2008


One of my clients had Bluehost and had nothing but problems.

On Jan 16, 11:49 am, Otto <o... at ottodestruct.com> wrote:
> After seeing that the WordPress.org website is supporting BlueHost by
> having them highlighted on the top of the list athttp://wordpress.org/hosting/, I'm forced to ask, why?
>
> BlueHost has shown to be nothing but problematic going by posts in the
> forums. There's plenty of threads detailing problems they have with
> people complaining about "excessive CPU Usage" and sites going down
> for no reason, and other hosting issues.
>
> Then today, I see this one:http://wordpress.org/support/topic/152170
>
> Summary: Somebody comments on this guy's blog and uses the F word and
> they kill his site.
>
> Seriously, I could not recommend BlueHost to anybody, as I've never
> heard anything good about them. I think GoDaddy is a better host, and
> that's saying a lot because I detest GoDaddy hosting. So why is
> WordPress.org recommending them? Are they paying for top billing or
> something?
>
> -Otto
>
> p.s. Posted to wp-hackers since I'm not sure which list in particular
> it should be posted to. Will take discussion to a different list
> instead, if it would be more appropriate there.
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