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Hosting WordPress

Most hosting providers and personal installations on Unix/Linux systems should be able to host WordPress under very common configurations.

Contents 1 Server requirements 2 Recommended setup 3 Hosting providers 4 Install4Free - WordPress installed for free on your host!

Server requirements

WordPress server requirements for Version 2.5:

• PHP version 4.3 or greater
• MySQL version 4.0 or greater
• (Optional) Apache mod_rewrite module (for clean URIs known as Permalinks)

WordPress server requirements for Versions 2.1, 2.2, 2.3:

• PHP version 4.2 or greater
• MySQL version 4.0 or greater
• (Optional) Apache mod_rewrite module (for clean URIs known as Permalinks)

WordPress server requirements for Version 2.0:

• PHP version 4.2 or greater
• MySQL version 3.23.23 or greater
• (Optional) Apache mod_rewrite module (for clean URIs known as Permalinks)

Recommended setup

We recommend Linux with either the Apache or NGINX web-servers as the most robust platforms for running WordPress, but any server that supports PHP and MySQL will do. If your host doesn't support one of these platforms, and mod_rewrite, you will probably be better off switching to one of the many hosting providers that do offer those choices.

It is also essential that your host allows remote connections.

Hosting providers

Hosting is a commodity these days and with a little digging it's easy to find a host that supports the above. If you're looking for hosting suggestions, please try:

• WordPress Recommended Hosts - these hosts support WordPress, in more ways than one.
• Searching the WordPress support forums for recommendations

Install4Free - WordPress installed for free on your host!

If you have a hosting provider or website which meets all the requirements, but don't feel comfortable doing the installation yourself, request a free installation at WordPress Install4Free.