With WP Rocket now paired up with KeyCDN & Cloudflare, which host is flying along this week in London?
Desktop Speed Test – Week 79 Method
- Compare 8 WordPress Hosts
- Use 8 Live Sites, each with a Different Host but with Identical Content (you can check them out here)
- Use GTmetrix Speed Test
- Location of Test: London, UK
- Frequency of Testing: Every Hour for 7 Days
- Number of Weekly Tests = 1 x24 x7 x8 = 1,344 (xHours xDays xSites)
- Desktop Speed Testing is checking how long it takes for a website to fully load using a desktop internet browser
Which WordPress Host will conquer the Desktop Speed Test this week?
WordPress Hosts
Identical Live Sites
Weekly Tests
WordPress Host #1: SiteGround
WordPress Host #2: Namecheap
WordPress Host #3: GoDaddy
WordPress Host #4: Lightning Base
WordPress Host #5: InMotion Hosting
WordPress Host #6: HostGator
WordPress Host #7: Bluehost
WordPress Host #8: Web Hosting Hub
Desktop Speed Test – Week 79 Summary Table
The winner this week is HostGator with a time of 1.11s, which is not too far behind the all time London record of 0.87s, which was also set by HostGator in Week 64.
On our last visit to London with KeyCDN, Cloudflare & WP Super Cache setup (in Week 76), the average load time for our 8 hosts was 1.29s. This week with WP Rocket replacing WP Super Cache, the average load time is faster at 1.19s.
This is the second week of our KeyCDN, Cloudflare & WP Rocket Speed Study, and WP Rocket continues to outperform WP Super Cache.
Next week we’ll be switching up the test location to Sydney. Will WP Rocket finish strongly?
And this Week’s Winner is…
Desktop Speed Rankings
After 18 months of testing, let’s summarize all the results to see how our 8 hosts are performing overall. It will also allow us to find out which host is currently leading our desktop speed challenge.
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