With WP Super Cache now added, lets find out which host is staying up longest this week in North America?

Uptime Test – Week 132 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 Pingdom Uptime Test

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  • Location of Test: 10 North American Locations
  • Plugins Installed: WP Super Cache & Autoptimize
  • Frequency of Testing: Every Minute across the Last 7 Days
  • Number of Weekly Tests = 1 x60 x24 x7 x8 = 80,640 (xMinutes xHours xDays xSites)
  • Uptime testing is confirming that the website is actually accessible to visitors
  • An example of why an outage (or downtime) can occur is scheduled maintenance of the server the website is hosted on

 
Which WordPress Hosts can ace the uptime test this week?
 

WordPress Hosts

Identical Live Sites

Weekly Tests

SiteGround Weekly Uptime Results

SiteGround Uptime Dashboard & Response Time Chart

Namecheap Weekly Uptime Results

Namecheap Uptime Dashboard & Response Time Chart

GoDaddy Weekly Uptime Results

GoDaddy Uptime Dashboard & Response Time Chart

Lightning Base Weekly Uptime Results

Lightning Base Uptime Dashboard & Response Time Chart

InMotion Hosting Weekly Uptime Results

InMotion Hosting Uptime Dashboard & Response Time Chart

HostGator Weekly Uptime Results

HostGator Uptime Dashboard & Response Time Chart

Bluehost Weekly Uptime Results

Bluehost Uptime Dashboard & Response Time Chart

Web Hosting Hub Weekly Uptime Results

Web Hosting Hub Uptime Dashboard & Response Time Chart

Uptime Test – Week 132 Summary Table

Our hosts have recorded a solid uptime performance this week, with 5 hosts achieving the ultimate goal of 100% Uptime (7 hosts achieved 100% in Week 131):

  1. GoDaddy
  2. Lightning Base
  3. HostGator
  4. SiteGround
  5. Bluehost

This week’s best performer in North America is GoDaddy, with a perfect uptime and the 2nd fastest average response time of 184ms.

The last time we tested from North America (with Comet Cache setup in Week 129), the average response time across our 8 hosts was 284ms, while this week with WP Super Cache on board, it is ridiculously slower at 1,078ms.

This is the first week of our WP Super Cache Speed Study and the early signs for WP Super Cache are very disappointing compared to Comet Cache, when it comes to Response Times.

For the next week, I will change up our testing location to Latin America. I wonder whether WP Super Cache can stage a remarkable turnaround?

Uptime Test Results - Week 132 Summary Table

And this Week’s Winner is…

Uptime Rankings

After 2+ years 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 uptime challenge.

Which host has the Best Uptime after 2+ Years?