Beginner Question: Amazon S3?

  • alaskatoargentina

    (@alaskatoargentina)


    12 years, 3 months ago

    Hello all,

    I’m new with WordPress, and I’m wondering about hosting options before I make my blog live. Currently I’m with Bluehost and I really like their customer support and features, however it’s very slow. around 20+ seconds on a 10mbps connection. I’ve been considering Amazon S3 (3.2seconds) however I’m a little bit confused as to how it integrates with WordPress.

    My question: Would I go with Amazon S3 and they handle all the hosting for my WordPress site, or do I use Bluehost to host the site, and Amazon S3 just for media files?

    Thanks in advance for taking the time on this one.

    alaskatoargentina.net

    Graham

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  • Tim S

    (@tim-s)

    12 years, 3 months ago

    Hi Graham,

    Have you optimized your WordPress website? I’d suggest installing a caching plugin like WP super cache to improve page load speeds. I’m not too familiar with Amazon s3 but at first glance it appears to be a storage service not a web server. There appears to be a number of plugins you can use to store your WordPress media on Amazon s3, but it would still appear you’d need a web server for your WordPress installation. I hope this helps!

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