The Fastest WordPress Hosting 2025: 17 Hosts Tested
In this post, I will document the entire process of finding the fastest WordPress hosting based on our proprietary data. If you are new to Hostingstep, check out our methodology process, which gives you the utmost confidence to believe in our process of finding the fastest WordPress hosting for your specific needs. Let’s work together.
Most existing pages on this topic, “Fastest WordPress Hosting,” focus on single parameters like full load time. However, the term “fast” in WordPress denotes multiple parameters like fast TTFB, fast handling of load, fast handling of backend workload, and fast page serving to global visitors.
So, using our data, let’s create a methodology where all the performance parameters are considered and an overall final performance score is calculated. The performance score clearly helps us define the truly powerful and Fastest WordPress hosting.
Our Testing Methodology
Our testing methodology includes the following tests to find the Fastest WordPress Hosting:
- TTFB (Time to First Byte): The most essential core metric to measure the initial server response time. A low score indicates faster server performance.
- Load Test: Critical score in deciding how fast your servers handle traffic spikes.
- WPBench: Running a bigger site, e-commerce, or Membership LMS sites? This test helps you understand how fast your servers handle intensive backend tasks.
- Global TTFB: Sites that get both USA and global visitors. Watch these scores out.
- Uptime: No point in having the fastest hosting when the uptime is horrible, right? So, we are considering uptime as a tiny factor.
Let’s move on to the weighting system.
Proposed Weighting System for Performance Score (100 points total):
- TTFB: 35 points (primary speed factor)
- Load Test: 25 points (performance under traffic spikes)
- WPBench: 20 points (Hardware performance)
- Global TTFB: 15 points (international performance)
- Uptime: 5 points (minimal weight given but important to consider)
Based on our data, we are creating a 100-point performance score.
TTFB (35 points)
- Elite (<380ms): 35pts
- Strong (380-450ms): 28pts
- Average (451-500ms): 21pts
- Below Average (501-600ms): 14pts
- Poor (>600ms): 7pts
Load Test (25 points)
- Elite (<30ms): 25pts
- Strong (30-70ms): 20pts
- Average (71-150ms): 15pts
- Below Average (151-300ms): 10pts
- Poor (>300ms or errors): 5pts
WPBench (20 points)
- Elite (8.0-10.0): 20pts
- Strong (7.0-7.9): 16pts
- Average (5.0-6.9): 12pts
- Below Average (3.5-4.9): 8pts
- Poor (<3.5): 4pts
Global TTFB (15 points)
- Elite (<300ms): 15pts
- Strong (300-450ms): 12pts
- Average (451-600ms): 9pts
- Below Average (601-750ms): 6pts
- Poor (>750ms): 3pts
Uptime (5 points)
- Perfect (100%): 5pts
- Excellent (99.99%): 4pts
- Good (99.95-99.98%): 3pts
- Average (99.9-99.94%): 2pts
- Poor (<99.9%): 1pt
| Rank | Hosting Provider | TTFB | Load Test | WPBench | Global TTFB | Uptime | Performance Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | WP Engine | 356ms (35) | 19ms (25) | 5.9/10 (12) | 293ms (12) | 100% (5) | 8.9 |
| 2 | WPX Hosting | 367ms (35) | 41ms (20) | 7.7/10 (16) | 597ms (9) | 100% (5) | 8.5 |
| 3 | Templ.io | 375ms (35) | 68ms (20) | 6.5/10 (12) | 264ms (12) | 100% (5) | 8.4 |
| 4 | Kinsta | 444ms (28) | 27ms (25) | 8.5/10 (20) | 662ms (6) | 100% (5) | 8.4 |
| 5 | GreenGeeks | 418ms (28) | 26ms (25) | 5.1/10 (12) | 491ms (9) | 99.96% (3) | 7.7 |
| 6 | Nexcess | 477ms (21) | 60ms (20) | 7.5/10 (16) | 640ms (6) | 100% (5) | 6.8 |
| 7 | Cloudways | 443ms (28) | 128ms (15) | 3.7/10 (8) | 444ms (12) | 100% (5) | 6.8 |
| 8 | A2 Hosting | 439ms (28) | 44ms (20) | 3.4/10 (4) | 527ms (9) | 99.99% (4) | 6.5 |
| 9 | Hostinger | 464ms (21) | 256ms (10) | 8.0/10 (20) | 503ms (9) | 100% (5) | 6.5 |
| 10 | Bluehost | 523ms (14) | 131ms (15) | 4.0/10 (8) | 394ms (12) | 100% (5) | 5.4 |
| 11 | SiteGround | 592ms (14) | 147ms (15) | 8.3/10 (20) | 886ms (3) | 99.90% (2) | 5.4 |
| 12 | FastComet | 501ms (14) | 79ms (15) | 4.8/10 (8) | 553ms (9) | 99.92% (2) | 4.8 |
| 13 | ChemiCloud | 464ms (21) | 1068ms* (5) | 3.5/10 (8) | 599ms (9) | 99.96% (3) | 4.6 |
| 14 | NameHero | 475ms (21) | 141ms* (5) | 3.4/10 (4) | 673ms (6) | 99.99% (4) | 4.0 |
| 15 | HostGator | 712ms (7) | 152ms* (5) | 4.3/10 (8) | 792ms (3) | 99.57% (1) | 2.4 |
Fastest WordPress Hosting – WP Engine
The overall fastest WordPress hosting is WP Engine. It has achieved the highest performance score based on all individual performance test scores. Their TTFB is lightning fast with 356ms supported by reliable 100% uptime. Their load test is second to none and has a response time of 19ms, the highest among all the hosts we’ve tested. However, their WPBench score is moderate at 5.9/10, indicating you need to choose higher plans for better server resources. Their Global TTFB is excellent at 293ms, showing it serves the fastest pages to visitors from around the world.
WP Engine dominates the performance metrics for various reasons, but the major factor is its Cloudflare CDN edge content delivery. With this feature, WP Engine keeps all your website files in over 300+ global CDN pop locations and instantly delivers the page for maximum speed. Second, they use the Google Cloud platform and its premium tier network, which offers consistent speed despite any traffic spikes. On top of that, they use their own proprietary caching mechanism, “EverCache,” which helps to optimize the sites with automatic caching.
For WordPress website owners looking for the absolute best speed, WP Engine delivers the fastest hosting experience with elite tier performance across all metrics. WP Engine also offers the highest introductory discount for new users, making it a solid choice to get started.
Fastest Web Hosting For WordPress – GreenGeeks
GreenGeeks is the low-cost, affordable, and fastest shared web hosting for WordPress. I’m more excited about their load-handling capabilities at just 26ms response, outperforming many premium-priced hosts. Their TTFB is 418ms, the best among shared hosting companies. We have tested their global TTFB from 40 international locations, and it averages 491ms. The score is really impressive, as GreenGeeks performs faster even without a CDN. Their WPBench score is 5.1/10, which indicates it offers moderate backend processing capabilities.
GreenGeeks excels in speed performance thanks to its optimized WordPress installation. This makes the sites load faster without even doing any kind of optimization. GreenGeeks offers a LiteSpeed web server and built-in caching for better performance. Their top-tier plan offers higher server resources and object caching, so website owners planning to use GreenGeeks can consider those plans, too.
GreenGeeks delivers exceptional performance compared to any other shared host and a few managed WordPress hosts. It costs just $2.95/month as introductory pricing, and combining it with the performance scores, GreenGeeks gives the best performance-to-price value.
Fastest Managed WordPress Hosting – Kinsta
Kinsta is the Fastest Managed WordPress hosting service we recommend. WP Engine is there as the fastest of all, but it offers only a moderate WPBench score of 5.9/10. However, Kinsta is undisputed here because its WPBench score is 8.5/10, the highest among any other hosts we’ve tested. Our historical record shows that Kinsta is the only host with a 10.0/10 WPBench score. So, if you are running resource-intensive WordPress applications, e-commerce stores, membership sites, or LMS plugins, then Kinsta is our only recommended choice.
Their TTFB was categorized into a strong tier with a 444ms response time in 2025. Their load handling is again elite tier with 27ms, which means they handle load similar to WP Engine but also offer faster backend handling capabilities.
The major speed factor of Kinsta is their Google C3D servers. Google offers different types of servers, each designed for different needs. Out of that, the C3D servers are the most powerful to handle intensive workloads, but also the most expensive.
WP Engine also uses Google Cloud, which is probably a mid-level server, and that’s the reason Kinsta secured the highest server score of 8.5/10 in our tests, while WP Engine secured a lower score of 5.9/10. Kinsta also claims they use Google’s premium tier network, which offers faster network transfer, while others use regular tier networks.
Kinsta’s standout performance is its exceptional backend processing power and elite load handling. For WordPress websites with complex architecture, database-intensive operations, and membership/LMS sites, Kinsta provides better value than any other Managed WordPress hosting.
Perfect test….
Thank you
Hi, great article. I suggest you to include ExonHost (LiteSpeed Server) to this list. I think the performance is as good as GreenGeeks.
Thank you for the recommendations. Once I get more votes from other visitors, I’ll test ExonHost and update this post.
Would love to see how WPX Hosting compares in this lineup.
Really valuable reviews Ryan! On the Templ load tests, which plan did you subscribe to?
We tested on the Micro plan at $15/month with the Iowa data center.
Hi, I loved your in-depth testing and research for the fastest WordPress hosting but you mentioned Rocket at the first place in the first table but there is no test data provided for Rocket hosting. Looking forward to seeing more test results.
We are in the process of upgrading the post. Meanwhile you can check the Rocket.net review which contains all the test results – https://hostingstep.com/hosting-reviews/rocket-net/
Checked Rocket and its seems they use CDN but other hosts aren’t using CDN. What’s your view on this and how fair is the comparison?
In our initial review, I skipped Rocket for the apparent reason it uses CDN and others aren’t. But the WordPress hosting industry is changing, and many hosts are coming up with CDN enabled by default. Kinsta and WPX are two hosts who are tested with CDN. We’re also testing Flywheel, and it too has CDN enabled. Since Kinsta, Flywheel, and WPX are top hosts, I can’t skip them just because they use CDN. So, I let users choose their fastest hosting services with or without CDN.
Looking forward to a comparison from closte
Here is the review of Closte. Brief review: It has good TTFB but is bad at load handling. Support is only for their platform issues, and WordPress support is not provided. It costs a minimum of $5/month to run a no-traffic site.