{"id":1504950,"date":"2020-06-01T11:41:33","date_gmt":"2020-06-01T11:41:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.wpxhosting.com\/?p=1504950"},"modified":"2023-11-02T12:46:05","modified_gmt":"2023-11-02T12:46:05","slug":"what-happened-to-wpx-in-kevin-ohashis-2020-wp-hosting-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpx.net\/blog\/what-happened-to-wpx-in-kevin-ohashis-2020-wp-hosting-tests\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happened To WPX In Kevin Ohashi&#8217;s 2020 WP Hosting Tests?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ReviewSignal.com is an independent hosting review site run by a dude called Kevin Ohashi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Each year, Kevin runs a batch of tests &#8211; raw speed, uptime and load handling &#8211; on most of the major players in WordPress Hosting.<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Instead of declaring one single winner, Kevin awards the very best performers a rank called &#8220;Top Tier&#8221; status.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WPX entered last year (2019) and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/blog.wpxhosting.com\/kevin-ohashi-review-signal-2019\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>achieved Top Tier status<\/b><\/a>&nbsp;in all three entered categories:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[a] under $25 monthly&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[b] $25-$50 monthly and&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>[c] $51-$100.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kevin featured the same three categories this year (2020), results published on June 1 2020&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Under_25_Monthly_Top_Tier_Winners\"><\/span><b>Under $25 Monthly Top Tier Winners:<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reviewsignal.com\/blog\/25-wordpress-hosting-performance-benchmarks-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wpxhosting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Under-25-768x514-1.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kevin&#8217;s summary on WPX&#8217;s performance in this category:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;WPX Hosting earned another Top Tier award this year. There&#8217;s not much to say, 99.999% uptime and almost perfect load tests will do that. Congrats on the repeat, keep up the excellent work.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--2\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-palette-color-8-background-color has-text-color has-background has-border-color has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/wpx.net\/cart\/wordpress-hosting\/\" style=\"border-color:#fb5718;border-width:1px;border-radius:25px;color:#fb5718\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View Our Plans<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"25-50_Monthly_Top_Tier_Winners\"><\/span><b>$25-$50 Monthly Top Tier Winners:<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reviewsignal.com\/blog\/50-wordpress-hosting-performance-benchmarks-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wpxhosting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/25-50-768x514-1.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kevin&#8217;s summary on WPX&#8217;s performance in the $25-$50 category:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;WPX Hosting had 100\/99.99% uptime marks. Their average response times on both load tests was in the snappy 100ms range. WPX earned themselves Top Tier honors again this year&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"51-100_Monthly_Top_Tier_Winners\"><\/span><b>$51-$100 Monthly Top Tier Winners<\/b>:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/reviewsignal.com\/blog\/100-wordpress-hosting-performance-benchmarks-2020\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.wpxhosting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/51-100-768x514-1.png\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Kevin&#8217;s summary on WPX&#8217;s performance in the $51-$100 category:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;WPX had near perfect uptime and did excellent on both load tests. It wasn&#8217;t flashy but they were the third fastest average response on Load Storm and second fastest on Load Impact. A consistently great performance which got them another Top Tier award this year&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--3\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-palette-color-8-background-color has-text-color has-background has-border-color has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/wpx.net\/cart\/wordpress-hosting\/\" style=\"border-color:#fb5718;border-width:1px;border-radius:25px;color:#fb5718\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View Our Plans<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"But_What_About_Support_Quality\"><\/span><b>But What About Support Quality?<\/b><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p>Speed is one thing but what about support QUALITY?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s how WPX is doing on arguably the world&#8217;s largest genuine review website,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.trustpilot.com\/review\/wpxhosting.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Trustpilot.com<\/b><\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"493\" src=\"https:\/\/wpx.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-99-1024x493.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2016719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpx.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-99-1024x493.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/wpx.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-99-300x145.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wpx.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-99-768x370.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wpx.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-99-200x96.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/wpx.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-99.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>and on Facebook:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"690\" src=\"https:\/\/wpx.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-100-1024x690.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2016720\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wpx.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-100-1024x690.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/wpx.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-100-300x202.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/wpx.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-100-768x518.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/wpx.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-100-200x135.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/wpx.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-100.jpeg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Let&#8217;s Recap How Much VALUE You Get With &#8216;Top Tier&#8217; WPX:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>\u2018Top Tier\u2019 winning speed and load handling performance, as proven by Kevin Ohashi\u2019s independent 2020 testing above, in addition to winning&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.matthewwoodward.co.uk\/blogging\/fastest-wordpress-hosting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Matthew Woodward\u2019s independent testing<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unlimited&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wpxhosting.com\/knowledgebase\/article\/11\/is-site-migration-to-wpx-hosting-free-is-email-included-\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>free site migrations\/transfers to WPX<\/b><\/a>&nbsp;from any other hosting company<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/quality.livechatinc.com\/4691811\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>30-second average<\/b><\/a>&nbsp;response time on Live Chat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Free custom&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wpxhosting.com\/knowledgebase\/article\/156\/introducing-the-wpx-cloud-why-your-website-needs-it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>high-speed CDN<\/b><\/a>&nbsp;(Content Delivery Network) for all WPX customers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>\u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/wpxhosting.com\/knowledgebase\/article\/141\/what-is-the-wpx-hosting-fixed-for-you-guarantee-\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Fixed For You Free &amp; Fast<\/b><\/a>\u2019 Guarantee if your site goes offline<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Free malware scanning &amp; removal (some hosts charge crazy fees for malware removal), note there can be a queue for removal work<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Unlimited&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/wpxhosting.com\/knowledgebase\/article\/88\/how-to-install-a-free-ssl-certificate-with-wpx-hosting\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>free SSL certificates<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Free email (many newer WP hosts don\u2019t offer that)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>A high-quality host committed to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/everydogmatters.eu\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>helping homeless\/shelter\/disabled dogs &amp; cats<\/b><\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/wpxhosting.com\/knowledgebase\/article\/163\/does-wpx-hosting-offer-managed-wordpress-hosting-what-exactly-does-that-cover-\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Clearly-defined<\/b><\/a>\u00a0Managed WordPress Hosting responsibilities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-a89b3969 wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button is-style-outline is-style-outline--4\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-palette-color-8-background-color has-text-color has-background has-border-color has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/wpx.net\/cart\/wordpress-hosting\/\" style=\"border-color:#fb5718;border-width:1px;border-radius:25px;color:#fb5718\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">View Our Plans<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ReviewSignal.com is an independent hosting review site run by a dude called Kevin Ohashi. Each year, Kevin runs a batch of tests &#8211; raw speed, uptime and load handling &#8211; on most of the major players in WordPress Hosting. Instead of declaring one single winner, Kevin awards the very best performers a rank called &#8220;Top [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2015349,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[87],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[103],"class_list":["post-1504950","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-performance"],"blocksy_meta":[],"authors":[{"term_id":103,"user_id":1,"is_guest":0,"slug":"wpx_blog3826","display_name":"Terry Kyle","avatar_url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/9819e4a6f61650acc8fb4bcf3113de879a44c80a9cac414c99dc514ff0800331?s=96&d=mm&r=g","0":null,"1":"","2":"","3":"","4":"","5":"","6":"","7":"","8":""}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1504950","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1504950"}],"version-history":[{"count":9,"href":"https:\/\/wpx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1504950\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2016721,"href":"https:\/\/wpx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1504950\/revisions\/2016721"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2015349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wpx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1504950"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1504950"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1504950"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wpx.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ppma_author?post=1504950"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}