Shane Jones
Shane Jones is a UK-based web and app consultant with more than 20 years of development experience. He works with agencies and businesses on content management systems, modern frontends, web performance, technical SEO and ongoing website maintenance.
Hosting is a foundation. Let’s choose it thoughtfully.
Joomla Hosting Directory is an independent resource for people choosing a home for a Joomla website. We bring together provider information and practical guidance about the work behind a reliable hosting environment.
A hosting decision involves more than a plan name. Compatibility, maintenance, recovery and support all matter. Our aim is to make those responsibilities easier to understand, whether you are setting up a first site or moving an existing one.
A focused starting point
We are launching with a single provider profile: Vultr. It is a cloud infrastructure option for developers and owners who want control over their server. We explain what that means in practice, including the administration work it involves.
This is not a market-wide hosting comparison. We do not claim that one provider is right for every Joomla site. You can use the hosting checklist to work out what suits your project, including when a managed service may be a better fit.
Useful guidance, clear boundaries
Our guides cover Joomla basics, hosting decisions, installation, updates, password recovery, security, staging, email and ongoing maintenance. Provider profiles use published documentation; they are not presented as first-hand performance tests.
Guide bylines identify the author or publishing organisation and record when the supporting documentation was reviewed. A review date is not a claim that we ran the procedure on a live server. Our installation walkthrough states its environment and testing limits explicitly.
The hosting fit checker explains its decisions using your answers; it does not rank the hosting market. The cost calculator uses a dated snapshot of Vultr’s public plan prices and your own allowance for extras.
Read our editorial policy for more about how we approach the content.
How the directory is supported
Our Vultr links are affiliate links. If you sign up and meet the programme’s conditions, we may receive a commission or referral reward. That commercial relationship is described in our affiliate disclosure.
Our advertising and funding policy explains how commercial material is kept distinct from guidance. For corrections and website enquiries, use the contact page.
An independent Joomla resource
This website is independently operated. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by the Joomla! project or Open Source Matters. Joomla! is a trademark of Open Source Matters, Inc. Product and company names belong to their respective owners.
Get in touch
For a correction or a question about the directory, email [email protected]. For hosting account support, contact your provider directly.