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DreamHost Removed from WordPress.org’s Recommended Hosting Page

DreamHost has been removed from WordPress.org’s recommended hosting page. The update was made by Samuel Wood (Otto), “Tech Ninja” for Audrey Capital, and the page now exclusively lists Pressable, Bluehost, and Hostinger as recommended hosting providers.

The removal came without any explanation, with the associated changeset message simply stating, “Hosting: rm dreamhost, per matt.” DreamHost was previously removed temporarily from the page earlier this year, on January 17, 2024, only to be reinstated later.

The Hosting page has been a point of contention within the community for years. The lack of clarity surrounding the criteria for being listed or delisted on this influential page has often sparked debates.

Last year, when SiteGround was removed from the recommended list, the WordPress community responded with demands for greater transparency. Contributors called for clear and objective guidelines to determine who qualifies for inclusion on the page.

Interestingly, the page doesnot include WordPress.com in the recommended list. 

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    • Rai Ansar
      December 3, 2024 at 11:23 AMView in Forum

      I understand that transparency isn’t WordPress’s strongest suite but Dreamhost was always a horrible host. Good to see amazing and well managed Hosting providers like Hostinger.

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    • Tasnim Ahmed
      December 3, 2024 at 11:23 AMView in Forum

      Still no explanation? Is WordPress authority acting unilaterally, or is there an issue with policy violations or non-compliance with standard guidelines? It appears to be a matter of quality standards not being met.

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    • Hirak
      December 3, 2024 at 11:23 AMView in Forum

      WordPress is becoming a monopoly day by day like Google?

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    • Mike Tiegner
      December 3, 2024 at 11:23 AMView in Forum

      Yet another 2024 s*itshow for WordPress and the Mad King.

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    • Steven Gliebe
      December 3, 2024 at 11:26 AMView in Forum

      Seeing Hostinger ads a lot lately is not surprising and seeing how their CEO wants Google to delist Review Signal (presumably for pointing how that his employees write reviews), but seeing Hostinger recommended on WordPress.org over the other 20,000+ hosts? That is surprising. Matt, you just gave these guys the holy grail for free. Why?

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    • Rick Horowitz
      December 3, 2024 at 11:27 AMView in Forum

      Without transparency on this, their recommendation (or lack thereof) is meaningless.

      I’m already starting to keep my eyes/ears open for what comes after WordPress. There were “must-have” platforms before WordPress: Frontier/Manila, Blogger, Open Diary, LiveJournal, MovableType. And I’m sure there will be another when Matt is done killing off WordPress.

      Right now, you couldn’t PAY me to think the recommendations from WordPress are worth the paper they’re written on. (Read that again, if you think that means their recommendations are worth anything at all.)

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    • Miroslav Glavic
      December 3, 2024 at 11:29 AMView in Forum

      First of all, it can’t include wordpress.com because people would throw a fit of conflict of interest.
      Second, no one is entitled to be on that page or any other site’s page. Obviously there is some kind of deal to be there, maybe an affiliate link.
      Third, I used to link to WPTavern among my site’s resources page. I changed themes and removed that page, I haven’t added it since last year, oops, I forgot, does not mean I have to justify why I don’t link to WPTavern or the other sites I did.

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      • Steven Gliebe
        December 6, 2024 at 9:11 PMView in Forum

        Well, no WordPress.com but Pressable is there and it is Automattic’s (I’m a customer by the way; I like it). And Bluehost partners with WP Cloud which is Automattic. Just wondering what the Hostinger connection is.

        I think the problem is not entitlement as much as it is WordPress.org being portrayed as this community thing when really, as many are now realizing, it is not exactly that. Matt chooses the recommended hosts, Automattic’s Akismet product is bundled with WordPress, competitors of WordPress.com can have their plugin repos taken over if deemed a threat, and whatever.

        I’m fine with that but we should just stop pretending. I think what’s his name called it “Fake good guy”. That was nasty and note really accurate but it makes a point. Just call things what they are. WordPress is the core of Automattic’s commercial endeavors and we all get to piggyback on that for just about any reason, including making a living, so thanks for that.

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      • Richard Head
        December 6, 2024 at 9:14 PMView in Forum

        Also wordpress.com is a terrible host

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    • John P.
      December 6, 2024 at 9:13 PMView in Forum

      The way to get on that page is to offer the biggest payment to Automatic.

      Why would anyone ever have assumed anything?

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    • Blas
      December 6, 2024 at 9:14 PMView in Forum

      The monopolistic behavior of WordPress is getting out of control. We already started moving clients away from WordPress.
      Or clients pay us to build their business, not for paying wak-a-mole with WordPress decisions.

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    • Micha Krapp
      December 9, 2024 at 11:17 AMView in Forum

      Btw. wordpress.com IS linked right at the top in the second paragraph, even before the first entry of the list.

      Hosting

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