Hi Jeffro,

Thanks for this post. I just read through every one of the comments posted here to date, and I'm pretty sure I didn't see anyone who had actually posted about USING this new service from GoDaddy*.

Well, I just signed up and paid for a year's worth of the Starter Managed WordPress ($6.29 per month), and picked up the free domain. With a 30-day money back guarantee, I figured what's to lose? As a rank WP beginner, I've been learning a lot about hosting, initial WP hosting account and site setup. I've gone half-way through or less now with free-trials now with Synthesis, WPEngine, Pixeno, Flywheel, and SiteGround. I haven't gotten a dang WP site off the ground yet, but I feel like a bit of an 'expert-beginner' in terms of impressions with ease of use, etc etc with WP hosting.

Within about 20 minutes, I'd signed-up, run through the set-up and incredibly smart GoDaddy WP Quick Setup Wizard (a built-in option in the WordPress Dash Board under Tools), and had a functioning WordPress site. All the basic minimal stuff you want--basic plugin choices (including Yoast WP SEO, and Google Analytics), social integration, page setups, etc etc--in a simple wizard setup. Cool.

The GoDaddy WordPress Quick Setup Wizard will fill a huge gap and a need for struggling DIY-self setup WordPress-er's like myself. We just want a complete WP site that doesn't look too terrible, and functions day-to-day while we tweak it, customize it... (like learning how to make those breadcrumbs look the way we want, make the Genesis category page not show 'page archives for' in the browser tab...and stuff we struggle with like that. lol)

It looks and feels like this GoDaddy WordPress Managed hosting is strictly geared toward the DIY-enduser. Who knows, maybe this GoDaddy service will be a great referral for WordPress Developer Professionals to off-load their "dreaded $500 Budget WordPress Clients" (aka PITA folks like me!) which many of the high-falutin WP professionals are always going-on about?

Frankly, as a WP-DIYer myself I've been struggling with the basic setup, etc etc of WordPress off and on for over 18 months. It's a part-time interest of mine; I have no budget to pay someone--like the experienced, reputable WP professionals who have commented here--but, I sure am interested in learning and participating and getting through the frustrating learning curves.

Frankly, I think that GoDaddy and @Felix are on to something here. This service--with its built-in tools--will go far both to fill a huge gap in the WP ease-of-implementation arena which low-tech peeps like myself have needed for a long time.

I don't know a whole like about the extent that others have built and implemented set-up wizards into the WordPress dashboard, but it seems like the SetUp Wizard GoDaddy have put in place with their new managed WP hosting will be a new example of what is possible in terms of end-user-oriented WP backend extensibility and setup tools.

Oh, and did I mention that GoDaddy gives you the option, at initial set-up to build out your WordPress site on a temporary url, and then to migrate it to your permanent domain in the future when you're ready? Brilliant.

During the first steps to setup your account, there is also a decent looking, built-in wizard page (a few entries) to automatically migrate your existing site to your GD WordPress hosting account via FTP access. I cannot vouch for it--I have no current site to migrate--but the interface looks simple enough. And if this works, its the easiest I've seen.

I also was also not a fan of much of GoDaddy's past leadership or image choices (e.g., jacka$$ former-leader BP; bulls**t, sophomoric marketing, etc etc), but I'm willing to give a risk-free trial for an excellently priced, great-sounding product a fair chance. And, so far this beginner has been surprised with what I've found. Sweet.

I'd say that the WordPress Community--especially the ton of us WP-DIYers out here who struggle with the frustrating aspects of WP site setup--may be embracing GoDaddy's built-in, easy-to-use, set-up wizards and end user tools with relief and open arms. I consider what they've done to be a significant contribution to the community. So, thanks! Good for you. You go GoDaddy.

(*My comment here is not any kind of affiliate referral bs. Note I've not included a website either--cause I don't even have a functioning one to include yet.)