Post by @KolokokoBird@social.chinwag.org

@KolokokoBird@social.chinwag.org

2026-04-07 18:10 UTC

I need to find somebody in Canada who sets up Wordpress websites at a reasonable price, hosted on a Canadian server. I want a person who can arrange for webhosting and a security certificate, install Wordpress, add a few plugins and themes, set up a contact form, and provide some help for a new user. This is because I don&#39;t want to be this person. When friends ask for help getting started, I want to provide a name and URL. I&#39;d like to say hey, go over there and think about hiring this person, I will be at the beach and I do not help with websites anymore. If you do this kind of WordPress thing, please let me know. #Wordpress

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@omerida@phpc.social 2026-04-07 20:47

@KolokokoBird@social.chinwag.org @syntaxseed@phpc.social

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@MrDOS@hachyderm.io 2026-04-07 21:11

@KolokokoBird@social.chinwag.org What even are the options for boring, cost-effective Canadian shared hosting these days? Last time I looked (some time last year), I found a handful of options which were pretty expensive (well over CA$10/mo for their entry-level package), and another handful which purported to be Canadian but actually quietly operated out of US datacentres. I know there's OVH, but I've had technical issues with their billing system in the past that make me leery of recommending them as a set-it-and-forget-it option. (Specifically, I'm worried that the recurring billing will stop recurring, or set off fraud alarms, and intervention by a suitably technical person will be required to navigate the control panel to set things right again.)

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