Want more power for your existing WordPress blog?
Once you started getting thousands of real-time users on your blog, it is better to switch to a VPS or Cloud hosting.
I am pretty sure that a shared hosting server won’t work correctly, and you will get some performance issues while you are having a higher amount of live users.
Anyway, just like shared hosting companies, you could find hundreds of dedicated cloud hosting providers.
Choosing the right one is essential for your business.
And in this post, we are going to show you how you can host WordPress on Google Cloud Platform (GCP)!
It is one of the most trusted Cloud hosting providers, which is used by hundreds of thousands of bloggers and business websites!
So, if you need to scale your business website, you might want to consider signing up for the Google Cloud platform or migrating to it!
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Why Choose Google Cloud Platform?
As I mentioned above, there are so many hosting providers are offering cloud hosting.
Some of the popular ones are,
But, do you know why we recommend hosting on GCP?
GCP offers more performance-optimized servers, security, and uptime.
Security, speed, and uptime are the essential factors of any blog and website. Especially if you are running an online shop, you might want to consider picking up a hosting that offers this.
How To Host WordPress On Google Cloud?
Instead of hosting WordPress on Google cloud directly, we recommend you hosting it through Cloudways!
Cloudways will help you to organize any application on Cloud services like:
- Digital Ocean.
- Vultr.
- Linode.
- Amazon.
- Google Cloud.
Etc.
You could choose any cloud server from the list. And from the account dashboard, you could deploy any application to the server.
Hello, Cloudways!
If you are following our recent blog posts, you should know Cloudways.
Cloudways is the same hosting company that is used by OnlineRockersHub. With a secured, scalable environment, we always recommend Cloudways for our readers.
If you want to learn more about Cloudways, we recommend you check out our Cloudways review.
We have explained everything about their pricing, performance, security, etc. there.
Why Choose Cloudways Instead of Direct Hosting?
The answer is simple.
Cloudways offers an easy to use account dashboard for the clients.
You could find every setting from there, without looking further. Plus, you can perform a complete website backup, SSL integration, CDN integration, PHP version upgrade with a single click of the mouse.
If you directly host on Google Cloud, you will need an extra hand for customizing the website.
So, it is better to go with Cloudways. You could deploy, start configuring within minutes!
Anyway, let’s move to the tutorial.
For saving some money on the purchase, we have added a Cloudways coupon. You could check that post for the promo code.
Once you got signed up, complete verifying your email address and phone number.
Then, you will be redirected to the account dashboard.
Let’s launch our first server. Click on the Launch button on the screen.
Cloudways got applications like WordPress, WooCommerce, Drupal, Magento, etc. On the next screen, you need to choose the app.
From the dropdown, choose the WordPress version you need to install.
We recommend you install the latest version of WordPress on the server. But this is optional.
If you fit an outdated version, you can easily update it later from your WordPress updates page.
Name your application, server, and project. This is for identifying your app. Won’t be visible for the public. Only you will know it.
On the next page, you will see an option for choosing the hosting server.
Choose the Google Cloud Platform from there. Then, choose the size of the server.
You can go with Small. Later, you will be able to change the server size from the dashboard or by contacting the support team.
Get a rough idea of how much bandwidth and disk space your server uses.
Choose a datacenter for your application.
You have three regions there like the USA, Europe, Asia. From the dropdown, choose a region and location. Move to the next option.
You can see the expected cost a month for the server configuration. Launch the server.
You need to wait a few minutes. Your server will be deployed on Google Cloud.
Under Applications in the Cloudways account dashboard, you can see the newly deployed server.
Move to applications, and you can see the created app there. Choose the application for configuring.
Under Application Management, Access Details, you could see the WordPress admin credentials.
You could use those credentials for logging in to the WordPress admin area. You can log in to the backend, set up the blog.
Is Free Migration Available?
Absolutely!
If you already hosted a WordPress blog somewhere else and wish to migrate to Cloudways, that’s possible!
Cloudways got the best technical support team in the industry.
They will help you to migrate your WordPress install to their server without any downtime.
All you need to do is, change the nameservers or IP address and point it to your new server!
If you wish to migrate the blog manually, all by yourself, check out any WordPress backup plugins available in the industry.
We recommend you BackupBuddy for it.
That’s it!
This is how you can host WordPress on Google Cloud!
Get Started With Cloudways
You could get a free trial on Cloudways from below.
I hope you found this post helpful and enjoyed the read. If you did, please consider sharing this post with your friends and fellow bloggers on social media.
Want to know more about WordPress and the tutorials? All you need to check is our WordPress archives page.
For more Cloudways tutorials,
How much will it cost to host on Cloudways?
Cloudways charge on the basis of your usage. If you are hosting for one full month at Cloudways, the minimum charge would be $10, depending upon the server. I do think this fee is reasonable for a quality cloud hosting service.
Thanks Nirmal for sharing. which is the best server to host in cloudways?
Hey Lynn,
There is no such high rated server and low rated server with Cloudways. Although Cloudways offer multiple servers, it depends upon budget and choice. I am using Linode.