{"id":8915,"date":"2022-07-26T07:58:16","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T06:58:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/?p=8915"},"modified":"2026-02-20T09:53:21","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T09:53:21","slug":"review-signal-top-tier-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.20i.com\/blog\/review-signal-top-tier-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"20i in Review Signal’s Top Tier for WordPress Hosting: 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We\u2019re delighted to announce that for a second year in a row, our WordPress Hosting<\/a> has been awarded \u2018Top Tier\u2019 status by Review Signal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Their WordPress Hosting benchmarks<\/a> are carried out annually, and we like them because they\u2019re unbiased, based purely on performance – not affiliate commission!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There’s a problem with other web and WordPress hosting<\/a> reviews. Many hosting companies run affiliate programs, so reviews are often skewed towards companies that pay the most, or more simply: pay the reviewer directly!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kevin Ohashi from Review Signal does it differently. He tests different hosts by using an \u2018example\u2019 WordPress website, which is the same across the different hosting companies. This site is then subjected to a battery of independent performance tests. This way, the benchmarks are comprehensive and impartial.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

So that\u2019s why we\u2019re so pleased to be shown as having the best WordPress hosting<\/strong> by Review Signal! Here\u2019s how the tests went down\u2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n

LoadStorm results<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Like it sounds, the tests by this company batter servers! LoadStorm<\/a> is designed to simulate real users entering the site, when nothing is cached. But the 20i servers handled everything they could throw at us, thanks to our unique autoscaling tech<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"Loadstorm<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

They made a total of 327,000 tests with an error rate of less than 0.015%. Our average response time for a web page was 472ms \u2013 amazing under high load \u2013 and for the wordpress_login page it was 345ms.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kevin said that we \u2018handled the test with ease\u2019, while other hosting was subject to limits or prone to errors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

K6 testing<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Unlike LoadStorm, K6<\/a> (FKA Load Impact) is designed to test caching, by requesting the same page again and again. It would be putting StackCache<\/a> \u2013 our NGINX WordPress caching plugin \u2013 through its paces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"K6<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

They made 427,000 requests, with no errors at all. Our average response time was a remarkable 55ms! Other companies\u2019 hosting experienced spikes and slowdowns which affected their results, while again, 20i handled the test without any issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ditching the downtime<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When it came to uptime, our WordPress hosting again performed really well: ‘perfect’ in the words of Kevin. The figures were taken from two monitoring companies: HetrixTools<\/a> and Uptime Robot<\/a>. For Hetrix, we managed 100% uptime, and for Uptime Robot it was 99.999% across the board. Gone are the days when you had to put up with frequent service outages. Downtime is virtually non-existent<\/a> with 20i.<\/p>\n\n\n

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WordPress performance<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Another two tests were done by WPPerformanceTester<\/a>. WP Bench is used to test how many queries can be handled at once, and we got a great score of 489 per second.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The other benchmark involves the language WordPress uses. PHP Bench performs computational and database operations. Again its measured in seconds, and we got a low score (which is good!) of 9.289. That must be due to the way our team optimise PHP<\/a> on our hosting platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SSL tests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The example WordPress website was also put through an SSL test. This was done by Qualys<\/a> checking the certs\u2019 support for protocols, key exchange and ciphers. Our SSLs received a grade of \u2018A\u2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Truly \u2018top tier\u2019 – try us for \u00a31<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019re thrilled that we received \u2018Top Tier\u2019 status at Review Signal! 20i was said to have ‘virtually no signs struggle during the testing’. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of course, performance alone isn\u2019t the be-all and end-all of web hosting<\/a> \u2013 but it is something that can be tested objectively. So the tests are definitely something to take into account if you\u2019re considering changing your WordPress hosting provider. You can\u00a0try our hosting now<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Migrating existing WordPress site to 20i is easy, and you can follow our tutorial below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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