Answers.Body: <p>The problem isn't WordPress, but Hostmonster.  Shared hosting makes its money on sites that don't need any CPU or memory - simple WordPress sites, for instance.</p>
  
  <p>CiviCRM is a much more resource-intensive program than your typical CMS (like WordPress).  If you have <em>good</em> shared hosting - which is hard to come by! - then you can sometimes run a very small CiviCRM instance.  Say, 500 contacts.</p>
  
  <p>Consider a VPS instead.  Hostmonster offers a VPS service, but there are cheaper VPS vendors available.  If you're committed to shared hosting, there's a <a href="https://civicrm.org/hosting-providers" rel="noreferrer">list of hosting providers</a> available - but if you have the resources to support a VPS, you'll be much happier.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: To make it explicit - I've run CiviCRM on WordPress, Drupal, Backdrop, and even a little bit of Joomla.  While you can have a badly configured slow site with any CMS, I've never considered one over another based on performance.
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Answers.Body: <p>Upon advice from Jon G, I moved from Hostmonster to Siteground hosting.  CiviCRM runs great, now.  Thanks for the assist!   Tom R</p>
  
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Body: <p>Just installed WordPress and then CiviCRM on my Hostmonster.com hosted website.  CiviCRM runs too slow to be useful.  Is there w way to make it run without 1-2 minutes for each option selected, with timeout errors (504).  Is there a fix?</p>
  
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Title: CiviCRM (on WordPress) runs too slow to be useful
ThreadText: # CiviCRM (on WordPress) runs too slow to be useful
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2017-08-14)
  
  Just installed WordPress and then CiviCRM on my Hostmonster.com hosted website. CiviCRM runs too slow to be useful. Is there w way to make it run without 1-2 minutes for each option selected, with timeout errors (504). Is there a fix?
  
  **Tags:** wordpress, error, installation
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Is there a better engine than WordPress that I should consider to get better performance from CiviCRM?  
  
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  ### Answer by username_1 on 2017-08-15. Score: 7
  
  The problem isn't WordPress, but Hostmonster. Shared hosting makes its money on sites that don't need any CPU or memory - simple WordPress sites, for instance.
  
  CiviCRM is a much more resource-intensive program than your typical CMS (like WordPress). If you have *good* shared hosting - which is hard to come by! - then you can sometimes run a very small CiviCRM instance. Say, 500 contacts.
  
  Consider a VPS instead. Hostmonster offers a VPS service, but there are cheaper VPS vendors available. If you're committed to shared hosting, there's a [list of hosting providers](https://civicrm.org/hosting-providers) available - but if you have the resources to support a VPS, you'll be much happier.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: To make it explicit - I've run CiviCRM on WordPress, Drupal, Backdrop, and even a little bit of Joomla.  While you can have a badly configured slow site with any CMS, I've never considered one over another based on performance.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_0 on 2017-09-16. Score: 3
  
  Upon advice from Jon G, I moved from Hostmonster to Siteground hosting. CiviCRM runs great, now. Thanks for the assist! Tom R
  
  
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