Wordpress is slightly less user friendly, but you have way more flexibility for making the webpage. More features.
So wordpress would be the best option of those two. I read that the free version of Wordpress doesn't offer so many features and I am not yet willing to pay a monthly fee for a website.
Therefore I stay with Simple site for the moment. It also doesn't have a great number of features, but it will do for now. I might investigate wordpress later.
I have something just as simple as Wordpress for you but without the security issues of PHP/SQL that's really cheap to host, potentially even free, without the downsides of what you're looking to use, like potentially having your content trapped with a proprietary host.
Publii static site generator paired with
GitLab, or
Netlify, or
Digital Ocean, or
Starburst, or
Nearly Free Speech. You can even
integrate in Google Custom Search.
If you're wanting a full LAMP host with cPanel for doing somethng like a full Wordpress install,
HawkHost is still good... but maintaining and keeping secure a PHP/SQL server based CMS can be a chore for the non-technical these days, even with tools like cPanel and Softaculous. Not impossible, just something else to have to chase after and constantly babysit.
The hardest part would probably be setting up the DNS for a custom domain if you wanted it, not that it's that difficult if you take your time and read the documentation, plus, there's plenty of guides out there for doing just that for static sites hosted with most of those providers.
Full Disclosure: There are
zero referral links in my post, and I have no affiliate agreements with any of these providers. I also haven't tried using Starburst Hosting yet, so I don't know how good or bad they really are.
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I read the link, never had an issue/problem in years of using Bluehost but guess everyone has different experiences and if or I should say when my next year payment is due, if I still haven't had any issues I can look to port it elsewhere.
Amazing how it's always the people
who get paid $65 a referral who never have any problems with Bluehost, a provider who's cheapest plan only costs $71.40/year.
I wonder why that is.
Hmmm.And before you get all defensive and think I'm calling you a liar... there's always a second or third possibility. Perhaps Bluehost also knows which accounts to keep greased just enough to keep the shills shilling, or maybe you don't actually know what a good performing host should look and feel like. Better to assume ignorance than malice, after all.
But think about it... what kind of service should one expect from a host who's only willing to spend $6.40/year on a full shared server LAMP/cPanel account for a referee would look like... especially when Bluehost wants upwards of $9/month for that same service without discount?