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4 of 5 Stars
I've hosted all my personal websites (including this one!) at DreamHost for over a decade now. Their VPS service (a virtual machine with a managed OS+web stack, but completely flexible within userspace, with an optional managed MySQL server) has been rock solid since the mid-2010s, and when problems do come up, tech support is on it quickly, friendly and informative. They support easy WordPress installs on their web hosting, plus a managed WordPress hosting service (that I haven't tried).
Their cloud computing service has been less stable, though, and after waiting a while for problems to shake out, I tried out a few dedicated cloud providers and settled on Linode (review) for better stability, decent prices, and more datacenter choices.
Yes, it's a referral link. If you sign up through it, they'll kick a few bucks toward my next hosting bill. I do recommend them for VPS web and database hosting, just not for arbitrary cloud VMs.
— Kelson Vibber, 2022-05-25