A friend of mine is launching a local news portal using WordPress. The website will publish multiple articles daily, include image galleries, and is expected to attract around 1,500–3,000 visitors per day. We're looking for hosting with at least 10 GB of SSD storage, sufficient PHP memory limits, and enough resources to handle occasional traffic spikes. Daily backups and DDoS protection are important too. I came across hostpro.com and wanted to ask whether their shared hosting plans could handle this kind of website or if a VPS would be a better option.
