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HostGator is a Houston-based provider of shared, reseller, virtual private server, and dedicated web hosting with an additional presence in Austin, Texas.

Problems in the last 24 hours

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Most Reported Problems

The following are the most recent problems reported by Hostgator users through our website.

  • 39% Hosting (39%)
  • 29% Cloud Services (29%)
  • 17% E-mail (17%)
  • 12% Domains (12%)
  • 2% Web Tools (2%)

Live Outage Map

The most recent Hostgator outage reports came from the following cities:

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Araguari Cloud Services 3 days ago
Bogotá Hosting 3 days ago
Bogotá Cloud Services 3 days ago
Sorocaba Hosting 8 days ago
São Paulo Hosting 9 days ago
Concepción Hosting 9 days ago
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Hostgator Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • DanMicovic
    Daniel Micovic (@DanMicovic) reported

    @francojosephsd @HGSupport @HostGator Same, and they seem to think that the issue has been fully resolved. No communication to the customers, or among themselves.

  • HGSupport
    HostGator Support (@HGSupport) reported

    @yourwebcoders @HostGator Malware is a tricky problem and we work to make sure that it is contained as quickly as possible. Since you have provided the case numbers (we don't advise putting them in public), we can check on them for you. Let's put the rest of this conversation in the DMs for your privacy.

  • MilkmanHero
    MilkmanHero (@MilkmanHero) reported

    Ah @HostGator broke all my websites, I know they're fire fighting to patch security which is fair enough and I've been patient hoping it'll resolve itself, it hasn't. Really grating is @HGSupport making up absolute nonsense and blaming all my sites being broken on "malware" 🙄🥱

  • mentaldischarge
    Spank (@mentaldischarge) reported

    @DerNord036 I miss HostGator. They were a great, local Texas company with excellent service, then they sold to some conglomerate and now it's trash manned by jeets.

  • DanMicovic
    Daniel Micovic (@DanMicovic) reported

    @Hostgator @HGSupport We are entering Week 2 without access to revenue producing websites and still no updates from "escalated support team". This is obviously beyond HG scope as no other hosts are still struggling with this issue. Unacceptable.

  • DPRea
    Dustin (@DPRea) reported

    At 21 I started a web hosting company for under $500. - rented a server from HostGator - studied their "get your first 1,000 customers" ebook like scripture - pitched people in forums Shocker: nobody wanted web hosting from a college kid. So I changed the offer. I started selling websites instead. New website owners have the problem of "Where do I host this?" I would bundle the hosting as part of the website build in exchange for putting their credit card on file for next year. I didn't realize it at the time, but this is when I learned about the 'Front Doors' and 'Back Doors'. It's easy to fool yourself when researching a business or competitor when all you can see if their 'Front Door'. The offer on your competitor's website may look too good to be true and you may wonder how can they possibly do that? They have a 'Back Door' offer that must offset it and then some. You usually can't see it from the outside.

  • JoanTReynolds
    Joan Reynolds (@JoanTReynolds) reported

    @HostGator I cannot login to my hostgator account. Support is now useless.

  • DanMicovic
    Daniel Micovic (@DanMicovic) reported

    @HGSupport @HostGator week 2 of server being down and zero access to my sites or emails. Escalated support has stopped responding, no updates on open tickets and zero responses from support here. Has @HostGator given up?

  • HostGator
    HostGator (@HostGator) reported

    @betocreativo @Hostinger If your account is US-based, we offer 24/7 phone & chat support with real humans, the AI can help route you to them if needed. If you are a HostGator LATAM customer they also offer chat support were you can reach a live agent, anytime.

  • russellskaye
    Russell Kaye (@russellskaye) reported

    @DanMicovic @HostGator @HGSupport I cannot access the WHM on my two Hostgator hosting products: VPS & Reseller Servers. I'm unable to get chat support either.

  • okyall55
    OkYall (@okyall55) reported

    @HostGator is the WORST! Refuses to honor links (says file doesn't exist). More than 2x expensive as @IONOS. Loses posts, media and just generally SUCKS! Customer Service is AWFUL! I'm like IONOS they have a partner who will back up your file for an expensive fee. Otherwise, they just delete your stuff and you have no option if you haven't backed it up yourself. I paid to restore a backup and didn't get half of what they deleted. The reason I know I didn't delete it myself is because it's not in the trash folder. HOSTGATOR DELETED and it's my opinion that they did it intentionally so that they could charge me for a restore and then they didn't really restore much of anything. I lost a lot of memories.

  • TrueSignalMedia
    David Burger (@TrueSignalMedia) reported

    @HGSupport so I guess your services don't want to work today.. pretty crappy service when need to get on to update their site.

  • a2611058
    -=Extra=- (@a2611058) reported

    @HostGator been a customer for 13 years. no longer. @Porkbun here we come.

  • ZennieAbraham62
    Zennie Abraham ZENNIE62 #NFL #NFLDRAFT #SDCC #OAK (@ZennieAbraham62) reported

    So HostGator Support @HGSupport has someone who has elected to take on a CRIMINAL POSITION with respect to my company's server issue. This really is a job for the Department of Justice and Jeanine Pirro @JudgeJeanine to look into. I am sick and tired of this bad behavior. Say @NewfoldDigital we have a problem at HostGator.

  • JordanBlum87
    Jordan Blum🤘 (@JordanBlum87) reported

    Can any tech people help? We use Outlook for The Bookends Review and once a week, it'll stop sending and receiving mail because "503 Valid RCPT command must precede DATA." Then, I'll delete the emails we have in the HostGator CP and it'll work again. Any ideas how to fix?

  • ZSchneider76107
    Zara_Schneider (@ZSchneider76107) reported

    @voytekbereza @HostGator Sounds like a deployment or script loading issue. This is where stable infrastructure and proper server setup really make a difference.

  • Gabbybooks82
    Hephzibah Magazine TV (@Gabbybooks82) reported

    @HostGator @HGSupport I’m reaching out on behalf of my brother. His educational platform serving over 3000 schools in Nigeria has been down for over 2 weeks under case E-527097. We keep receiving only automated responses. Please we urgently need escalation to a senior engineer o

  • vella_gyaani
    Vella Gyaani (@vella_gyaani) reported

    Genuine question: how do you guys build waitlist websites for your projects? That includes terms and privacy links as well? I have a traditional setup of HostGator, WordPress and a simple theme and editing it is a pain all the time. Help me with this transformation. Any guides out there to modernize my setup with no code tools?

  • zombyboy
    Zombyboy (@zombyboy) reported

    @DanMicovic @HostGator Not a single email has been sent to me since last week to let me know what is going on. For me, it's been two days (2 chat sessions and 3 phone calls at various times). The only email I received was last week telling me that our server had been patched and I didn't need to take any action. Then, a few days later, I woke up to our sales guys and editors asking why all of our sites are down. Tomorrow I will be looking at migration options.

  • francojosephsd
    Joseph Franco (@francojosephsd) reported

    @HGSupport When will you correct the VPS service? 96 hour is way out of good service.

  • Champ_Ratings
    Champion Ratings (@Champ_Ratings) reported

    @HostGator I've been dealing with support via chat for an hour, I'm currently on my 5th circle with them explaining we didn't order anything as we found HostGator was crap years ago, so left

  • GaslightMurder
    Murder by Gaslight. (@GaslightMurder) reported

    @HGSupport Isn't this the most basic function of your company? What is going on? When will it be fixed? Why is it so hard to get anyone to respond to problems?

  • PeterVadala
    Follow Me On GETTR Instead. I’m @AmericasMansMan (@PeterVadala) reported

    I asked support to escalate it after an hour and a half where they attempted to fix it but couldn’t, and took over an hour to reset the server after which it promptly crashed again. @hostgator

  • Eder55164219
    Eder (@Eder55164219) reported

    @HostGator That's the problem, there's no way to contact them. send DM with case number

  • Mgsilva70727329
    Mgsilva (@Mgsilva70727329) reported

    @HostGator @HostGatorBrasil The customer service in Brazil is horrible and someone solve nothing!

  • Nesphalim
    🐰 🦄 Kimberly 🦄 🐰 (@Nesphalim) reported

    @RepAmWatch @HostGator I left them after nearly 20 years as a customer. It was a sad moment for me.

  • johnpetersontx
    John Peterson (@johnpetersontx) reported

    @YoungbloodJoe @HostGator Instead, it's often better to put them on a managed hosting service of some sort. I found this out the hard way when I got hacked on a VPS because then I didn't keep up with package updates.

  • AdvDefConcepts
    Sacrifice for the Future (@AdvDefConcepts) reported

    @HostGator @JanesErica49730 I completely agree, the new Roundcube sucks. To make it worse, they are completely tone deaf to why we don't like it. Their comment "You will get used to it". 😳

  • ZennieAbraham62
    Zennie Abraham ZENNIE62 #SuperBowlLX #NFLDRAFT (@ZennieAbraham62) reported

    @HGSupport WTF is going on?

  • HostGator
    HostGator (@HostGator) reported

    @darthguero @HGSupport Have you tried our frontline phone support? If you haven't, please try to do so as they are the best to assist when it comes to this kind of issue.