If you’ve been checking out the hosting packages at HostGator, you may be wondering what is unmetered bandwidth.

To put it simply, it means you can use as much bandwidth as you want — as long as what you’re doing is reasonable.

That means if you stay within their Terms of Service and to only use bandwidth in the normal operation of your website, you won’t run into any issues.

But let’s say you start using your hosting package as a personal backup resource or file hosting server that doesn’t have anything to do with your website and HostGator discovers this – you’ll hear from them.

The unmetered bandwidth means you’re not going to be charged based on a fixed monthly usage. It helps because you don’t need to monitor usage and be concerned with overage charges.

Use your web hosting in a manner you would, don’t abuse the policy, and you’ll be a happy camper.

Wondering how to connect to your HostGator account using SSH?

1. Download an SSH client if you don’t have one. We recommend PuTTY. which is the most common.

2. Enter your domain or IP address and the port number, which is 2222 for shared and reseller accounts and port 22 for dedicated and VPS clients.

3. Use the same login credentials (username and password) that you use for cPanel to login. If you are a dedicated or VPS customer, you can also use your root WHM username and password.

That’s it, simply after entering valid information you should be logged in to securely transact with your account.

SSH Is beloved by webmasters because it provides access to the nitty-gritty of the server and all its processes to debug, install, update and maintain the system in a secure environment.

So you’ve just signed up for HostGator, Perhaps using our incredible HostGator 1 cent coupon, and you wanted to know how to setup SSH access.

Which Packages Include SSH

The first thing you need to know is that HostGator offers SSH (encrypted/secure shell) access on all Linux hosting plans except Optimized WordPress.

The shared hosting packages also include jailed SSH, which basicaly means it’s limited to your account only.

How To Enable SSH Access

1. Login in to your cPanel account.

2. From the left navigation bar, click on Account Functions.

3. Click on Shell Access

4. Select the particular account followed by the type of SSH access you want. You can choose between normal access or jailed access. In some accounts, you’ll only find the latter.

You can also find under the package tabs for your account.

How To Connect Using SSH

See our follow-up post on how to connect using SSH.

We’ve previously posted some amazing money saving coupons for HostGator web hosting but those don’t always apply to all their packages.

That’s why today we’re pleased to bring you these special coupons for HostGator WordPress hosting.

Click here and score their rock solid and ultra-fast WordPress hosting for $4.63 a month.

Once you go through the link and begin to check out, you’ll see a pop-up alerting you to the sale price.

For instance, the 3-year package, which is regularly over $350 is cut down to $166 — or under $5 a month for unlimited space, unlimited bandwidth, and 24/7 customer support with their unbeatable 45-day money-back guarantee.

The optimized WordPress hosting is 2.5x faster than traditional hosting and comes with advanced security, scalability as you grow and with their powerful control panel.

It doesn’t get much better than this!

With Christmas just over a week away, we’ve got an early Christmas present for you.

We’ve partnered with HostGator to give away one YEAR of free of hosting to get your new year started on the right foot! The winner will receive a full year of hosting on the Hatchling Plan that includes hosting for one domain and unlimited space and bandwidth.

Other features of the plan include E-mail, FTP, SSH, WordPress, One-click installs, Perl/PHP, cPanel, 24/7 support, automatic backups, instant setup, 99.9% uptime guarantee and $100 Google AdWords and Bing advertising credit.

To enter, simply send us an email at [email protected] with the subject “HostGator Contest.” Remember to include your full name and location. All entries must be received by December 24, 2017 11:59 PM EST. The winner will be drawn on December 26, 2017 and will be contacted by email.

HostGator will setup the account and transfer ownership to the winner’s e-email address. You will then be able to login and update all account holder information.

This prize is valued at approximately $70 and the contest is open to residents of United States and Canada. The hosting plan will not auto-renew at the end of the first year without your consent.

December 26 update:

Congratulations to Patrick Brady for winning our first a free year of HostGator hosting! Please check your e-mail with details on how to claim your prize.

HostGator cheapest plan is the Hatchling Plan, which can usually be purchased for $3.95 or less per month.

The Hatchling Plan only allows you to host one domain in your account. However, it comes with one click installation of the most popular software and apps like WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, Magneto, wiki, phpBB and unlimited space and bandwidth.

That means there’s no hard cap on how much data your site can store or serve and it won’t incurr overage charges. That’s as long as you’re only storing and serving files essential to your website, as per their terms of service.

But don’t worry, if there’s any concerns about either of these unlimited aspects, HostGator support will send you an email warning you to reduce the usage and your files won’t simply disappear.

The plan also comes with their friendly cPanel and supports unlimited email addresses as well as a 99.9% uptime guarantee.

If you want to sign up, remember, you can grab your first HostGator month for 1 cent.

If you’ve been thinking of signing up for hosting but serve adult content on your website, you must be wondering if HostGator allows adult content.

We personally reached out and have confirmed that HostGator allows hosting adult content in your account.

The usual exceptions apply such as you still cannot host copyrighted material, like adult movie clips, full movies, or photos from major publishers, magazines or paid websites.

Before you sign up: remember to check out the best current deals so you don’t regret it.

Of course, this applies to all accounts but you want to take special note of it if you’re hosting adult content since there are very few producers of original content and HostGator does not allow you to infringe intellectual property rights.