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Hostgator status: hosting issues and outage reports

Some problems detected

Users are reporting problems related to: hosting, e-mail and domains.

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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

The graph below depicts the number of Hostgator reports received over the last 24 hours by time of day. When the number of reports exceeds the baseline, represented by the red line, an outage is determined.

May 8: Problems at Hostgator

Hostgator is having issues since 03:00 AM EST. Are you also affected? Leave a message in the comments section!

Most Reported Problems

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

  • 34% Hosting (34%)
  • 32% E-mail (32%)
  • 20% Domains (20%)
  • 9% Cloud Services (9%)
  • 5% Web Tools (5%)

Live Outage Map

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

CityProblem TypeReport Time
Rio de Janeiro E-mail 30 minutes ago
Benito Juarez Hosting 20 hours ago
Santiago de Querétaro E-mail 3 days ago
Bogotá Hosting 3 days ago
St. Petersburg E-mail 3 days ago
San José Hosting 3 days ago
Full Outage Map

Community Discussion

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Hostgator Issues Reports

Latest outage, problems and issue reports in social media:

  • artfoolpolitics
    Artfool Politics (@artfoolpolitics) reported

    @HostGator @Trrance How about stop telling us how frustrating it is and actually do your freaking job and FIX IT????

  • chikipollo08
    Eduardo Morales (@chikipollo08) reported

    @HostGator I submitted a support ticket regarding my hosting; my emails are not reaching their destination. I've had the ticket open for 3 days and no one has followed up on it.

  • danielnardicio
    DN (@danielnardicio) reported

    When looking to replace the dreadful @GoDaddy @GoDaddyHelp with a better company with better customer service, try out Bluehost SiteGround DreamHost HostGator HostPapa InMotion Hosting. You dont have to accept terrible customer service.

  • WendySilvers
    Rev. Wendy Silvers (@WendySilvers) reported

    @HGSupport I've been attempting to resolve an issue that stems from the Hostgator site for days. I've spent hours on the phone with various Hostgator support and no one has resolved the issue. It's unbelievably frustrating.

  • HGSupport
    HostGator Support (@HGSupport) reported

    @ronimartinezz @HostGator From the screenshot, it looks like you are having trouble logging in to your account to cancel. If that's the case, send us a DM so we can get you verified and assist.

  • PeterVadala
    CENSORED BY T!!TTER (@PeterVadala) reported

    @HostGator @HostGator or anyone out there can you verify this is actually #Hostgator before we attempt to do tech support via #X instead of over the phone

  • zahidjavali
    ZH Javali (@zahidjavali) reported

    @BigRock After Hostgator was migrated to Big Rock, service disruptions have become a daily affair during off peak hours. Support says process count exceeded 25, but doesn't give the exact cause of the downtime. Can you tell what's really happening?

  • VasudevanMR
    Vasudevan M.R. (@VasudevanMR) reported

    @hostgatorindia @HGSupport My emails have been blocked apparently because my IP address has been flagged. But I use a dynamic IP allotted by my ISP @airtelindia . I have no control over the IP. There is no way for me to resolve the issue. Absolutely pathetic.

  • nick_donellan
    B2B2B2B? Nicky D (@nick_donellan) reported

    @HGSupport we are still having issues with our email servers. This is like the 8th or 9th day of issues. It takes about 45 seconds to pull up every email. We run a medical equipment supply company and emails are getting lost and accidentally deleted with important documents in

  • YoungbloodJoe
    Joe Youngblood - SEO, Futurology, AI, Marketing (@YoungbloodJoe) reported

    Rocketship SEO Plugin: We have identified a memory handling issue with our plugin that appears to largely impact Yoast users on Bluehost (though not HostGator which is the same company). in 100% of cases we've investigated the issue goes away in a few hours as memory used subsides. You might get an error immediately after activating the plugin that says there has been a critical error on the site. Your site and Admin area are fine, this is the memory issue manifesting itself. You might also get a report emailed by WordPress saying the issue was caused by @Yoast using too much memory, but it is our plugin causing the problem not Yoast. Our best guess at the moment is that this error is caused by our compatibility settings with Yoast which is performed automatically upon install and activation. We are looking at making this process more efficient and improving our compatibility so sites in shared environments like Bluehost do not encounter this issue.

  • koluwaponle
    Kudehinbu Oluwaponle (@koluwaponle) reported

    @HostGator @HGSupport I requested using the money to cover cost of my existing snappy VPS, your support refused. They insisted on refunds, they tried refunding to my naira card, it failed and I told them to refund to my dollar card, they promised to do so but never did

  • BrianModansky
    Brian Modansky (@BrianModansky) reported

    customer support and website designer to build HostGator’s employee training department while I was still doing website designer work also. We moved to Houston, TX when my buddy/boss bought a building in Houston, Tx. I ended up training over 1000 employees how to use their service and how to do chats, phone, and ticket customer service. I then taught several trainers on how to train employees and then went full time website and graphic designer for

  • zombyboy
    Zombyboy (@zombyboy) reported

    @HostGator @DanMicovic I've been on two chats and three calls. I did get chat transcripts, but no emails with any information at all about how long I will be waiting. Not sure how sending you my information will help. I do know that tomorrow morning I'll be talking to my boss about KnownHost and InMotion as our new host. I'm hoping you will help make migration as easy as possible.

  • lumeatortellars
    stellarum (@lumeatortellars) reported

    @DanMicovic @HostGator @HGSupport I have a client’s site that’s been down since Sunday night and our web team has received nothing other than the same copy/paste response I’ve seen support using on here and there’s no telling how many sales they’re losing.

  • TheKingOfStank
    King Stanky (@TheKingOfStank) reported

    @MichaelFKane Time to set up your domain on a proxy that redirects traffic to a bunch of different services, 1 amazon, 1 hostgator, 1 idk something else. Then have them load distribute based on availability. You can never be too safe.

  • TrueSignalMedia
    True Signal Media (@TrueSignalMedia) reported

    Hey @HostGator — your “Live Chat” and “Support” links loop back to your own help page. I’ve got a valid SSL installed, DNS and Cloudflare set up correctly, but my site’s stuck in an HTTPS redirect loop (ERR_TOO_MANY_REDIRECTS). Your backend needs to resync the SSL vhost or restart Apache. Any chance someone competent can help me out today?

  • script_codes
    Fabiyi | React | TypeScript (@script_codes) reported

    @MudiTheInvestor @myarmone The first time I experienced true customer care was with @HostGator after suffering in the hands of WhoGoHost(a Nigerian hosting company)

  • FeoAmante
    Feo Amante 🇺🇸 🇮🇱 🇺🇦 (@FeoAmante) reported

    Day 3 of @HGSupport / @HostGator tech support. Still no solutions in sight. The most obvious on the 1st day would be to reset from their end and give me the info my ftp client needs to connect, but no. Day 3

  • tommyflavio
    Tommy Flavio (@tommyflavio) reported from Town of Hamden, Connecticut

    @ionos_help_US I called support. They needed my ID and something else. Sadly, I ended up just using @HostGator which went right through and I was up with cpanel in less that 20 minutes.

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

    Hey @HGSupport @HostGator I am waiting for someone to respond to my presents in the help cue in my server. 10 minutes and counting.

  • sflone
    SFL Commissioner (@sflone) reported

    @HGSupport Has HostGator changed its password requirements? I've had problems logging in suddenly but error messages do not state any change to the policy despite an AI search suggesting something may have been done by March 2025.

  • tawheedsofia
    Tawheed (@tawheedsofia) reported

    @BigRock one of the worst companies every -friends be careful - they dont ifnrom u anything - they migrated me from hostgator then blackmailed me into taking expensive VPS server and then now emailed me to change name servers - did it - BOOM full crash !!!!!

  • _tapish
    Tapish Jain (@_tapish) reported

    @BigRock The migration has so many bugs that it is impossible for me to renew my hosting that I had on hostgator. If I didn't renew by tomorrow, my servers will go down, while bigrock support says they are helpless. This video is misleading. @bhavintu

  • seochrismcelroy
    Chris McElroy SEO (@seochrismcelroy) reported

    @hostgatorserver Nice that you don't provide any phone support at all for domain names. I selected domain name in the menu. The people on the phone said since I don't have hosting with you they can't help me and nobody can help on the phone only in live chat that keeps getting disconnected while I wait on someone. Good job hostgator!

  • seanrogers8
    I REFUSE (@seanrogers8) reported

    @HostGator @HGSupport When will you fix your email hosting? You provide the worst service ever!

  • angelsthinking
    Ken (@angelsthinking) reported

    URGENT! What’s wrong with HostGator? I need to contact my patient by email but HostGator just gives us the runaround. Anyone have similar problems?

  • Aut4rk
    Autark (@Aut4rk) reported

    @process_eli I went to school for my assosciate's in applied sciences for computer programming & analysis way back in 2002. I quit a semester later and got a job as a remote L3 sysadmin for HostGator. They wanted me to learn Java before C++. **** that.

  • shawnbb13827
    Shawn Brown (@shawnbb13827) reported

    @HostGator I've been on the phone with your so called Customer Support. Straight useless. It would probably help if they spoke true American language, but like every other call center - your **** is all outsourced!

  • JoanTReynolds
    Joan Reynolds (@JoanTReynolds) reported

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

  • 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?