I have been using GoDaddy Windows server from last 18 months. I have my blog runnin here as well. However initially i got some problem with my wordpress installation, as Godaddy doesn’t support PHP well on windows. (I guess they need new techincal brains, who realize that php is similarly safe on windows as on linux).

But, by making some modification in installation script of wordpress I am able to make it run. It runs fine for me except URL rewriting to make a good looking url. For this I am not much concern as my site is site searchable and people come searching it.

Soon my good works seems falling as I was unable to update my blog from 2.2 version to 2.5 or later. hmm, I again recalled the changes of installation script and it make upgrade possible. But … it disable the themes and plugin page for admin. Now, that version 2.2 was working fine with those two page but not 2.5, it means there is some problem with PHP code as they get updated. I check those and found that corresponding Directory reading function of Theme and plugin are changed (from PHP function dir to opendir etc..). Now what I simply use my backup copy and change the part of those routine in PHP code and make it working 🙂

I lost a good link where a person define the step which I too perform (without reading those as I install my wordpress years ago before I found that link ..). It define where you need to make code change in getting wordpress to work for very normal blog requirement. Maybe someday I get enough time to write that part.

BUT WordPress can run on GoDaddy’s windows server…