Just an update, so far Hostinger is working out ok. I gotta say choosing not to self-host was probably the best decision I'll make all year. There's a lot of security stuff I had no idea about.
Peertube was a huge pain - I never got it working on my own. Eventually, I got it and MediaWiki installed through Cloudron. Now it's just a matter of making a decent looking website, which is another of my weak points😐. Thanks for the help!
Glad to hear you made some progress. Wordpress is fairly easy to install and has nice themes. Hardest part is setting up a MySQL (or other *sql) server, but most self-hosted websites would need that anyway.
Another update. I went with Wordpress and it's working like a charm so far.
Another question - is Wordpress suitable for hosting thousands (upon thousands) of images, or should I set up something like Pixelfed to handle that? I'm basically trying to digitize as many photo albums, VHS tapes and obituaries as possible before this stuff is lost to time.
I’ve been pretty impressed with Piwigo for image (and video) albums. Actively developed. Customizable. User friendly. Easy to install (similar to Wordpress install).