WordPress hosting: plans and pricing, host by host

Hosts with an evidenced WordPress hosting product

A host appears here when its own live page for WordPress hosting answered at the linked URL on the date shown. Prices in the table are each host's printed entry price for its flagship stack, the term that price requires and what it renews at; the entry price of a host's other stacks is on its own page, linked beside the figure.

Choosing WordPress hosting

Decide who does the maintenance. Managed hosting includes updates, backups and security; unmanaged leaves them to you. The managed-versus-unmanaged guide on this site sets out the sum.

Check staging on the tier you are pricing. It is standard on the managed specialists and a higher-tier feature on several shared hosts; the host's page linked beside each price says which.

Compare year two. The managed specialists' printed prices mostly are year two; the shared hosts' entry prices are not. The renewal column puts them side by side.

Common questions

How much does WordPress hosting cost a month?

It depends on whether the plan is managed. On the hosts' own pages in October 2026, Hostinger's Premium plan, which runs WordPress, prints $2.99 a month on a 48-month prepay; the managed WordPress hosts start far higher: WP Engine $28 a month billed annually ($336 paid up front), Rocket.net $30 a month or $25 on annual billing, Kinsta $35 a month after a free first month, and Servebolt from $99.

What is the difference between WordPress hosting and web hosting?

Often only the installer. Managed WordPress hosting is a different product: a platform tuned for WordPress with staging, caching and WordPress-aware support, priced per site.

Do I need managed WordPress hosting for a small site?

If nobody will apply updates and take backups, it is the cheapest way to have them done. If someone will, a shared plan with a WordPress installer is cheaper at renewal.

Which WordPress hosting plans bill monthly?

Kinsta and Rocket.net print monthly plans; WP Engine's printed price is billed annually; the shared hosts that run WordPress mostly print their lowest price against a prepaid term of one to four years. A monthly plan costs more per month and nothing up front.

What do WordPress hosting packages include for the fee?

A managed WordPress package sells the work as well as the server: updates, backups, caching and support that knows WordPress. A shared package that installs WordPress sells the server and a one-click installer, and the upkeep is yours.