Hosting Guides

Kinsta migrations, CDN setup, real performance benchmarks and side-by-side comparisons against the major managed WordPress hosts.

All Hosting Guides

WordPress hosting guides centred on the cost nobody advertises: what the plan renews at once the introductory term ends, and which features are bundled versus billed separately.

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  3. Why Cheap Hosting Costs More Long-Term (Math)

What Matters When Comparing WordPress Hosts

Renewal price, not intro price

The single biggest hidden cost in hosting. Budget hosts commonly renew at two to six times the advertised rate, and the promotional price often requires prepaying three or four years. We list both figures side by side.

What counts as “included”

Enterprise CDN, staging environments, done-for-you migrations and premium support are standard at some hosts and paid add-ons at others. Comparing base prices without these is misleading.

Traffic model

Some plans cap monthly visits with overage charges, others meter bandwidth, others sell server resources you fill as you like. These are not directly comparable — we state which model applies.

Refund window

Money-back periods range from three days to sixty. On a four-year prepayment, that window is the only realistic exit.

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