How Much Does WordPress Hosting Cost in the UK?

By Graeme Preston, Founder & Owner · Published

WordPress itself is free. What you pay for is somewhere to run it: hosting, a domain, and possibly some paid themes or plugins. For a typical small business WordPress site in the UK, the hosting part usually comes to a few pounds a month. Here's what affects the price, and how to avoid paying for things you don't need.

What a WordPress site costs to run

  • Hosting: from a few pounds a month for a small site, more for specialist managed services.
  • Domain name: roughly £10 to £20 a year for a .co.uk or .com; check the renewal price.
  • SSL certificate: should be free with your hosting.
  • Theme: free, or a one-off or yearly fee for a premium theme.
  • Plugins: most are free; some, like advanced forms, booking or shop extensions, charge a yearly licence.
  • Email: sometimes included with hosting, sometimes a separate monthly cost per mailbox.

"WordPress hosting" vs ordinary hosting

WordPress runs on almost any standard hosting. A WordPress plan usually adds tools that make life easier: installing WordPress for you, managing updates, cloning a site to test changes, and resetting a lost admin password. You're paying for convenience, not for something WordPress can't do without.

Why some WordPress hosting costs much more

Premium "managed WordPress" services can cost £20 to £50 a month or more for a single site. That usually buys hands-on help, extra performance tuning and stricter controls on plugins. It can be worth it for busy shops and high-traffic sites. For a brochure site with a contact form, it's usually more than you need.

How to keep the cost down

  • Start with an entry-level plan. Most small WordPress sites use less than 5 GB. You can move up later.
  • Check renewal prices, for both hosting and domain, not just the first-year offer.
  • Use fewer plugins. Each paid plugin is a yearly cost, and every plugin is something to keep updated.
  • Pay annually if you're sure, if the host offers a discount for it.
  • Look for free extras that matter: SSL, daily backups and free migration of your existing site.

What you get with a WordPress plan matters more than the headline price

  • Daily backups you can restore yourself
  • A tool for updates and staging
  • Fast storage (NVMe or SSD) and a server near your visitors
  • Support from people who understand WordPress

WordPress hosting at MyWebsiteHost

Our WordPress Hosting includes DirectAdmin's WordPress Manager, for installing WordPress, keeping it updated and managing your sites from your hosting panel. Current prices:

  • WordPress Starter: one site, 10 GB NVMe storage, £7.99 a month or £79.90 a year
  • WordPress Business: up to three sites, 25 GB, £13.99 a month or £139.90 a year

Both include free SSL, daily backups, a free professional email mailbox and a 30-day money-back guarantee for new customers. Our servers are in London. If you already have a WordPress site elsewhere, we'll move it for free, provided you can give us access to your current hosting. See moving your website to a new host.