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WordPress hosting deals look great on the sale banner and get expensive at renewal. The advertised monthly price usually needs a 3- or 4-year prepayment, and the plan then renews at its regular rate, which on budget hosts is often 3 to 5 times the intro price. A bad pick costs you twice: once in money and once in a migration you didn’t plan for.
So I compare hosts by 2 numbers before any coupon: the total charged on day one and the rate charged after the intro term ends. Pick the plan that fits your site’s workload first, then use the deal for that exact plan. Every offer below names its plan, term and renewal rate where the host publishes one.
Top WordPress Hosting Deals
The hosts I'd check first. The type line tells you what kind of hosting you're buying.
Hostinger
Black Friday live · ends Dec 14
Best for: Budget shared
Shared and WordPress hosting with a free domain and SSL on longer plans.
Up to 85% off: Premium $1.99/mo, Unlimited $2.79/mo and Cloud Startup $7.99/mo on 48 months, 2x AI credits, .com for $0.01 in year 1 and VPS from $6.49/mo. Code BLACKFRIDAY takes an extra 10% off at checkout.
- Regular
- $12.19/mo
Cloudways
Black Friday live · ends Dec 4
Best for: Managed cloud
Cloudways is managed cloud hosting that gives you the flexibility of cloud infrastructure without the complexity.
80% off for 2 months plus unlimited migrations on all products with code BFCM802. New customers only, and the normal monthly price applies from month 3.
- Regular
- $14/mo
Rocket.net
Regular price
Best for: Managed WordPress
Rocket.net delivers premium managed WordPress hosting with enterprise-level performance at competitive prices.
$1 for the first month on any plan, then $30/mo. Annual billing gives 2 months free and renewals never go up.
- Regular
- $30/mo
Kinsta
Regular price
Best for: Managed WordPress
Kinsta is a premium managed WordPress hosting provider built on Google Cloud Platform infrastructure.
First month free on select plans, then $35/mo for Single 20GB. Annual billing takes 2 months off.
- Regular
- $35/mo
WPX
Deal live · Black Friday from Nov 16
Best for: Managed WordPress
WPX Hosting was my hosting provider for three years, and I know the service intimately.
79% off the first month on monthly plans with code SAVE79: Starter drops from $17.99 to about $3.78. Annual billing includes 2 months free ($179.90/yr).
Black Friday offer: 6 free months on 1-year plans for new customers, so Business is $179.94 for the year instead of $299.90 (Starter $107.94, Professional $359.94). Monthly plans get up to 90% off: Starter $1.80, Business $4.50. 2- to 5-year terms keep their usual free months.
- Regular
- $17.99/mo
HostArmada
Deal live · ends Nov 23
Best for: Budget shared
HostArmada is a relatively newer hosting provider that's quickly gained a reputation for speed and support quality.
7th birthday sale: shared hosting up to 84% off plus 2 free months, from $1.91/mo. VPS is up to 60% off from $3.28/mo, Cloud Servers 50% off from $29.95/mo and Reseller 30% off from $19.60/mo.
- Regular
- $11.95/mo
More WordPress Hosting Deals
Every other hosting deal I track, with live deals first.
HostPapa
Black Friday live · ends Dec 7
HostPapa positions itself as a green hosting provider that's also beginner-friendly.
Shared and Optimized WordPress hosting up to 90% off, from $1.25/mo. Managed WordPress from $9.95/mo, VPS from $4.45/mo and dedicated from $47.96/mo. Check the renewal line at checkout before you pick a term.
ChemiCloud
Black Friday live · ends Dec 7
ChemiCloud is a cloud-based web hosting provider offering shared, cloud VPS, and reseller hosting with a focus on speed and support.
Shared and WordPress hosting up to 88% off and from $1.49/mo on 36-month plans, or from $2.95/mo on 12-month plans. Managed WordPress gets 6 months free on annual plans. No code. Plans renew at the regular rate after the first term.
- Regular
- $11.95/mo
GreenGeeks
Black Friday live
Best for: Shared
WordPress hosting with prepaid introductory rates, free site migration and a 300% renewable-energy match.
Up to 85% off shared hosting with no code: Lite is $1.95/mo, Pro $3.95/mo and Premium $6.95/mo for the first 12 months. Lite renews at $13.95/mo.
- Regular
- $13.95/mo
ScalaHosting
Black Friday live · ends Dec 1
ScalaHosting offers managed VPS hosting with their proprietary SPanel control panel as an alternative to cPanel.
Entry Cloud up to 72% off, from $11.21/mo, and Managed Cloud up to 71% off, with Build #1 at $22.46/mo. Build #1 renews at $54.95/mo. The sale covers cloud plans only, not shared hosting.
- Regular
- $11.95/mo
Bluehost
Black Friday live · ends Nov 30
Bluehost is one of the most popular WordPress hosting providers, officially recommended by WordPress.org.
Site-wide buy more, save more sale: 15% off 1 eligible product, 20% off 2 and 25% off 3 or more in one order, applied automatically. Covers shared hosting, VPS, the AI Website Builder and AI Store, on the first 12-month term only.
- Regular
- $9.99/mo
HostGator
Black Friday live
HostGator has been a major player in web hosting since 2002, offering shared, VPS, dedicated, and WordPress hosting at competitive prices.
Early bird sale: an extra 15% off 1 eligible product, or an extra 20% off 2 bought together, on top of the regular discount. Covers shared hosting, Snappy VPS and the AI All-Access Pack on 1-year terms. Hatchling comes to $4.21/mo and renews at $13.19/mo.
- Regular
- $10.99/mo
Hosting.com
Black Friday live · ends Nov 30
Hosting.com, formerly A2 Hosting, sells shared, VPS and dedicated hosting with free migrations and 24/7 in-house support.
Shared hosting from $1.49/mo on 12-month plans, applied automatically, for new customers. Code BLACKFRIDAY adds an extra 5% off; Hosting.com says some codes stack with the sale. Managed WordPress, VPS, reseller and dedicated aren't discounted.
- Regular
- $13.99/mo
HostWP
Deal live
HostWP provides managed WordPress hosting with a focus on simplicity and performance.
First month is $1 on Starter, Pro, or Earlybird with code EARLY. Starter then renews at $9.99/mo; yearly billing gives 2 months free.
- Regular
- $9.99/mo
DreamHost
Deal live
DreamHost has been an independent hosting provider since 1997 and remains committed to open source and privacy.
Web Hosting Launch is $2.89/mo for the first year on annual billing, renewing at $10.99/mo. Includes a free domain for year one.
- Regular
- $10.99/mo
InMotion Hosting
Deal live
InMotion Hosting offers shared, VPS, and dedicated hosting with a focus on business-grade performance and customer support.
WP Launch at $5.29/mo on a 1-year term, 66% off, with a 90-day money-back guarantee. Renews at $15.49/mo.
- Regular
- $15.49/mo
BigRock
Deal live
BigRock is one of India's largest domain registration and web hosting providers.
Linux Standard is ₹69/mo (65% off) for 1 website, renewing at ₹409/mo. Business is ₹159/mo, renewing at ₹649/mo.
AccuWeb Hosting
Deal live
Windows and Linux VPS specialists since 2003, with free migration and unusually responsive support.
GoSolo++ shared hosting is $2.49/mo on a 36-month term ($89.64 upfront), listed against $6.99/mo, with a 30-day money-back guarantee.
- Regular
- $6.99/mo
Namecheap Hosting
Deal live
Namecheap is primarily known as a domain registrar, but their hosting services have improved significantly.
Stellar shared hosting is $21.96 for the first year ($1.83/mo billed yearly), renewing at $55.88/yr. New purchases only.
- Regular
- $55.88/yr
WebHostingPad
Deal live
WebHostingPad offers budget-friendly shared hosting for personal websites and small projects.
Power Plan is $1.99/mo on a 4- or 5-year term, normally $4.49/mo. Intro rate is for new clients and renews at the regular rate.
- Regular
- $4.49/mo
Web Hosting Hub
Deal live
Budget shared hosting from the InMotion Hosting family, built for beginners and small business sites that want affordable, no-fuss web hosting.
Spark is $5.99/mo on a 3-year term ($215.64 upfront) instead of $11.99/mo, with a free domain credit, free SSL and a 90-day money-back guarantee.
- Regular
- $11.99/mo
WP Engine
Deal live
WP Engine is a premium managed WordPress hosting platform used by major brands and agencies.
Essential starts at $28/mo billed annually ($336 upfront), 20% below the $35/mo monthly rate. First-year pricing is for new Essential customers only.
- Regular
- $35/mo
Pressable
Deal live
Pressable is a managed WordPress hosting provider owned by Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com.
Signature 1 (1 install) is $250/yr billed annually, about $20.83/mo, versus $25/mo monthly. That is 2 months free.
- Regular
- $25 per month
Liquid Web (Nexcess)
Deal live
Nexcess managed WordPress is now sold as Liquid Web managed hosting, with daily backups, staging and Cloudflare-powered CDN.
Managed WordPress Essentials is $9/mo for 1 site on monthly billing. Annual billing saves 10%.
- Regular
- $9/mo
WordPress.com
Deal live · Black Friday from Nov 27
WordPress.com is the hosted version of WordPress, offering an all-in-one platform for building websites without managing your own hosting infrastructure.
Personal is $2.75/mo on a 3-year term ($99 upfront) instead of $9/mo billed monthly. A free plan is also available.
Black Friday offer: Save up to 77% vs paying monthly. Includes the extra 25% Black Friday discount on annual and multi-year plans until December 1. First term only, renews at the standard price; monthly plans and renewals aren't included.
- Regular
- $9/mo
InstaWP
Deal live · Black Friday from Nov 13
InstaWP lets you spin up disposable WordPress sites in seconds for testing, development, and client demos.
Sandbox sites from $2/mo, $25 in free credits when you add a card, and up to 10% off annual prepay.
Black Friday offer: 50% extra hosting credits: pay $99 and get $150 with code BF99, $249 for $375 with BF249, $499 for $750 with BF499 or $999 for $1,500 with BF999. Migrations are free and credits never expire, but they're spent at standard rates.
xCloud
Regular price
xCloud is a managed server and WordPress hosting platform that deploys sites on your own cloud infrastructure from providers like DigitalOcean, Vultr, and AWS.
Managed servers from $5/mo with unlimited sites, free migration and refunds for the days you don't use.
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Compare WordPress Hosting Prices
Sale percentages don’t compare well across hosts because each one calculates them from a different term. The regular rate does. This table lists each host’s regular price, which is what the plan costs once the discount is over. The current deal is on each card above.
| Product | Type | Regular price |
|---|---|---|
| Hostinger | Budget shared | $12.19/mo |
| HostArmada | Budget shared | $11.95/mo |
| SiteGround | Shared | $17.99 per month |
| GreenGeeks | Shared | $13.95/mo |
| Cloudways | Managed cloud | $14/mo |
| Rocket.net | Managed WordPress | $30/mo |
| Kinsta | Managed WordPress | $35/mo |
| WPX | Managed WordPress | $17.99/mo |
Here is how the math works on a budget plan. Hostinger Premium at $2.99 a month on a 48-month term is $143.52 charged upfront before tax. After 4 years it renews at its regular rate, which is several times the intro price. That’s still cheap hosting, but the 4-year commitment is the real price of the discount, so check the renewal line in checkout before you pay.
How to Choose a WordPress Hosting Plan
The right host depends on what the site does. Visitor counts alone won’t tell you much, because a 5,000-visit store can need more server than a 50,000-visit blog. This is how I’d match the plan to the site:
- New blog or brochure site: a shared plan with daily backups, staging and support you can actually reach. The cheapest serious plan is enough, and you can move up later.
- A site that earns money: managed WordPress hosting or a managed cloud server. You’re paying for faster recovery when something breaks as much as for speed.
- A WooCommerce store: look at the CPU and PHP worker limits, and check that cart and checkout pages bypass the cache. Those pages can’t be served from cache, so they hit the server on every request.
- Technical users: a VPS with a control panel. My own sites run on a VPS I manage with xCloud, which costs less than managed hosting once you’re comfortable handling updates and backups yourself.
I’ve moved client sites onto Cloudways, WPX and SiteGround over the years, and the pattern is always the same: support and backups matter more than the benchmark chart. My full reasoning is in my WordPress hosting recommendations, and store owners should read the best WooCommerce hosting picks before buying.
On term length, I follow one rule. If you haven’t used a host before, buy a 1-year term first, judge the support and the speed, then lock the longer term at the next sale if it earns it. A long term lowers the monthly equivalent, but it’s a bigger cash commitment on a host you haven’t tried.
When to Skip a Hosting Deal
Don’t switch hosts purely to chase a coupon if your current host performs well. A migration always costs a day of checking DNS, email and forms, and on a store it also means planning around orders that come in during the move.
Free migration has limits too. Hosts cap the number of sites they move, some leave email out and few will handle a live store’s last-minute orders for you. Check the scope before buying, and keep the old host active until the new one is serving traffic. If you’re weighing a move to a managed host, my breakdown of the benefits of managed WordPress hosting covers what the higher price buys.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does a hosting coupon reduce the renewal price?
Usually not. Hosting discounts apply to the first term, and the plan renews at its regular rate. Check the renewal line in checkout, and set a reminder before the renewal date so you can switch plans or hosts if the new price doesn’t make sense.
Is a 48-month hosting deal better than a 12-month one?
It’s cheaper per month, but it asks for more money upfront and locks you in for longer. Take the long term only on a host you’ve already used and trust. On a new host, a 1-year term costs a little more and protects you if the support or speed disappoints.
Will the host migrate my site for free?
Many WordPress hosts include at least one free migration, and managed hosts like Kinsta, Rocket.net, WPX and Cloudways offer them. The scope varies: the number of sites, whether email moves and how downtime is handled. Confirm those details before buying, and never move a live store without a staging copy.
Can I run WooCommerce on shared hosting?
A small store can, if the plan has enough CPU and PHP workers for checkout traffic. Cart and checkout pages can’t be cached, so they put more load on the server than blog posts. If checkout slows down during busy hours, that’s the sign to move to managed or cloud hosting.
When are hosting deals the deepest?
Black Friday week usually brings the biggest first-term discounts on multi-year shared plans, and managed hosts often add free months. If your current host is working, waiting until late November can save money. If it’s actively hurting your site, a fair deal today beats the calendar.
Pick the plan that fits your site at a renewal price you can live with, then use the deal for that plan. Discounts in every other category are on the WordPress deals hub.