The best VPS for WordPress: which plan to choose

WordPress powers over 40% of the web. Run on your own VPS, instead of shared hosting, it gives you dedicated performance, root access and full control. Here is how to pick the right plan.

How much you need, based on traffic

• Brochure site or small blog (under 10,000 visits/month): 1 vCPU and 2 GB RAM are enough.
• Business site with medium traffic: 2 vCPU and 4 GB RAM for a comfortable margin.
• WooCommerce store or high traffic: 4 vCPU and 8 GB RAM or more, especially with many plugins.

WordPress mostly consumes RAM (PHP) and benefits from a fast disk. A plan with SSD and enough RAM matters more than the number of cores for most sites.

One-click install

Instead of manually setting up the web server, PHP, MySQL and WordPress, pick WordPress from the app catalog when creating the server. In a few minutes you have a working WordPress with the access details on the server.

Performance tips

• Install a caching plugin (for example page-level cache).
• Enable free HTTPS with Let\'s Encrypt.
• Keep a regular backup of the database and files.

With hourly billing, you can start on a small plan and move to a bigger one as the site grows, without reinstalling anything.