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WordPress Hosting

Managed WordPress, ready in under a minute.

WordPress is a content management system for blogs, portfolios and business websites. Write posts and pages with a visual block editor, organize media and let different contributors work with roles suited to their responsibilities.

Themes control the appearance of your site, while plugins add features such as contact forms, shops and search tools. Start with the built-in publishing tools, then add the extensions your site needs; premium themes, plugins and external services may cost extra.

It is an open source alternative to Squarespace.

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WordPress in action

Build a website you can update yourself, from publishing an article to adding photos and arranging pages.

WordPress block editor with a draft garden article and post controls
Write and arrange posts in the visual block editor.

What you can do with WordPress

Block editing

Compose posts and pages with blocks for text, images and other content. Preview changes before publishing.

Themes and styles

Choose a theme for your site and adjust its appearance. Available design controls depend on the theme you choose.

Plugin ecosystem

Add features through plugins, including forms and commerce tools. Check compatibility and any separate license costs.

Publishing roles

Give contributors different permissions to write, edit and manage content.

What users say about WordPress

Summarized from public community discussions about WordPress, not about PikaPods.

Flexible with tradeoffs

Users value WordPress’s ability to adapt to different sites, but experiences depend on the theme and plugins: one describes successful use across many websites, while another building an art site found customization and paid extensions frustrating (multiple-site experience, art-site discussion).

Benefits of hosting WordPress with PikaPods

Predictable and affordable pricing
No subscription, hourly billing, from $2.36/month.
Well-tested auto updates
Every update is tested before it reaches your pod.
Your data stays private
We only sell hosting. No ads, no profiling.
Secure by design
Isolated containers, encrypted connections, built-in firewall.
No vendor lock-in
Download your data anytime via SFTP.
EU and US locations
Choose the region your pod runs in.
SSL and your own domain
Free SSL, on our address or your own domain.
Your own backups
Nightly encrypted backups to your own S3 storage.

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Frequently asked questions

Setting up WordPress

About WordPress and PikaPods

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