The 5-Minute Guide to Launching a WordPress Site for $11/mo on Cloudways

1. Sign up on Cloudways

I recommend Cloudways Managed Hosting for hosting your new WordPress website. They have a one-click install that will automatically get your new WordPress website up and running in just a few minutes, their costs are low--starting at $11/month, and you can run multiple WordPress sites for that amount on a single server.

What does managed mean? It means they manage updates for your server, so you don't have to do anything except worry about the content on your website. They'll even handle your WordPress version updates with SafeUpdates for an additional $3/mo (highly recommended).

Compared to Kinsta ($30/mo) and WPEngine ($20/mo), Cloudways offers the same great features like automatic SSL Certificates and security monitoring for a much lower $11/month.

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2. Create new WordPress app

From your Cloudways Dashboard, select View all applications. You will be creating a new “flexible app”, which for us is a new WordPress app. On the next screen, click Add Application and then fill in the details:

This process will also create the server your app runs on. After a few minutes, your new WordPress website should be viewable with dummy content. Easy!

3. Login to your WordPress admin panel

Access your app details by clicking on an app from this page: Jump To Cloudways Apps

Here you will see your admin login URL and login details. Go ahead and login to your admin for the first time so we can install a new theme.