Starter
One straightforward website.
C$5.99/mo
- 1 website
- 10 GB storage
- 5 email accounts
- 2 databases
- Free SSL
- PHP
- WordPress
WordPress hosting
A Canadian home for WordPress.
cPanel web hosting for WordPress sites that need PHP, a database, HTTPS, email, monthly CAD billing, and a clear upgrade path.
Plus
More sites, mailboxes, and developer access.
C$9.99/mo
- 5 websites
- 30 GB storage
- 25 email accounts
- 10 databases
- Free SSL
- SSH & cron
- WordPress
Pro
More room for busy sites and applications.
C$17.99/mo
- 20 websites
- 75 GB storage
- 100 email accounts
- 30 databases
- Free SSL
- SSH & cron
- Developer access
WordPress stack
The application still needs a healthy hosting layer.
PHP and database
WordPress depends on the PHP runtime and database behaving well together. Hosting capacity needs to account for dynamic requests, plugins, scheduled work, imports, admin activity, and database queries—not just disk space.
HTTPS
Use a valid TLS certificate and keep the public WordPress URL on HTTPS. Redirect HTTP only after the certificate and application URL are correct.
cPanel
Manage domains, files, databases, mailboxes, PHP settings, cron jobs, SSL, and other account tools through cPanel without taking responsibility for the shared server itself.
Hosted mailboxes are available according to the selected plan. Website-generated mail should still be tested separately so forms, password resets, and store notifications actually reach external recipients.
Backups
Keep recoverable copies of both the WordPress files and database and prove the restore process. A backup job that never gets restored is only an assumption.
Migration
Move the files, database, PHP requirements, email, DNS, redirects, cron jobs, and certificates to the destination before switching public traffic.
Performance
Do not solve every slow site by buying a bigger server.
WordPress performance can be limited by hosting resources, but it can also be limited by plugins, themes, queries, images, external scripts, caching, background jobs, or a large database.
Measure
Separate slow server responses from slow images, JavaScript, third-party widgets, or browser work. Look at repeatable pages and customer paths.
Optimize
Use appropriate caching, remove unnecessary plugins, optimize media, review database work, and schedule expensive maintenance jobs deliberately.
Upgrade with evidence
If a healthy site still reaches CPU, memory, I/O, process, or database limits under normal traffic, move to a larger plan or VPS for a measurable reason.
WooCommerce
Stores make more of WordPress dynamic.
Cart, account, checkout, payment, stock, order, scheduled-job, and email activity creates work that cannot be treated like a fully cached brochure site.
Store traffic
Test the paths that create revenue.
Measure product search, cart, checkout, account pages, payment callbacks, order creation, background jobs, and transactional email—not only the homepage.
Growth path
Move when the workload earns it.
Shared hosting can be a sensible start for a smaller store. A VPS becomes useful when the store needs more resources or server-level control.
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Launch, tune, migrate, recover.
Launch
WordPress hosting checklist
HTTPS, backups, updates, email, DNS, performance, administration and recovery before launch.
PerformanceTroubleshoot a slow WordPress site
Measure caching, plugins, themes, images, database work, scheduled jobs and resource limits.
WooCommerceWooCommerce hosting checklist
Dynamic checkout traffic, workers, database work, email, backups, staging and growth.
Move an existing site
Already running WordPress elsewhere?
Send the current host, storage used, database size, PHP version, email requirements, DNS, and the access available at the source.