Dedicated Virtual Resources
Your VPS has its own allocated CPU, RAM and storage resources rather than sharing an account-level resource pool with other websites.
WordPress VPS Hosting
WordPress VPS Hosting UK
Run WordPress on your own high-performance KVM virtual server with dedicated resources, full root access and the flexibility to configure the environment around your website.
WordPress Hosting with Your Own VPS
Dedicated Virtual Server
More Control Than Standard WordPress Hosting
A WordPress VPS gives your website its own isolated virtual server environment rather than placing it inside a shared hosting account.
You get your own allocated CPU, RAM and storage resources, together with full root access and control over the operating system and server configuration. This makes a VPS suitable for WordPress websites that have outgrown shared hosting or need more control over their hosting environment.
You get your own allocated CPU, RAM and storage resources, together with full root access and control over the operating system and server configuration. This makes a VPS suitable for WordPress websites that have outgrown shared hosting or need more control over their hosting environment.
Built for WordPress
Configure the Environment Around Your Website
WordPress itself is relatively flexible, but the websites built with it can have very different requirements. A content-heavy website, ecommerce store, membership platform or website with demanding plugins may need more resources than a typical shared hosting account provides.
With a VPS, you can configure the server around the application rather than working within the fixed limits of a shared hosting package.
With a VPS, you can configure the server around the application rather than working within the fixed limits of a shared hosting package.
Configure Your WordPress VPS
Choose the resources and options that fit your WordPress website. You can increase your VPS capacity as your requirements grow.
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Why Run WordPress on a VPS?
Full Root Access
Configure the operating system, web server, PHP, databases, caching and other server components to suit your WordPress environment.
Room to Grow
Increase your VPS resources as your website becomes larger or more demanding, without moving to a different hosting platform.
Isolated Environment
Run WordPress in its own virtual server environment with its own operating system, services and configuration.
Developer Control
Use server-level tools and configuration options that aren't available with conventional shared WordPress hosting.
Managed or Unmanaged
Choose a managed VPS if you want Farbyte to look after the server, or an unmanaged VPS if you want to manage the environment yourself.
Performance
Give WordPress the Resources It Needs
WordPress performance isn’t determined by the application alone. Themes, plugins, databases, traffic levels, background tasks and third-party integrations can all affect how much server capacity a website requires.
A VPS gives you greater control over the resources available to WordPress. You can choose the CPU, RAM and storage configuration appropriate for your website and increase those resources as requirements change.
A VPS gives you greater control over the resources available to WordPress. You can choose the CPU, RAM and storage configuration appropriate for your website and increase those resources as requirements change.
Optimise the Stack Around WordPress
With full server access, developers can configure the wider hosting stack around WordPress. This can include PHP settings, database configuration, web server behaviour, caching and other supporting services.
The exact configuration depends on your website and application requirements. A VPS gives you the freedom to make those decisions rather than being restricted to the configuration of a shared hosting platform.
The exact configuration depends on your website and application requirements. A VPS gives you the freedom to make those decisions rather than being restricted to the configuration of a shared hosting platform.
WordPress VPS for More Demanding Websites
Business Websites
Run larger company websites that need more resources or greater control than standard shared hosting provides.
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WooCommerce Stores
Give ecommerce websites their own virtual server environment for WordPress, WooCommerce and supporting services.
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General WordPress Sites
Host content-heavy, membership, publishing and other WordPress websites on a dedicated virtual server.
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WooCommerce and Ecommerce
WooCommerce adds considerably more complexity to a WordPress website. Product catalogues, customer accounts, orders, payment gateways, stock management, search and third-party integrations all contribute to the workload.
If your WordPress website is primarily an online store, our WooCommerce VPS Hosting page covers that use case in more detail.
If your WordPress website is primarily an online store, our WooCommerce VPS Hosting page covers that use case in more detail.
Membership and Content-Heavy Websites
Membership websites, publishing platforms and content-heavy sites can place very different demands on a server depending on traffic, database activity, plugins and the amount of dynamic content being generated.
A VPS provides the additional resources and server-level control needed to build an environment around these requirements.
A VPS provides the additional resources and server-level control needed to build an environment around these requirements.
Development and Custom Integrations
WordPress is often used as part of a wider application rather than as an isolated website. Custom APIs, scheduled jobs, external services, background processing and additional software can all require more control than shared hosting provides.
A VPS gives developers an environment where these supporting services can be configured alongside WordPress.
A VPS gives developers an environment where these supporting services can be configured alongside WordPress.
Managed or Unmanaged WordPress VPS?
Managed WordPress VPS
Farbyte manages the underlying VPS, including the server operating system and infrastructure. You retain control of your WordPress website and applications.
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Unmanaged WordPress VPS
You manage the VPS yourself with full root access and complete control over the operating system, server configuration and WordPress environment.
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Managed VPS
Let Farbyte Look After the Server
With a Managed VPS, Farbyte takes responsibility for the underlying virtual server environment. This includes server administration, operating system maintenance and the infrastructure supporting your VPS.
You remain responsible for your WordPress website and application unless a separate WordPress management service is included. This makes Managed VPS particularly useful when you want the control of a VPS without having to perform routine server administration yourself.
You remain responsible for your WordPress website and application unless a separate WordPress management service is included. This makes Managed VPS particularly useful when you want the control of a VPS without having to perform routine server administration yourself.
Unmanaged VPS
Take Complete Control
An Unmanaged VPS gives you full responsibility for the server. You can install and configure the software you need, manage WordPress and control the complete application stack.
This is suited to developers, system administrators and technically capable users who want maximum control and are comfortable managing Linux, security, updates and server configuration themselves.
This is suited to developers, system administrators and technically capable users who want maximum control and are comfortable managing Linux, security, updates and server configuration themselves.
A VPS Environment Built for WordPress
Flexible CPU Resources
Choose the CPU capacity appropriate for your website and increase it as your workload grows.
Configurable RAM
Allocate memory according to your WordPress, database, caching and application requirements.
NVMe Storage
Run WordPress and its database on high-performance NVMe cloud storage.
UK Network
Your VPS runs on Farbyte's UK hosting infrastructure with high-capacity network connectivity.
Firewall Options
Protect your VPS with appropriate firewall and security controls for your environment.
Backup Options
Choose backup and snapshot options appropriate to the importance of your WordPress website.
24/7 Monitoring
Farbyte infrastructure is monitored around the clock to help identify infrastructure problems.
Resource Scaling
Increase VPS resources as your website develops rather than rebuilding on a different hosting platform.
WordPress Stack
Use the WordPress Environment You Need
A WordPress VPS doesn’t force you into a single server configuration. You can build the environment around your own requirements, whether that means a straightforward WordPress installation or a more customised application stack.
With root access, developers can configure PHP versions and settings, databases, web server configuration, caching and supporting services as required.
With root access, developers can configure PHP versions and settings, databases, web server configuration, caching and supporting services as required.
Run More Than One Website
A VPS can host multiple WordPress websites when the available resources and server configuration are appropriate for the workload.
This can be useful for developers, businesses and organisations that want to consolidate related websites onto their own virtual server rather than maintaining separate shared hosting accounts.
This can be useful for developers, businesses and organisations that want to consolidate related websites onto their own virtual server rather than maintaining separate shared hosting accounts.
Why Host Your WordPress VPS with Farbyte?
UK-Based Infrastructure
Your VPS runs on Farbyte’s UK-based infrastructure, rather than an offshore or generic cloud platform. The infrastructure is operated and supported by Farbyte, giving you a direct relationship with the company providing your hosting.
KVM Virtualisation and NVMe Storage
Farbyte VPS services use KVM virtualisation with high-performance NVMe cloud storage. This provides an isolated virtual server environment with configurable resources for your WordPress website and supporting applications.
Resilient Cloud Infrastructure
Farbyte VPS infrastructure is built on a clustered platform with distributed storage, providing a resilient foundation for virtual servers and their workloads.
The infrastructure is designed to allow VPS resources and services to be managed independently from the physical hardware underneath them.
The infrastructure is designed to allow VPS resources and services to be managed independently from the physical hardware underneath them.
Direct UK Support
When you need help with your VPS, you deal directly with Farbyte. We operate the infrastructure behind the service and can assist with server-level configuration, migrations and infrastructure issues.
WordPress VPS Hosting Compared
| Feature | Shared Hosting | Business Hosting | Managed WordPress | Popular WordPress VPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dedicated virtual server | No | No | No | Yes |
| Root access | No | No | No | Yes |
| Server configuration | Standardised | Managed environment | WordPress-focused | Fully configurable |
| Resource model | Shared account | Higher-resource hosting | Managed WordPress environment | Dedicated VPS resources |
| WordPress management | Self-managed | Self-managed | WordPress-focused management | Self-managed unless separately managed |
| Server management | Farbyte managed | Farbyte managed | Farbyte managed | Managed or unmanaged |
| Best suited to | Smaller websites | Growing business websites | Customers wanting WordPress management | Demanding websites and developers |
Migration
Move Your Existing WordPress Website
Moving from shared hosting or another VPS provider doesn’t have to mean rebuilding your website.
Farbyte can help migrate existing WordPress websites to your new VPS, including transferring the website files and database and helping with the transition to the new hosting environment.
We can plan the migration to minimise disruption and help you get the new VPS ready before changing your domain over.
Farbyte can help migrate existing WordPress websites to your new VPS, including transferring the website files and database and helping with the transition to the new hosting environment.
We can plan the migration to minimise disruption and help you get the new VPS ready before changing your domain over.
Start Small and Scale
You don’t need to size your VPS around your website’s future requirements from day one. Start with the resources you need now and increase the VPS capacity as your website grows.
This makes a VPS suitable for websites that are developing quickly or where future resource requirements are difficult to predict.
This makes a VPS suitable for websites that are developing quickly or where future resource requirements are difficult to predict.
WordPress VPS FAQs
A WordPress VPS is a virtual private server used to host a WordPress website. Unlike conventional shared hosting, the VPS provides its own virtual server environment with allocated resources, its own operating system and full root access.
A VPS is useful when your WordPress website needs more resources, greater isolation or more control than shared hosting provides. It is also useful when developers need to customise the server environment around WordPress and other applications.
A VPS can provide a more consistent resource environment than shared hosting because your virtual server has its own allocated resources. However, actual WordPress performance depends on the website, server configuration, plugins, database workload, traffic and application design. A VPS is not automatically faster simply because it is a VPS.
Not necessarily. Many smaller WordPress websites can run successfully on Shared or Business Hosting. A VPS becomes more useful when your website needs additional resources, server-level control, isolation or a customised environment.
Yes. WooCommerce runs on WordPress and can be hosted on a VPS. If your website is primarily an ecommerce store, Farbyte also offers dedicated WooCommerce VPS hosting with the service focused specifically on ecommerce workloads.
You can choose between Managed and Unmanaged VPS hosting. With a Managed VPS, Farbyte manages the underlying server. With an Unmanaged VPS, you are responsible for the server, operating system, security and configuration.
Managed VPS focuses on the underlying virtual server rather than the WordPress application itself. If you need WordPress-specific management such as WordPress, plugin and theme management, our Managed WordPress service is designed for that purpose.
Yes. WordPress VPS customers receive full root access to their virtual server, allowing you to configure the operating system and server environment as required.
Yes. With full root access, you can install and configure software appropriate for your VPS environment, subject to the applicable service terms and technical requirements.
Yes. A VPS can host multiple WordPress websites when the available CPU, RAM, storage and server configuration are suitable for the combined workload.
Yes. Farbyte can help migrate your existing WordPress website to your new VPS and assist with the transition to the new hosting environment.
Yes. VPS resources can be increased as your requirements grow. You can adjust the CPU, RAM and storage configuration rather than having to move your website to an entirely different hosting platform.
Your WordPress VPS runs on Farbyte’s UK-based hosting infrastructure. The infrastructure is operated and supported by Farbyte.
Yes. An Unmanaged VPS provides full root access and is suitable for developers and system administrators who want complete control over the server and WordPress environment.
Ready to Run WordPress on Your Own VPS?
Configure a WordPress VPS with the CPU, RAM, storage and options your website needs. Choose managed or unmanaged hosting and scale your resources as your website grows.