Launch WordPress on a VPS Paid in Crypto
WordPress powers a huge share of the web, and running it on your own VPS gives you speed, control and no shared-hosting neighbours. With a one-click app it's a few minutes of work.
1. Deploy with the WordPress app
In the dashboard, pick a location close to your visitors, choose WordPress under one-click apps, and select a plan. Spark (2 GB RAM) is a comfortable start for most sites.
The server is ready in about a minute with WordPress, a web server and a database already installed.
2. Point your domain
At your domain registrar, create:
- an A record for example.com pointing to the server's IPv4
- the same for www
- optionally AAAA records for IPv6
DNS changes can take a few minutes to an hour to spread.
3. Finish the installer
Open your domain in a browser and complete the WordPress setup: site name, admin user, a strong unique password. Don't use "admin" as the username.
4. Turn on HTTPS
Install a free Let's Encrypt certificate. With Nginx:
apt install -y certbot python3-certbot-nginx
certbot --nginx -d example.com -d www.example.com
With Apache, use python3-certbot-apache and certbot --apache instead. Then set both URLs in Settings → General to https://.
5. First things to change
- Updates: enable automatic updates for plugins you trust.
- Plugins: install only what you need. Every plugin is code that can break or be exploited.
- Caching: a page-cache plugin makes a small server feel much bigger.
- Login protection: limit login attempts, or protect wp-login.php.
- Backups: schedule them, and keep a copy off the server.
When to size up
If the admin area feels slow or you see database errors under traffic, move to Core. Hourly billing makes trying a bigger plan cheap.
Deploy WordPress on your own server in minutes.