Web Starter
Everything one small website needs.
£2.99/month
or £29.90 a year, two months free
- 1 website
- 10 GB SSD storage
- 10 email accounts
- Free SSL and 6-hourly backups
PHP hosting UK
PHP hosting with MySQL and SSH from £2.99 a month
Host PHP websites and applications on cPanel, on UK servers in Manchester. Pick the PHP version for each site, create MySQL databases, and work over SSH and Git when you’d rather not use the file manager.
SSH and Git on every plan · 60-day money-back guarantee · No contract
Runs on
- PHP
- MySQL
- Git
- cPanel
- CloudLinux
- Let's Encrypt
- Node.js
- Python
Pay by
- Visa
- Mastercard
- PayPal
- Stripe
- Direct Debit
- ISO 27001 certified data centres
- PCI-DSS certified data centres
- UK company no. 10816828
- 60-day money-back guarantee
Plans and pricing
PHP hosting plans
Every plan has the same PHP setup, SSH and Git. Choose by the number of sites and how much storage you need.
Web Plus
Room for a few sites, and email for the whole team.
£4.99/month
or £49.90 a year, two months free
- 5 websites
- 50 GB SSD storage
- Unlimited email accounts
- Free SSL and 6-hourly backups
Web Pro
For busier sites, agencies and growing businesses.
£7.99/month
or £79.90 a year, two months free
- Unlimited websites
- 100 GB SSD storage
- Unlimited email and databases
- Priority UK support
No setup fee, no contract, and a 60-day money-back guarantee. Compare every feature ↓
For PHP developers
What you can do with PHP on our servers
Choose your PHP version
Run an older site and a new one side by side.
- Set the PHP version for each domain from cPanel
- Turn PHP extensions on or off
- Change settings such as memory_limit and upload_max_filesize without a ticket
SSH and Git
Work the way you would on your own machine.
- SSH access on every plan, including Web Starter
- Clone and deploy repositories with cPanel’s Git Version Control
- Run Composer and command-line PHP scripts over SSH
MySQL databases
For WordPress, Laravel, custom code and everything in between.
- Create databases and users from cPanel
- Manage tables in phpMyAdmin
- Remote MySQL access for tools you run on your own computer
Scheduled tasks and email
The things a real application needs.
- Cron jobs for queues, reports and clean-ups
- Send email from PHP through the server, filtered by MailChannels
- Free SSL so every request is over HTTPS
Compare plans
Compare Web Starter, Web Plus and Web Pro
SSH, Git, PHP version control and MySQL are on every plan.
| All plans include free SSL, cPanel and UK support. | Web Starter £2.99/moor £29.90 a year Choose plan | Most popular Web Plus £4.99/moor £49.90 a year Choose plan | Web Pro £7.99/moor £79.90 a year Choose plan |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hosting | |||
| WebsitesSeparate websites, each on its own domain | 1 | 5 | Unlimited |
| SSD storage | 10 GB | 50 GB | 100 GB |
| BandwidthNo extra charge for a busy month | Unmetered | Unmetered | Unmetered |
| CPU cores | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Memory (RAM) | 4 GB | 4 GB | 4 GB |
| SubdomainsSuch as shop.yourbusiness.co.uk | |||
| Data centre | Manchester | Manchester | Manchester |
| Email accounts | 10 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| WebmailRead and send email in any browser | |||
| IMAP, POP3 and SMTPWorks with Outlook, Apple Mail and phone apps | |||
| Forwarders and catch-all addresses | |||
| AutorespondersOut-of-office replies | |||
| Incoming spam filtering | |||
| MailChannels outgoing filteringHelps your email reach the inbox | |||
| Software | |||
| MySQL databases | 10 | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| phpMyAdmin | |||
| PHP version | Choose per site | Choose per site | Choose per site |
| Softaculous one-click appsWordPress, Joomla, Drupal and more | 200+ | 200+ | 200+ |
| Website builder | |||
| Node.js apps | |||
| Python apps | |||
| Git and Composer | |||
| Access | |||
| cPanel control panel | |||
| File Manager | |||
| FTP and SFTP | |||
| SSH accessCommand line access to your account | |||
| Two-factor login | |||
| Security & backups | |||
| Free SSL certificatesInstalled and renewed for you | |||
| Automatic backupsKept off-site | Every 6 hours | Every 6 hours | Every 6 hours |
| Restore backups yourselfFiles, databases or email, from JetBackup | |||
| Imunify360 firewall and malware scanning | |||
| CloudLinux account isolationOther accounts can't use your resources | |||
| DDoS protection | |||
| Support | |||
| Website migrationWe move your files, databases and email | Free | Free | Free |
| UK support by ticket | Priority | ||
| 60-day money-back guarantee | |||
| Choose Web Starter | Choose Web Plus | Choose Web Pro |
Prices per month. Pay yearly and get two months free. Bandwidth is unmetered under fair use.
How your website is protected
Five layers between an attacker and your website
Every request to your site passes through the same checks, on every plan. Most attacks on small business websites are automated scans and login attempts, which these checks are built to catch.
- Protection runs on the server, so there’s no security plugin to set up
- Your account is kept apart from every other account on the server
- If something does go wrong, you can restore a backup from earlier the same day
Good to know
What runs well, and what doesn't
Our PHP hosting is shared cPanel hosting. Each account is kept in its own space by CloudLinux, with 2 CPU cores and 4 GB of memory, so a busy neighbour can’t slow your site down. That suits most PHP websites and small applications.
Runs well
- WordPress, Joomla, Drupal and other PHP content systems
- Laravel, Symfony and CodeIgniter apps that use MySQL
- Small custom PHP sites, booking forms and internal tools
- Scheduled scripts that run for a few minutes at a time from cron
Not a good fit
- Long-running background processes. Workers that need to stay running all day, such as a websocket server, aren’t allowed on shared hosting. Use cron to run queue workers at intervals instead.
- Root access. You can’t install system packages or change server-wide settings. If you need that, you need a VPS.
- Very heavy traffic. If your app needs more than 2 cores and 4 GB of memory, talk to us before you order.
Deploying with Git
In cPanel, open Git Version Control and either clone a repository from GitHub or GitLab or create one on the server. Push to it from your computer and set the deployment path to your site’s folder. Our help guide on changing your PHP version covers the PHP settings side.
PHP hosting questions
Which PHP versions can I use?
You can choose from several PHP versions, including current PHP 8 releases, and set a different version for each domain in cPanel.
Do I get SSH access on the cheapest plan?
Yes. SSH and Git are included on Web Starter at £2.99 a month, as well as Web Plus and Web Pro.
Can I use Composer?
Yes. Log in over SSH and run Composer in your account to install your project’s packages.
Can I run Laravel?
Yes. Point your domain’s document root at Laravel’s public folder, set up your .env file and run the scheduler from a cron job every minute.
Can I connect to MySQL from my own computer?
Yes. Add your IP address under Remote MySQL in cPanel, then connect with a tool such as MySQL Workbench or TablePlus.
Do you also support Node.js and Python?
Yes. See our Node.js hosting page. Python apps can be set up from cPanel in the same way.
Host your PHP site in the UK
From £2.99 a month with SSH, Git and MySQL included.