Faster, safer WordPress, on a server you own
We design, build, secure, optimize and maintain the infrastructure underneath your WordPress sites, on a cloud server you own. No shared hosting. No proprietary platform. No lock-in.
✓ Daily backups ✓ Updates handled ✓ Watched 24/7
Is your website slower, riskier or more expensive than it should be?
- It slows down when it matters most: during a campaign, a launch or a busy season.
- You pay for hosting every month, but it's someone else's server and someone else's rules.
- Security is a plugin and a hope.
- When something breaks, you're in a support queue explaining your site to someone who's never seen it.
- Leaving your host feels risky, so you stay.
Hosting gives you a place to put your website.
It doesn't build the setup around it. That's the part we do.
Three steps. Nothing technical on your side.
- We look at your siteA free audit shows where it's hosted, how fast it responds, and what's holding it back.
- We build it and move itWe set up a new server, security, domain, SSL, email, backups and speed tuning, then test everything before switching over. Your current site stays live until the new one is ready.
- You own itYou get the logins and full documentation. If you want, we keep looking after the server.
You keep managing your content, plugins and design. We take care of everything underneath.
Everything from an empty server to a live site you own
We build the server, move your site onto it, and hand you the keys. Here's exactly what that includes.
| Step | WPSubstrata setupDone for you, start to finishFrom $999one-time |
|---|---|
1Build the serverDebian 13, CloudPanel and WordPress |
We do it for you |
2Secure itSSH lockdown, firewall, Fail2ban, automatic updates |
We do it for you |
3Move your siteYour current site stays live until the new one is tested |
We do it for you |
4Domain, SSL and emailDNS, Cloudflare, SSL and site email that arrives |
We do it for you |
5Speed and backupsCaching tuned per site, backups set up and tested |
We do it for you |
6Test and hand overEnd-to-end checks, logins and documentation |
We do it for you |
| Then, keep it looked afterOptional, monthly. Cancel any time. |
WPSubstrata setup
Optional
$49/mo infrastructure care
If we built it, we keep it running. That's our care promise: everything server care covers, plus the other infrastructure we set up for you, like your site email (SMTP) service. If it breaks, we fix it. You keep managing WordPress itself: content, plugins and design. |
| Choose | Get your free audit |
What clients say
WPSubstrata consolidated all my websites into one place and made everything easy to manage. New sites go live in minutes, settings are easy to reach, and the structure finally makes sense. I even host the WordPress site I built for a client on the same server. I haven't had a single issue since, and it has been three years. It just runs.Dragan P. audiodrome.net
Twice a year, thousands of people hit our registration page at the same time. It used to be a stressful few days. Now I don't even check. The site handles it, I handle the event, and somehow it feels like it keeps getting better over time.Nikola D. trcaj.be
How this compares to what you have now
| Shared hosting | Managed WordPress hosting | WPSubstrata | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Typical cost | Low, often rises at renewal | Medium to high, often per site | $999 setup + your server (paid to Hetzner) + optional care plan |
| Speed | Shared with other sites | Good, within plan limits | Tuned to your specific sites |
| Busy days | Can slow down | Often capped by visit limits or fees | Sized to your sites, upgradeable |
| Security | Basic, extras cost more | Included by the host | Built in at server level, with Cloudflare |
| Several sites | Often extra cost per site | Often priced per site | One server, many sites |
| Who owns the setup | The host | The host | You |
| If you want to leave | Rebuild the setup elsewhere | Rebuild the setup elsewhere | Nothing to untangle |
| When something breaks | Support ticket | Support team | Direct contact, with optional care plan |
| Best for | Simple sites on a tight budget | Hands-off owners happy to stay on one platform | Businesses that want speed and control without doing the tech |
When we're done, you own the infrastructure.
Your cloud account. Your server. Your credentials. Your data. We document what we built and why, so you're never dependent on us just to understand your own infrastructure.
- root credentials
- server access
- infrastructure architecture
- DNS configuration
- SSL configuration
- deployment configuration
- monitoring configuration
- backup configuration
- maintenance documentation
Common questions
Your current site stays live until the new server is tested, then we switch. Any downtime is minimal.
No. You need to be able to reply to a few questions and log in to an account.
You do, directly to Hetzner, in an account under your name. We guide you through creating it.
We handle the server, security, speed tuning, domain, email and backups. You handle your content, plugins and theme.
You still own a fully documented server. The care plan is there if you'd rather not think about it.
Yes, onto one server if that suits them.
Why I built this differently.
I got tired of seeing WordPress businesses forced to choose between cheap shared hosting and complicated infrastructure they had to manage themselves. So I built a third option: professional infrastructure without giving up ownership.
WPSubstrata builds the server, secures it, optimizes it and documents it, then lets you decide how much of the infrastructure you want to manage yourself.