Reliable Hosting for WordPress Multisite, Made Easy

Managing WordPress multisites with Cloudways means no complicated setups. Take full control to create and manage client sites, blog networks, and more while effortlessly scaling as your needs grow.

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Launch Your WordPress Multisite in Minutes

See how simple it is to set up a fully functional WordPress Multisite network on Cloudways. In just a few clicks, you’ll be up and running. No technical experience required.

Why Choose Cloudways for Hosting WordPress Multisite

WordPress Multisite networks require peak performance, security, and scalability. Cloudways delivers all three with optimized infrastructure, Cloudflare protection, and 24/7 expert support to ensure your network runs smoothly at scale.

Optimized Speed

Improve performance with caching, Cloudflare CDN, and server optimization, ensuring faster load times for your entire network.

Enterprise-Grade Security

Protect your network with Cloudflare’s DDoS mitigation, firewalls, SSL certificates, and automatic security updates for your sites.

24/7 Support

Get expert support whenever needed, with Cloudways’ dedicated team available 24/7 to resolve any multisite challenges.

Scale As You Grow

Easily scale your multisite network by adjusting CPU, RAM, and storage, and host unlimited applications on a single server.

Automatic Backups

Automate daily backups for your multisite network, ensuring fast restoration with no manual effort required.

Easy Setup

Quickly launch your multisite network with Cloudways’ one-click installation, designed for users of all skill levels.

Fair, Transparent Pricing for Hosting for WordPress Multisite

Take control of your hosting costs with Cloudways’ pay-as-you-go pricing. Only pay for the resources you actually use & choose from 5 top cloud providers to find the perfect balance of performance and scalability for your WordPress Multisite network.

Select Cloud Provider

  • Fastest growing & affordable cloud provider with high-performance SSD standard and NVMe storage premium servers across 9 locations. Select the perfect fit from their Basic, General Purpose, and CPU Optimized server lineup.

    DigitalOcean

  • Across 30 locations, Vultr provides standard servers featuring SSD storage and high frequency servers with NVMe storage powered by the fastest architecture available in the Vultr product lineup.

    Vultr

  • Popular cloud emphasizing consistent performance across 25 datacenters. Choose Linode if you wish top quality performance at a pocket—friendly budget.

    Linode

  • Flexible Amazon cloud compute (EC2) with configurable storage/bandwidth across 28 datacenters. AWS supports dynamic vertical scaling with options to both upgrade and downgrade server resources. Select the perfect fit from their Standard and Compute Optimized server lineup.

    AWS

  • Google Compute Engine (GCE) is an extremely powerful cloud hosting infrastructure with the efficient performance that comes with Google's brand name. With 28 datacenters, GCE supports dynamic vertical scaling with options to both upgrade and downgrade server resources. Select the perfect fit from their Standard, Compute Optimized and High Compute server lineup.

    GoogleCloud

Select Server Type

  • DigitalOcean is the fastest growing cloud provider.

    Basic
  • DigitalOcean is the fastest growing cloud provider.

    General Purpose
  • DigitalOcean is the fastest growing cloud provider.

    CPU Optimized
  • DigitalOcean is the fastest growing cloud provider.

    Standard
  • Standard

    DigitalOcean Standard Droplets, powered by 2nd generation or earlier Intel CPUs and standard SSD, are perfect for general-purpose workloads and all your applications, offering networking speeds up to 2 Gbps.

  • Premium

    DigitalOcean Premium Droplets are powered by 2nd or 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and faster NVME storage delivering higher network throughput up to 10 Gbps for your most demanding applications.

Micro

Suitable for personal websites and simple blogs.

$11

$11

USD per month

You pay $0.0357 hourly

  • 2GB RAM
  • 1 vCPU
  • 50GB Storage
  • 2TB Transfer Bandwidth
  • 5 Free AI Copilot Credits
  • Lightning Stack
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  • Unlimited Visits
  • Unlimited Websites
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Small

Suitable for growing businesses & moderate traffic.

$11

$11

USD per month

You pay $0.0357 hourly

  • 2GB RAM
  • 1 vCPU
  • 50GB Storage
  • 2TB Transfer Bandwidth
  • 5 Free AI Copilot Credits
  • Lightning Stack
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  • Unlimited Visits
  • Unlimited Websites
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8XL

Ideal for e-com stores and resource-intensive applications.

$11

$342

$342

USD per month

You pay $1.0848 hourly

  • 128GB RAM
  • 24 vCPU
  • 2560GB Storage
  • 11TB Transfer Bandwidth
  • 5 Free AI Copilot Credits
  • Lightning Stack
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  • Unlimited Visits
  • Unlimited Websites
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$0.033/GB per server will be applied for offsite backup storage.

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  • Free Object Cache Pro
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  • Free Advanced Staging
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  • Free Cloudflare Enterprise (Worth $250/Mon)
  • Autoscaling
  • 24/7 Chat & Ticketing Support
  • Free Object Cache Pro (Worth $95/Mon)
  • Load Balancing
  • Built-in Firewall & DDoS Protection
  • Free Advanced Staging & Cloning (Worth $20)
  • Multiple PHP Versions
  • Free Managed Migrations

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All the Addons You Need for a Performance-First WordPress Multisite

Access every tool to manage, secure, and scale your WordPress Multisite network, optimizing performance and making site management effortless.

Enterprise Cloudflare CDN

Boost your sites performance with Edge Page Caching, Argo Smart routing, & more enterprise Cloudflare features

Starts at $4.99/domain/mon >

Starts at $4.99 $2.49/domain/mon >

Cloudways SafeUpdates

Secure yourself from vulnerable plugins/themes with SafeUpdates automated WordPress update & testing workflow.

Starts at $3/app/mon >

Starts at $3 $1.5/app/mon >

Malware Protection

Keep your sites secure with automated malware removal.

Starts at $4/app/month >

Starts at $4 $2/app/mon >

New

Rackspace Email

Get fast & reliable Rackspace mailboxes at just $1/mailbox/month

$1/mailbox/mon >

Starts at $1 $0.50/app/mon >

Advance Support Addon

Get advanced support that extends to plugins/themes troubleshooting, performance optimizations & much more!

$100/month ($25 offer) >

Starts at $100 $50/app/mon >

DNS Made Easy

No more waiting for DNS changes! Get instant propagation & fast TTLs with our DNS Made Easy add-on

$0.50/month/domain >

Starts at $0.50 $0.25/app/mon >

1-Click WordPress Installer

Deploy unlimited WordPress sites on a single server with just one click, simplifying multisite management and site creation.

WP Migrator Plugin

Migrate WordPress sites to Cloudways with ease using our automated WP Migrator plugin for smooth and error-free site transfers.

WordPress CLI

Manage users, roles, and tasks quickly with the WordPress Command Line Interface, saving you time on administrative duties.

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Read real-life case studies of companies that used our managed cloud server hosting to take their online businesses to the next level!

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Frequently Asked Questions

For educational users, choose hosting that supports multiple sites with staging environments, reliable uptime, and easy management from a single dashboard. Features like automatic backups, scalable resources, and institutional or student discounts are also important for growing traffic across campuses or courses.

You can host WordPress multisite with one-click staging on Cloudways. Here, we make it easy to safely test updates, plugins, or design changes on a staging site before pushing them live, ensuring all your sites stay secure and run smoothly.

Multisite in WordPress allows for the centralized management of multiple websites from a single WordPress dashboard, making it a convenient option for companies and brands.


For example, if you have 3 different WordPress websites, you'd have to log out of one dashboard to work on another. But with multisite, you can log in to a single WordPress dashboard and quickly switch between different sites using a dropdown menu.

Multisite hosting is ideal for people looking to save time and conveniently manage multiple WordPress websites.


With multisite, you can add/remove/update plugins and themes across all the sites within the network, reducing the time and effort required to install and update these assets on an individual site.

Yes, WordPress multisite counts as a single WordPress installation, as you can host multiple domains on a single network.

You can host unlimited sites in a WordPress multisite network. The number of sites a network can have is only limited by the capacity of its infrastructure.

Yes, you can use multiple plugins and themes with similar functionality for different websites in a WordPress multisite network. However, you need to specifically select the website on which you want to use them. If you activate the plugin or a theme for the entire network, it will automatically apply to all sites within the network.

Managing multiple sites within a network can add extra load and potentially impact performance if not properly optimized. So, as the number of websites on the server increases, the server performance may decline. Luckily with Cloudways you get optimized performance on all your sites, helping you manage multisite with ease.

Hosting for WordPress is specifically optimized for running a single site. It often comes with pre-installed WordPress software, automatic updates, and technical support designed for WordPress users.


On the other hand, hosting for WordPress multisite is specifically designed to support a multisite network, helping you manage multiple sites from a single dashboard. It offers the same features as regular hosting for WordPress but with additional technical support and optimizations to handle the added complexity of managing multiple sites.

Mapping your WordPress multisite domains is super easy, thanks to the intuitive Cloudways Application Management panel. Follow the steps below:


  • Go to the Application Management Panel > Domain Management
  • Fill in the Primary Domain field and click Save Changes.
  • And for other subdomains, add them in the Additional Domains field.

Yes, we can host multiple applications (a single WordPress site and multisite) on the same Cloudways server.

Yes, you can manage hundreds of websites easily with Cloudways, as its intuitive UI lets you launch and manage a multisite network easily.


Cloudways' managed hosting for WordPress offers 1-click operations for monitoring, scaling, cloning, backups, restores, and more. It's scalable for WordPress multisite and eCommerce with WooCommerce. We also offer CloudwaysBot and an optimized platform for developers to use API for integrations and automation.

Well, keeping in view the fact that security of a website of really important, we have an iron-clad  security mechanism in place. In addition to this, all the WordPress Multisite cloud servers are protected through platform level firewall.

The hardened security system ensures that your servers remain protected against all known potential security and hack threats, including Heartbleed and Shellshock.

We, at Cloudways, also provide you with daily backup facility where all the data is kept on off-site location for the purpose of redundancy. All your cloud servers for WordPress Multisite are managed and patched regularly to thwart any particular threat.