Hosting for blogs
Start your blog free for 30 days, then 99p a month
Get your blog online with your first 30 days of Traxio hosting completely free, with no card needed. Continue afterwards for just £0.99 a month. Your own blog, on your own domain, with no platform adverts and no one else’s rules: install WordPress in one click and start writing today.
- No card to start
- No setup fee
- Cancel anytime
Same Traxio hosting, same £0.99. This isn’t a separate plan — it’s the one service.
What you can run
A personal or professional blog
Writing, photography, reviews, travel — on yourname.co.uk.
A news or magazine site
Categories, tags and multiple authors with WordPress.
Other blogging software
Blog apps from Softaculous, or a static blog built with Hugo or Jekyll and uploaded.
A newsletter-ready address
hello@yourblog.co.uk for readers, brands and pitches.
Affiliate or ad-supported sites
Your site, your plugins, your analytics. We add nothing.
An archive that’s yours
Export and back up everything, whenever you like.
Everything a blog needs
The same hosting every Traxio customer gets.
WordPress in one click
Softaculous installs WordPress, creates the database and sets up your admin login.
How to install WordPressAny theme, any plugin
No restricted plugin list. Install the SEO, caching and newsletter tools you like.
Choosing themes and pluginsFast pages
NVMe storage and LiteSpeed caching keep posts quick to load.
Speed up WordPress with LSCacheFree SSL
HTTPS on every page, which readers trust and search engines prefer.
How free SSL worksEmail on your domain
An address that looks professional when brands get in touch.
Create an email addressBackups you control
Download a full backup of your blog whenever you like.
How to back up WordPress
Start a blog this afternoon
Connect your domain
Point your blog’s domain at Traxio.
Install WordPress
One click in Softaculous.
Change the first settings
Permalinks, time zone, and a few defaults worth fixing.
Publish your first post
Pick a theme and write. Move old posts across if you have them.
Why host your own blog?
Free blogging platforms are a fine place to start, but the blog is never quite yours. The address carries their name, the adverts are theirs, and the rules can change under you.
With your own hosting, the blog lives on your domain, you choose every plugin and theme, and nothing is added to your pages. If you ever want to move, you download a backup and go. Self-hosted WordPress is the same software that runs a large share of the web.
At £0.99 a month, it costs less than most of the paid upgrades on free platforms — and the first 30 days are free.
Cheap WordPress blog hosting, from a UK-based host. Self-hosted WordPress is the usual choice for a blog you own, and it’s what Softaculous installs in one click. More on WordPress hosting, or other CMS software if you’d rather not use WordPress.
Is Traxio right for your blog?
Ideal for
- Personal, hobby and niche blogs
- Writers building a portfolio or audience
- Moving an existing WordPress blog
- Anyone who wants their own domain and full control
Not built for
- Hosting lots of large video files (use YouTube or Vimeo)
- Viral traffic spikes without caching
- Someone else managing updates for you
What it costs
The same simple price as every Traxio account.
The complete hosting service. Every feature, no card needed.
Same hosting, same price, this year and next. That’s £11.88 a year.
- No card to startUse all 30 days without giving payment details.
- No automatic chargeNothing is taken during the trial. You pay only if you continue.
- No setup feeStarting costs nothing. There’s no admin or activation charge.
- No price rise£0.99 is the ongoing price, not a first-year teaser.
- Nothing added on topNo VAT, card fees or paid SSL on the £0.99.
- Leave whenever you likeMonthly billing, no minimum term, no cancellation fee.
Guides for bloggers
Free for everyone in the Traxio help centre, whether you’re a customer yet or not.
Blog hosting questions
Is this free blog hosting?
Your first 30 days are completely free, with no card required. After that it’s £0.99 a month to keep your blog online. Only the first 30 days are free, and there are no adverts on your site at any point.
Where can I host a blog for free?
Free blogging platforms host your blog on their own subdomain and usually show their adverts or branding. Traxio is different: your blog runs on your own domain on real web hosting, free for your first 30 days with no card, then £0.99 a month if you keep it. Free hosting compared
How do I start a WordPress blog cheaply?
You need two things: a domain name, which you register with any registrar, and hosting. Point the domain at Traxio, install WordPress in one click with Softaculous, and pick a free theme. The hosting costs nothing for 30 days, then £0.99 a month, so the domain is usually the bigger cost. Install WordPress
Can I use my own domain?
Yes — you need one. Point it at Traxio and your blog runs on it, with free SSL.
Can I move my blog from WordPress.com or another host?
Yes. Export your content and import it into self-hosted WordPress, or move a whole WordPress site with a backup. Move a WordPress site
Can I make money from my blog?
Yes. Run your own adverts, affiliate links or sponsorships. Traxio adds nothing to your pages.
How many visitors can it handle?
The monthly limit is 100GB of traffic, which is tens of thousands of page views for a typical blog. A caching plugin makes the biggest difference to how much traffic a blog handles.
Start free.
Keep it for 99p.
Proper shared hosting for your website and email, with DirectAdmin. First month free, £0.99/month afterwards: no card to start, no setup fee, and the same price every year.
- £0 today
- No card required
- £0.99/month afterwards
- Cancel anytime