Overview
WPMU DEV is a WordPress plugin developer whose structured data gives an address in Birmingham, Alabama; it sells managed hosting alongside a suite of plugins.[10] W3Techs lists WPMU DEV with less than 0.1% of all websites in November 2026.[1]
The hosting page in November 2026 listed two plan types: Dedicated, from $12 per site with one WordPress site per server, and Unlimited, from $15 per server for multiple sites on one server; billing periods and annual prices were not stated.[10] Both include an optimised LEMP stack with caching, nightly backups, free SSL, a web application firewall, DDoS protection, malware scanning, one-click staging, Git, Composer and WP-CLI support, dedicated IPs and 24/7 support, together with WPMU DEV’s own plugins: Smush, Hummingbird, Forminator, Defender, SmartCrawl and Hustle.[10]
WPMU DEV offers a free migration service and says it will buy out up to 12 months of a customer’s remaining contract with another host.{R(10)} The low entry price and isolated server per site make it attractive for freelancers, but the page did not show per-plan CPU, memory or storage figures or a refund policy, which makes direct comparison with other hosts difficult.
WPMU DEV features
- Dedicated server per site on Dedicated plan
- Nightly backups
- WAF, DDoS protection and malware scanning
- One-click staging
- Bundled Smush, Hummingbird, Defender and other plugins
- Contract buy-out up to 12 months
- Forms, polls and quizzes in one plugin
- Calculations for estimators
WPMU DEV pricing
Dedicated from $12 per site; Unlimited from $15 per server. Currency symbol $, billing period not stated (see vendor).
WPMU DEV strengths and limitations
Strengths
- Low entry price for isolated resources
- Bundled plugin suite
- Offers to buy out existing hosting contracts
- Polls and quizzes included free
- Payments in the free edition
- Low-cost Pro tiers
Limitations
- Per-plan resource specifications not shown
- Billing period not stated on page
- Very small market share
- Smaller integration library
- Interface differs from other WordPress builders
- Best value tied to WPMU DEV membership
Appears in
- Best Managed WordPress Hosting in 2026 #7
- Best WordPress Cache Plugins in 2026 #10
- Best WordPress Form Plugins in 2026 #7
- Best WordPress Security Plugins in 2026 #8
- Best WordPress SEO Plugins in 2026 #8
WPMU DEV alternatives and competitors
Alternatives to WPMU DEV: companies ranked in the same lists.
SiteGround
Jetpack VaultPress Backup
Cloudways
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Kali Forms- weForms
- Wordfence Security
Patchstack
Sucuri
Kadence
UpdraftPlus
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