Is there a separate WooCommerce product?
No — and you should be glad. When we checked hostinger.com on October 8, 2026, the WooCommerce hosting page offered two plans: Unlimited and Cloud Startup. Those are the same plans sold on the web hosting and WordPress pages, presented here with a store-focused setup: WooCommerce installs in one click, and the feature list emphasizes what stores need (object cache, staging, daily backups, SSL).
Some hosts invent a “WooCommerce tier” that is just shared hosting with a plugin preinstalled and a higher price. Hostinger’s approach is more honest: the plans are the plans, and the WooCommerce page tells you which ones fit a store. Notably, the cheapest Premium plan is not offered for WooCommerce — Hostinger’s own page starts stores at Unlimited. That tells you something about the minimum resources a store needs, straight from the source.
If you are still deciding between a blog and a store, our WordPress hosting guide covers the non-store side. If the store is the plan, keep reading — the rest of this page is about what actually keeps checkout fast.
What your store actually needs from hosting
A store is the hardest thing you can run on shared-style hosting, for three reasons. First, every visitor sees a different cart, so pages cannot be cached as aggressively as a blog — the server does real work on nearly every request. Second, WooCommerce hammers the database: products, variations, orders, and customer records all live there. Third, downtime costs money directly — a blog being slow is annoying; a checkout being slow is lost revenue.
That is why the feature list that matters for a store looks different from a blog’s:
- Object cache. Caches database query results in memory so repeated queries — product listings, category pages — don’t hit the database every time. Hostinger includes it on the WooCommerce plans and says it can cut store response times significantly. For a database-heavy store, this is the single most impactful feature.
- Daily backups, plus on-demand. Unlimited and Cloud both include daily automatic backups with easy restore, and you can take a manual backup before any risky change. For a store, back up before every plugin update — a broken checkout discovered Monday morning is a weekend of lost orders.
- One-click staging. Test WooCommerce and plugin updates on a copy before touching the live store. Never update a live store’s plugins without staging first; this is the rule that separates store owners who sleep well from those who don’t.
- Free SSL on every site. Non-negotiable for checkout — browsers flag non-HTTPS payment pages, and customers notice. Included unlimited on these plans.
- Automatic updates with a vulnerabilities scanner. WooCommerce and its extensions update automatically, and the scanner checks core, plugins, and themes for known holes. Stores are high-value targets; neglected plugins are how most get in.
Unlimited vs Cloud: which plan for your store?
Hostinger’s WooCommerce page offers exactly two plans, which makes the decision refreshingly binary. Here is how they compare on the specs that matter for a store, verified on hostinger.com on October 8, 2026. Live prices are in the cards — the logic is below.
| What matters for a store | Unlimited | Cloud Startup |
|---|---|---|
| Websites | Unlimited | Unlimited |
| Storage | 50 GB NVMe | 100 GB NVMe |
| Backups | Daily + restore | Daily + on-demand |
| Resources | Shared | Cloud (more headroom) |
| Best for | New/small stores | Growing stores, traffic spikes |
Start on Unlimited if your store is new, has dozens (not hundreds) of products, and order volume is light. It has everything a small store needs — object cache, daily backups, staging, SSL — and the price cards below show the live intro and renewal rates.
Unlimited Web Hosting
48-month plan, paid upfront
Renews at $16.99/mo
- Unlimited websites
- 50 GB NVMe storage
- Daily backups
- Free CDN
- Unlimited mailboxes free for 1 year
Move to Cloud Startup when the store earns real money: hundreds of products, daily orders, or traffic spikes from promotions. Hostinger’s own WooCommerce FAQ notes the cloud plans run on more powerful infrastructure for peak traffic — and a store that slows down during a sale is burning its best hours. The cost box below shows Unlimited’s full intro total next to its renewal so you can budget honestly.
| Time | Total | Real monthly |
|---|---|---|
| 1 year | $47.88 | $3.99/mo |
| 2 years | $95.76 | $3.99/mo |
| 4 years | $191.52 | $3.99/mo |
Based on the 48-month plan, paid upfront deal price, then $16.99/mo. Taxes not included.
Speed features that matter for stores
Store speed is conversion rate — every extra second of load time costs sales. Hostinger’s WooCommerce stack attacks this on three layers, all verified on the WooCommerce hosting page on October 8, 2026:
- LiteSpeed servers + LSCWP plugin. The server software and the LiteSpeed Cache plugin for WordPress are built to work together: page caching where possible, image optimization, and code minification handled automatically.
- Object cache for the database. As covered above, this is the store-specific weapon — it eliminates repeated database queries, which is exactly where WooCommerce spends most of its time.
- Global CDN included. Serves static assets (product images especially) from servers near your visitors. Product photography is usually the heaviest part of a store page; the CDN takes that load off your origin server.
Hostinger also advertises a 99.9% uptime guarantee with 24/7 monitoring on the WooCommerce page. Treat uptime guarantees as what they are — a contractual promise, not a measured result — but it is the right promise for a store to demand from its host.
Security a store can’t skip
A store handles customer names, addresses, and payment flows — which makes it a more attractive target than a blog. Hostinger’s WooCommerce security stack, verified October 8, 2026:
- Unlimited free SSL certificates for every site on the plan — checkout and account pages encrypted by default.
- Automatic malware scanning and removal — continuous scanning with malicious files removed before they cause harm.
- Vulnerabilities scanner covering WordPress core, plugins, and themes — critical because store breaches usually come through an outdated extension, not the server.
- Advanced firewall and DDoS protection filtering malicious traffic before it reaches your store.
One thing hosting can’t do for you: choose trustworthy payment handling. Use a proper gateway (Stripe, PayPal) rather than storing card details yourself — no shared host makes DIY card storage a good idea, whatever the plan.
Hostinger Agent for WooCommerce
Worth a specific mention: Hostinger’s AI agent for WordPress includes WooCommerce management through chat — adding products in bulk, changing prices, and viewing sales reports in seconds, per Hostinger’s page. It is included free with the WordPress Business and Cloud hosting plans. For a store owner drowning in product admin, bulk operations through chat beat clicking through fifty product pages. Treat it as an accelerator for routine catalog work, not as a replacement for understanding your own store’s data.
Honest limitations: who should not buy this
- Very large catalogs or high order volume. Thousands of products or hundreds of daily orders push shared and entry-cloud plans hard. At that scale you are shopping for a VPS or dedicated resources — see our VPS sizing guide.
- Stores that can’t tolerate shared neighbors. It is still shared infrastructure on Unlimited. Most stores never notice; a store doing flash sales with thousands of concurrent visitors might.
- Non-WordPress platforms. This is WooCommerce on WordPress, full stop. If you want Shopify, Magento, or a custom stack, this page isn’t your answer.
- Email volume. Mailboxes are free for the first year, then paid — and transactional store email (order confirmations) deserves a dedicated email service anyway for deliverability. See our pricing breakdown for the renewal math.
FAQ
No. The WooCommerce hosting page sells the Unlimited and Cloud Startup plans with one-click WooCommerce install and store-focused features (object cache, staging, daily backups). There is no separate server tier — which is honest, and means you are buying proven plans rather than a repackaged label.
Unlimited for a new or small store (dozens of products, light order volume) — it includes object cache, daily backups, staging, and free SSL. Cloud Startup for a growing store with hundreds of products, daily orders, or traffic spikes. Hostinger’s own page doesn’t offer the cheaper Premium plan for stores, which tells you the minimum bar.
Object cache stores database query results in memory so repeated queries don’t hit the database every time. WooCommerce is database-heavy (products, variations, orders), and store pages can’t be cached as aggressively as blogs because every cart is different — so cutting database work is the biggest speed win available. It is included on Hostinger’s WooCommerce plans.
Yes — Hostinger offers free store migration handled by their team, with the store staying accessible during the transfer so you don’t lose sales. Submit the migration request from your account and their team moves the data, typically within 24 hours per their page.
Yes — unlimited free SSL certificates are included on the WooCommerce plans, covering every site you run. SSL is non-negotiable for checkout: browsers warn visitors away from non-HTTPS payment pages, and customers check for the padlock.
Daily automatic backups with easy restore on both plans, plus on-demand backups you can trigger manually. The discipline that matters: take a manual backup before every plugin or WooCommerce update, and test updates on the one-click staging copy first. Never update a live store blind.
Yes — a 30-day money-back guarantee covers hosting plans, so you can install WooCommerce, test staging and backups with a real catalog, and get a refund if it doesn’t fit. Our referral link also takes 20% off the first purchase in the cart, verified October 8, 2026.