WPX Hosting Review 2026

WPX Hosting scored 6.4 out of 10, ranking 19 out of 34 providers we tested in our 2026 rankings, which puts it in the Below Average Performance tier. The host’s performance numbers in Q4 2025 are 484 ms TTFB, 99.99% Uptime, and a Failed load test with 51.63% error rate.

We have been testing and monitoring WPX Hosting since mid 2021 with over 460000 individual performance tests over 1600 days. 

WPX Hosting scored a perfect 10 out of 10 on features with edge CDN, email for no extra cost and daily backups. However, the performance is Below Average at $29.99 per month. WPX recorded its best TTFB in 2023 with 330 ms but the performance has deteriorated by 46% since then to 484 ms. The host failed the load test with a 51.63% error rate.

Performance Overview

Metric	Result	Score (/10)	Rating	Context
TTFB (US)	483ms	7	Mid-pack	Pressable leads at 341ms; WP Engine 367ms
Uptime	99.99%	9.5	Excellent	Matches Cloudways, Kinsta tier
Load Test	10ms / 51.63% error	0	FAILED	More than half of requests errored
Global TTFB	611ms	6	Below Avg	Poor for edge CDN host; WP Engine 169ms
Server Hardware	6.5 (WPBench)	6.5	Mid-range	Bluehost leads at 9.6/10
Performance Total	3.40/10	—	Below Average Tier	Bottom third of 34 hosts

WPX recorded an overall performance score of 3.4 out of 10. It got placed in #33 host our of 34 WordPress hosts we tested. One big downside is their failed load test with an error rate of 51.63% under simulated traffic. However, the host recorded an Uptime of 99.99%, indicating excellent reliability. 

The performance score of 3.4 places WPX alongside DreamPress with 3.51, and SiteGround with 3.59. Our scoring system comprises 60% on Performance, 30% on Features, 10% on Value and WPX survives on feature strength alone.

TTFB Response Time

Year	Avg TTFB	Uptime	Days Monitored	Tests	Outages
2021	454ms	99.92%	278 (partial)	80,064	18
2022	339ms	99.996%	364	104,832	11
2023	330ms	100.00%	365	105,120	0
2024	365ms	99.9996%	366	105,408	2
2025	411ms	99.997%	365	105,120	9
Q4 2025	483ms	99.99%	92 (quarter)	26,496	—

WPX Hosting recorded a TTFB of 483 ms in Q4 2025, scoring 7 out of 10 and the performance falls in the mid pack bracket of 450 ms to 500 ms. We began our TTFB monitoring from mid 2021 and the host recorded a TTFB of 278 ms that year. However, that was only partial monitoring. The host recorded 339 ms in 2022, and we saw a slight improvement in 2023 with a TTFB of 330 ms. However, since 2023, the TTFB response showed a negative trend with 365 ms in 2024, 411 ms in 2025 (full year) and 483 ms in Q4 2025. 

The peak era was during 2022 to 2023 and WPX was genuine fast with TTFB in the 330 ms to 340 ms range, scoring 9 out of 10 by our current scale. Since 2023, TTFB has only worsened with a 50 ms increase in average response time per year on average. If the same trend continues, the TTFB could get as high as 530 ms to 550 ms by late 2026. It’s also worth mentioning that WPX recorded a maximum TTFB of 872 ms and a minimum TTFB of 282 ms in 2025.

The hosts that lead in this field are Pressable with 341 ms, and WP Engine with 367 ms. Hostinger is marginally faster with 478 ms, followed by SiteGround with 632 ms, Bluehost with 520 ms, and GoDaddy with 751 ms.

Uptime

WPX recorded an uptime of 99.99% in Q4 2025, scoring 9.5 out of 10, which places it in the top tier category, indicating excellent reliability. As we look at the historical trend, the host recorded 100% uptime with zero outages in 2023 and 99.9996% with 2 outages amounting to 9 minutes downtime in 2024, which is also near perfect. However, the uptime performance has slightly declined in 2025 with 99.997% with 9 outages amounting to 16 minutes downtime. While the Uptime performance is still strong, the outages have gone up from 2 in 2024 to 9 in 2025.

2021 has been the worst year in terms of uptime with 99.92% and 18 outages with a total of 323 minutes downtime. The worst single day uptime in 2021 was 79.10%. It’s important to mention that the 2021’s uptime monitoring started mid-year and early monitoring might have included setup and stabilization artifacts. However, the date of 2022 shows dramatic improvement with an uptime of 99.996% with 11 outages with a total of 22 minutes downtime.

If we compare WPX’s Q4 2025 uptime performance with its competitors, WPX matches Cloudways and GoDaddy with the same uptime. WPX beats SiteGround with 99.99% vs 99.97%, Bluehost with 99.99% vs 99.95%, and also beats Kinsta with 99.99% vs 99.97%. However, WP Engine recorded better uptime than WPX with 100% vs 99.99%. 

WPX’s 99.99% uptime means a downtime of approximately 4.3 ms over 3 months. For most sites, it’s just more than adequate. Uptime is WPX’ strongest performance metric and this will keep small sites up and running even while load handling and TTFB is deteriorating.

Load Handling

WPX FAILED in the Load test with 51.63% error rate when we send 100 concurrent users over 60 seconds to the site, scoring 0 out of 10. A response time of 10 ms is misleading as it only measures successful requests while a 51.63% error rate indicates that more than half of all requests completely failed. 

Any site hit by a traffic spike during a viral post, product launch or sale even will lose more than half of its visitors as they will receive errors while getting to their desired web pages on that site. 6 out of 34 hosts we tested failed in the Load test and this includes WPX Hosting with 51.63%, NameHero with 56%, EasyWP with 56.80%, Ionos with 65.40%, GoDaddy with 68.80%, and Rocket.net with 100%.

If we consider the 7 competitors, only GoDaddy (Shared) failed the test and the rest passed the test. Competitors that passed the test are SiteGround, Bluehost, Hostinger Business, Kinsta, Cloudways, and WP Engine. From a WooCommerce store perspective, a flash sale with 100 concurrent users would result in 52% users receiving errors. For any eCommerce store doing $5K per month, a failed checkout page during peak traffic will have a direct measurable revenue impact. 

We tested the load handling of the host by sending 0 to 100 concurrent users over 60 seconds, which is a moderate load and should not be extremely stressful for a site.

Server Hardware (WPBench)

WPX secured a WPBench score of 6.5 out of 10, which is mid range. As we compare the performance with field leaders, Bluehost scored 9.6, HostGator scored 9.6, ScalaHosting scored 8.8, Kinsta scored 8.8, and SiteGround scored 8.4 while WPX’s 6.5 is below average for its price point of $29.99. 

Kinsta achieved 8.8 for a price point of $30 per month while WP Engine at $23 per month has the same WP Bench score as WPX in spite of being $7 lesser in cost to WPX. Hostinger Business at an intro price of $3.69 per month scored 7.4, which indicated better hardware for a price which is 88% lesser than that of WPX.

If we look at the server allocation for the WPX Business plan, it comes with 1 CPU core, 5 GB RAM, 20 GB storage at $29.99 per month. However, the resources are just too limited for such a high price point. Many cheap web hosts offer more storage and similar hardware for under $5 per month.

WPX’s 6.5 WPBench indicates adequate raw server strength for standard WordPress sites. However, the server allocation may not be sufficient for plugin heavy sites or WooCommerce stores with complex database queries compared to what Kinsta or Bluehost offers with a WPBench score of 8.8 and 9.6 respectively. Even though WPX comes with edge CDN, which should offload commute from the origin server, the 6.5 WPBench indicates moderate server strength offering less room for performance when the CDN misses occur frequently.

Global TTFB

Region	Avg	Best City	Worst City
Americas	260ms	N. Virginia 58ms	São Paulo 546ms
Europe	525ms	Frankfurt 30ms	Paris 1,200ms
Asia-Pacific	881ms	Tel Aviv 574ms	Delhi 1,300ms

WPX recorded an average global TTFB of 611 ms, scoring 6 out of 10, which is poor for a host that comes with edge CDN. WP Engine also comes with edge CDN but the impact is clearly visible in its case with a global average of 169 ms, which is 3.6x faster. WPX recorded a global average of 260 ms and N.Virginia is the strongest region with 58 ms and Toronto is the second best with 106 ms, reflecting good origin area performance. However, the performance in the West Coast is weaker with 288 ms in LA, and 332 ms in Oregon. Latin America suffers the most with 546 ms in São Paulo, and 517 ms in Santiago.

WPX recorded an average global TTFB of 525 ms in Europe, which is a terrible performance for an edge CDN host. The host recorded 30 ms in Frankfurt, which is clearly because of Frankfurt being the origin server. The TTFB in Paris is 1200 ms, which is a 40x penalty as Paris is 350 km away. The CDN is either not caching or failing on first hit requests. The average global TTFB in Belgium and Netherlands are tolerable with 347 ms and 351 ms respectively while the average global TTFB is not tolerable in Warsaw with 955 ms, Finland with 826 ms and Sweden with 668 ms.

WPX’s average global TTFB in Asia Pacific is too high with 881 ms, disqualifying for any site that relies on Asian traffic. The host recorded 647 ms in Tokyo, 936 ms in Singapore, 1,300 ms in Delhi, and 840 ms in Sydney. None of the cities is under 574 ms. If the edge CDN was functioning properly and delivered cached pages from the nearest PoP, the average global TTFB in Paris should be below 100 ms and not 1,200 ms. WP Engine delivers 100 ms in Paris and Kinsta delivers 468 ms while WPX delivers an average global TTFB as high as 1,200 ms.

When compared with WP Engine, WP Engine delivers better global TTFB than WPX in America with 136 ms vs 260 ms and WPX is 91% slower. WP Engine recorded better TTFB in Europe with 114 ms vs 525 ms, which indicates WPX’s 361% slower global TTFB. WP Engine also delivers better global TTFB in Asia Pacific with 339 ms vs 881 ms, which reflects WPX’s 160% slower global TTFB.

WPX vs Competitors

Premium Competitors:

Metric	WPX	WP Engine	Kinsta	Cloudways VHF	Hostinger Biz
Rank	#19	#6	#13	#17	#5
Score	6.40*	7.98	7.02	6.70	8.02
Tier	Below Avg	Elite	Strong	Strong	Strong
TTFB	483ms	367ms	469ms	424ms	478ms
TTFB Score	7/10	9/10	7/10	8/10	7/10
Uptime	99.99%	100%	99.97%	99.99%	99.98%
Load Test	FAILED (51.63%)	27ms / 0%	40ms / 0%	96ms / 0%	31ms / 0%
Load Score	0/10	10/10	9/10	7/10	9/10
Global TTFB	611ms	169ms	416ms	444ms	223ms
Global Score	6/10	10/10	8/10	8/10	10/10
WPBench	6.5	6.5	8.8	7.6	7.4
CDN	Edge	Edge	Edge	Addon	Static
Email	Included	None	None	Addon	Addon
Backups	Daily	Daily	Daily	Daily	Daily
Features	10.0/10	7.0/10	7.0/10	5.5/10	7.0/10
Intro Price	$29.99	$23.00	$30.00	$16.00	$3.69
Renewal	$29.99	$30.00	$30.00	$16.00	$7.99

Shared Hosting Competitors:

Metric	WPX	SiteGround	Bluehost
Rank	#19	#22	#14
Score	6.40*	6.50	6.90
Tier	Below Avg	Below Avg	Average
TTFB	483ms	632ms	520ms
TTFB Score	7/10	4/10	6/10
Uptime	99.99%	99.97%	99.95%
Load Test	FAILED (51.63%)	170ms / 0%	170ms / 9%
Load Score	0/10	6/10	6/10
Global TTFB	611ms	833ms	345ms
Global Score	6/10	4/10	9/10
WPBench	6.5	8.4	9.6
CDN	Edge	Addon	Static
Email	Included	Included	Addon
Backups	Daily	Daily	Weekly
Features	10.0/10	7.0/10	6.0/10
Intro Price	$29.99	$3.99	$3.99
Renewal	$29.99	$17.99	$12.49

WPX vs WP Engine

WP Engine clearly beats WPX in almost all fields. First, WP Engine is 13 positions higher than WPX with 6 vs 19, which puts it in the Elite tier while WPX sits in Below Average tier. WP Engine wins on every performance metric. WP Engine wins on TTFB with 367 ms vs 483 ms, Uptime with 100% vs 99.99%, Load test with 27 ms/0% vs FAILED, and global TTFB with 169 ms vs 611 ms. 

WPX wins on features alone with 10 vs 7.0 for included email hosting, while WP Engine doesn’t come with free email hosting. WP Engine wins on pricing being $7 per month cheaper than WPX with $23 vs $29.99. Even though both hosts claim edge CDN, WP Engine delivers faster global average with 169 ms vs 611 ms. In spite of having the same feature of edge CDN, WPX has 3.6x worse execution. 

None of the hosts have an edge in terms of renewals as they are just $0.01 apart. WPX comes with a flat renewal while WP Engine renews at $30. You can choose WPX only if you need email hosting included for no extra cost but if a strong performance means a lot for you, you must choose WP Engine over WPX. (Check WP Engine Review)

WPX vs Kinsta

While WPX and Kinsta have nearly identical pricing with $29.99 per month vs $30.00 per month, Kinsta has a leading edge in almost all metrics. First, Kinsta beats WPX in terms of ranking with 13 vs 19. Kinsta sits in the Strong tier while WPX sits in Below Average tier. Kinsta wins on load handling with 40 ms/0% vs FAILED, global TTFB with 416 ms vs 611 ms, and hardware WPBench with 8.8 vs 6.5. 

Kinsta beats WPX by a slight margin on TTFB with 469 ms vs 483 ms. WPX wins on features with 10 vs 7 for included email while Kinsta has no email hosting. Besides, WPX wins on Uptime with 99.97% vs 99.99%. Even though both hosts use edge CDN, Kinsta delivers better global average than WPX. You can choose WPX over Kinsta if only email hosting matters more than speed and reliability under load. (Check Kinsta Review)

WPX vs Hostinger Business

Hostinger costs 88% less than WPX with $3.69 vs $29.99 yet outperforms WPX on all metrics. This is the comparison that hurts WPX the most. Hostinger ranks 14 and sits in the Strong tier while WPX ranks 19 and sits in the Below Average tier. Hostinger wins on load test  with 31 ms/0% vs FAILED, and global TTFB with 223 ms vs 611 ms, which is nearly 3x faster. 

The TTFB is nearly identical with 478 ms vs 483 ms. 

WPX wins on features with 10 vs 7 for its included email while Hostinger offers an addon alone. Hostinger Business delivers  223 ms global average despite its static CDN while WPX delivers a global average of 611 ms, which indicates Hostinger’s static CDN outperforming WPX’s edge CDN. Hostinger’s renewal price is $22 per month cheaper than WPX’s renewal, which is a flat $29.99. You can choose WPX over Hostinger only if you need managed WordPress with included email for no extra cost. (Check Hostinger Review)

WPX vs Cloudways

Cloudways wins on price with $16 vs $29.99 and the host is significantly faster than WPX. Besides, the host wins on ranking with 17 vs 19 with Strong tier. Cloudways wins on TTFB with 424 ms vs 483 ms, load test with 96 ms/0% vs FAILED, global TTFB with 444 ms vs 611 ms, hardware with 7.6 vs 6.5. The hosts had a tie on Uptime with 99.99%. WPX wins on features with 10 vs 5.5 for edge CDN vs addon CDN and included email vs addon. 

However, the WPX’s edge CDN underperforms Cloudways’s addon CDN on global TTFB. WPX offers simplicity of management while Cloudways is a developer oriented platform with no cPanel. Cloudways wins on price with $16 flat vs $29.99 flat. You can choose WPX over Cloudways if you need managed WordPress simplicity with included email. (Check Cloudways Review)

WPX vs Bluehost

Bluehost wins on price with $3.99 vs $29.99, which makes it 87% cheaper than WPX. Besides, the host is Average tier with 14 while WPX is Below Average with 19. Bluehost wins on load handling with 170 ms/9% vs FAILED, global TTFB with 345 ms vs 611 ms, and hardware WPBench with 9.6 vs 6.5, the highest scorer in this field. 

However, WPX wins on TTFB with 483 ms vs 520 ms, which makes it 37 ms faster. Besides, the host wins on Uptime with 99.99% vs 99.95% and features with 10 vs 6 for edge CDN vs static CDN, included email vs addon and daily backups vs weekly backups. 

Bluehost wins on renewals with $12.49 per month vs $29.99 per month, which makes it $17.50 per month cheaper than WPX. You can choose WPX over Bluehost if you need the convenience of managed WordPress with included email, daily backups. (Check Bluehost Review)

WPX vs SiteGround

Both hosts are Below Average tier but SiteGround is 87% cheaper than WPX with $3.99 vs $29.99. SiteGround has a slightly higher score than WPX with 6.5 vs 6.4. While WPX wins on TTFB with 483 vs 632 ms, Uptime with 99.99% vs 99.97% and features 10 vs 7, SiteGround wins on load handling with 170 ms/0% vs FAILED and hardware WPBench score with 8.4 vs 6.5. WPX has slightly lesser average response time than SiteGround in Global TTFB with 611 ms vs 833 ms but both scores are poor. 

SiteGround renewal is 6x more than the intro price with $17.99 per month while WPX follows a flat renewal with $29.99. However, SiteGround is $12 per month cheaper at renewals. Both hosts are underperformers but SiteGround costs 87% less than WPX. WPX, on the other hand, has better features but the host failed the load test. You can choose WPX if only you need edge CDN, included email and if you are not concerned about load handling. (Check SiteGround Review)

WPX vs GoDaddy (Shared)

Both hosts FAILED load tests but GoDaddy ranks 34, which is dead last with a score of 4.21. WPX wins on TTFB with 483 ms vs 751 ms, better global TTFB with 611 vs 755 ms, better hardware with 6.5 vs 3.8 and better features with 10 vs 3.5. However, GoDaddy wins on price since it’s 5x cheaper with $5.99 vs $29.99. 

Metric	WPX	GoDaddy (Shared)	Verdict
Rank	#19	#34 (last)	WPX wins by 15 positions
Score	6.40	4.21	WPX wins
TTFB	483ms	751ms	WPX wins
Uptime	99.99%	99.99%	Tie
Load Test	FAILED (51.63%)	FAILED (68.80%)	Both failed
Global TTFB	611ms	755ms	WPX wins
WPBench	6.5	3.8	WPX wins
Price	$29.99/mo	$5.99/mo	GoDaddy is 5x cheaper

The comparison is just to show that WPX despite its problems is better than the worst performer in most of the fields but again at 5x the GoDaddy’s price, this is a low bar performance. Nobody should choose GoDaddy over WPX for obvious reasons but they also need to think twice if choosing WPX at $29.99 per month is justified for a below average performance.

Who Should Use WPX Hosting

US based personal blogs and low traffic sites with predictable traffic patterns should use WPX Hosting as the host’s 260 ms TTFB in America is acceptable for US audiences and the failed load test is not much of a concern for such sites that never experience any traffic spikes. Besides, WPX offers the convenience of managed Wordpress setup with zero server management.

Non technical users who dislike renewal price surprises should choose WPX since the host follows a flat renewal system, which means the intro price of $29.99 per month remains the same on renewal. WPX’s renewal is genuinely consumer friendly unlike bait and switch pricing like SiteGround renewing from $2.99 to $17.99, or Bluehost renewing from $3.99 to $12.49. 

Small businesses that specially need email hosting for no extra cost on a managed WordPress platform can choose WPX since WPX is one of those few managed WordPress hosts that offer email for no additional cost unlike WP Engine, Kinsta and Templ.io. 

Users who are looking for a complete all in one package over raw speed can choose WPX since the host comes with the best features comprising edge CDN, email, daily backups and managed WordPress with no add-on purchases and zero third party services. WPX scored 10 out of 10 for its features.

Who Should NOT Use WPX Hosting

Ecommerce stores irrespective of size should avoid WPX Hosting since the host FAILED load test with 51.63% error rate, which indicates its inability to handle traffic spikes. Choosing WPX will break checkout pages during sales events causing a measurable impact on the revenue. A store will lose 52% of its visitors during a traffic spike. Such stores can choose alternatives like WP Engine with 27 ms/0% errors for $23 per month or Hostinger Business with 31 ms/0% errors for $3.69 per month.

WPX is a big no for sites that rely on international traffic since the host recorded 881 ms in Asia Pacific and 525 ms in Europe, which means the page loading will be noticeably slow. Even though WPX comes with an edge CDN, it is not delivering edge performance which is evident from the Frankfurt and Paris TTFB with 30 ms and 1200 ms respectively. WP Engine is a good alternative with a global TTFB of 169 ms. Hostinger Business also offers faster global speed with an average global TTFB of 223 ms.

Budget conscious users and value seekers should not choose WPX since a Below Average performance with a score of 3.4 out of 10 for a high price of $29.99 per month is a poor value. Hostinger Business outperforms WPX on every metric except features for just $3.99 per month and a renewal of $7.99 per month. Hostinger Business ranks 5 while WPX ranks 19 and wins on 

Load test with 31cms / 0% vs FAILED, and global TTFB with 223 ms vs 611 ms.

Sites that expect traffic growth should avoid WPX considering its deteriorating TTFB trajectory of 330 ms in 2023 to 483 ms in Q4 2025, which means 46% increase in slowness. Besides, the FAILED load test is a major concern for any sites expecting traffic growth since the host is incapable of handling high traffic. Such sites should choose a host with proven scalability like WP Engine or Kinsta since both passed the load tests.

Our Verdict

WPX Hosting scored 6.4 out of 10, which puts it to the 19th rank out of 34 providers we tested in our 2026 rankings. Even though the host scored 10 out of 10 on features, its performance is below average with a score of 3.4 out of 10 comprising a failed load test with 51.63% error rate and deteriorating TTFB trend. Hence, we do not recommend this host for most use cases for a price as high as $29.99 per month.

We recommend WPX only for US based sites with low traffic that don’t need load handling. Besides, we recommend WPX for sites that need included email hosting on a managed WordPress platform. The host has a TTFB regression by 46% over 2 years; from 330 ms to 484 ms, which is really concerning. While WPX has genuine performance issues, you can go with WP Engine for $23 per month with an overall score of 7.98 out of 10, rank of 6 out of 34, 367 ms TTFB, 100% Uptime and 169 ms global TTFB. 

If you are looking for a budget host, you can go with Hostinger Business for $3.69 per month with an overall score of 8.02 and a rank of 5. Hostinger Business outperforms WPX on every metric except features as it lacks email hosting. However, it’s worth mentioning that apart from having the same intro and renewal price of $29.99 per month, WPX also offers 2 months free on yearly billing. This review is based on over 525600 performance tests conducted per year between October 1 to December 31, 2025 plus 5 years of historical data from 2021 onward.

Methodology

For writing our reviews on various hosts, we purchase hosting accounts with our own funds and they are not promotional or press accounts. Besides, we use tools like Pingdom for monitoring TTFB and Uptime every 60 seconds across 22 US locations, Loader.io for load testing, SpeedVitals for global TTFB in over 40 cities, WPBenchmark to test the server hardware with 21 tests across 5 categories. 

We conduct over 525600 tests per provider per year, with testing done every minute, 24/7/365. Our scoring system comprises 60% on Performance, 30% on Features, and 10% on Value. Our data period is Q4 2025 from October 1 to December 31, 2025 for current rankings. Besides, we used over 1600 days of historical data from mid 2021 for the WPX Hosting Review. We tested a total of 34 providers.