IONOS for WordPress in France: pricing and migration

Who IONOS may suit

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Plans, prices and renewals

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Languages and support

Website and documentation

Sales pages and help center consulted in French.

Control panel

Web Projects and App Center workflows documented in French. Authenticated labels not verified in an account.

Support

Telephone support advertised 24 hours a day on the French page. French availability throughout this window and other channels’ hours to confirm.

Choose IONOS WordPress for a new or moved website

Official illustration of the IONOS WordPress offer in France. — IONOS

The French IONOS offer presents four managed WordPress hosting tiers for one website per package. For a new brochure website, start with the domain, media space and mailbox count. For migration, also record actual database size, PHP version and website dependencies. Store or member-area settings require separate acceptance testing before moving the public address.

This presentation uses prices and help consulted on November 10, 2026. Older contracts may have different names or terms. Find your product label and project identifier in the account before applying a procedure. In particular, IONOS’s self-managed Click & Build installation workflow corresponds to web hosting with software managed by the customer. The managed product’s assistant is presented separately.

The goal is a project whose post-discount cost and recovery you control. Choose in advance who can manage the project in the IONOS account, who administers WordPress and who manages DNS. Depending on your organization, different people may hold these access rights. For migration, reserve separate access to the old installation and retain it during acceptance testing.

Divide management between IONOS and the website owner

This report concerns WordPress software hosted on the IONOS range. The IONOS account provides contracts, domains and projects. WordPress administration manages website content and settings. Retain both identities and recovery methods. Give someone editing posts the necessary WordPress permissions without handing over the billing account.

Managed refers to a documented platform and update scope. The owner remains responsible for content, chosen plugins’ operation and business checks. For example, a patch may install while a delivery method stops appearing. Assign a representative action check to the person who knows the process. Also retain component versions used during acceptance testing to understand differences after an update.

The page comparison presents NVMe storage and MariaDB on all four tiers. Database and file storage are separate quotas. Check source capacity before transfer. If the website holds extensive history or store data, examine database size beyond the compressed export size. Keep an independent copy and a window to check the new installation before closing the old service.

Compare four prices over twelve months

Start displays €3 excluding tax per month for six months, then €5 excluding tax, or €3.60 then €6 including tax per month on the French page. Expand displays €1 excluding tax for twelve months, then €10 excluding tax, or €1.20 then €12 including tax. Over twelve months of hosting at the reviewed rates, Start totals €48 excluding tax and Expand €12 excluding tax. At the displayed regular rate, twelve months would total €60 excluding tax for Start and €120 excluding tax for Expand. Over twenty-four months, if displayed prices and promotional durations apply to the same configuration, Start would total €108 excluding tax and Expand €132 excluding tax. Expand therefore costs less initially in this scenario, while Start is cheaper over two years. Both display the same database limit, while Expand advertises more space and mailboxes. If five addresses are needed, add missing-address prices to the Start quote before comparing.

Boost displays €7 excluding tax per month for six months, then €15 excluding tax. Displayed tax-inclusive equivalents are €8.40 and €18 per month. E-Commerce displays €10 excluding tax for six months, then €20 excluding tax, with €12 and €24 including tax. At the recorded rates, the first twelve hosting months would total €132 excluding tax for Boost and €180 excluding tax for E-Commerce. At the regular rate over twelve months, projections are €180 and €240 excluding tax. These amounts add the reviewed periods. The first charge, payment schedule and minimum contractual term remain unknown in this report.

The French page states that VAT depends on the location of the taxable transaction. Record the actual amount due, covered period and renewal in the summary. The domain is advertised for the first year subject to conditions. For Expand, Boost and E-Commerce, the page presents free Jetpack VaultPress Backup for twelve months. Record its later price and benefit end date separately from hosting. A thirty-day commercial guarantee is displayed. Refund conditions, exclusions and your contract’s cancellation schedule remain to be checked.

Check database quota and website size

Start displays 25 GB storage and one 2 GB mailbox, Expand 50 GB and five 2 GB mailboxes, Boost 75 GB and ten 2 GB mailboxes, E-Commerce 100 GB and ten 2 GB mailboxes. The comparison specifies 2 GB MariaDB databases for the first three and 5 GB for E-Commerce. All four cards advertise one website. For several distinct public projects, plan the number of contracts or compare a plan designed to host them together. Check test-copy availability before relying on the same package for staging.

If moving WordPress with an already 1.8 GB database, upgrading from Start to Boost increases advertised file storage and mailbox count but leaves the same database quota. Check which objects occupy space in the source installation and expected growth. For a store, count history, orders and scheduled tasks. Database maintenance tools require an export and appropriate permissions. First prepare a working copy and compare expected data before modifying the live website.

E-Commerce highlights WooCommerce and the 5 GB database. This addresses a documented capacity or commerce-tooling need. Also compare store dependencies, including payment, shipping rates and notifications. Higher capacity confirms neither support for every plugin nor the speed of a particular process. For a website without sales, choose according to actual size, email and regular cost.

Track the domain, certificate and mailboxes

The comparison advertises a domain included for the first year, a domain-validation certificate and 2 GB mailboxes. Record the domain holder, expiry and recovery access. Domain and hosting renewals are tracked separately. For an already registered domain, you can retain its registrar and adapt its assignment or records according to the applicable workflow.

Inventory current mailboxes and aliases and the service sending WordPress notifications. Receiving mail and sending notifications use different settings. Before changing DNS delegation, record MX and authentication records used by the email provider. If email stays in place, preserve these values when moving web hosting. If mailboxes change, prepare their transfer and afterward test exchanges from a verification account.

For acceptance testing, check the public address, www variant and certificate presented to the browser. If redirected to the source website, examine domain assignment and WordPress URLs before modifying the certificate. Domain renewal and email-option costs remain to be established on the relevant contract.

Understand WordPress support coverage

IONOS documentation includes help connecting the domain, using the customer account and configuring basic SFTP settings. Its support document reserves automatic updates to the tested version for Managed WordPress. Manual migration, theme customization and detailed plugin-conflict examination fall outside normal scope. A separate quote may be offered depending on feasibility.

For an incident, give the project name, domain, time, message and preceding change. Reproduce the symptom on one page or action, then note whether IONOS account login still works. A support request needs these facts. Keep passwords and customer data in their designated spaces.

Sales pages and the help center are in French. The panel workflow is documented in French. The sales page advertises telephone support 24 hours a day. Check French-speaking availability during the window that matters to you, especially for migration outside usual hours. Advertised telephone coverage does not establish other channels’ hours. If the project depends on a migration contact, specify who exports the source, restores the website if it fails and what the proposed service covers.

Create a managed website and check the domain

To create a new website, use an IONOS account authorized to manage the contract and domains. The managed product guide says to choose WordPress in the App Center application catalog and start Create a Website. Follow the managed variant’s installation assistant and choose the planned address if available. Name the project to distinguish it from an already live website. Keep the WordPress administrator account and recovery address outside the billing account.

When the website is created without a final domain, help describes Connect a domain from the project overview. If a domain is already assigned, it specifies Change domain. Select the name or subdomain available in the contract, review the destination and confirm. For an existing website already responding elsewhere, first perform acceptance testing at a working address. Domain assignment must match the planned switch stage. If the contract uses self-managed Click & Build, follow its separate workflow under Menu, Web Projects and Create a website or store. That variant’s tutorial explicitly displays Manage WordPress yourself.

The expected result is a page accessible at the chosen name, a valid certificate and project-specific administrator access. Check an internal page, image and login before handing the website to writers. If the domain leads to the wrong project, check assignment and DNS entries before reinstalling. To return to the source during migration, retain its assignment, old DNS values and ability to reconcile writes received during switching. On a new website, keep the working address until the public address is verified.

Migrate an existing installation and verify the switch

Before any change at IONOS, assemble a source copy containing files, necessary hidden files and an SQL export. Record database size, PHP version, table prefix, active plugins and DNS zone. Ensure you can read the exports. For a website with external email, note MX and email authentication records. WordPress and email migrations are validated separately.

The manual route suits a destination contract providing SFTP access and a manageable database. Prepare a working project, record its root folder and create or identify the associated empty database. Copy files into that folder, import SQL into the correct database using the supplied tool, then adapt DB_NAME, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD and DB_HOST in the copy’s wp-config.php. Compare the table prefix with the export. If the test name differs, choose URL replacement compatible with serialized data. A test address must remain private with external services isolated.

IONOS help also describes migration using a WordPress tool, with Duplicator as an example. This route requires administrator access at source and destination and a format accepted by the tool and contract. Retain your independent archive. Check destination content after import, then remove temporary installation files from the public directory once recovery is complete. Standard support excludes performing manual migration. If delegating it, clarify scope and cost before intervention.

Before switching, check an internal page, media, HTTPS and a business workflow. On a store test copy, use test payments, redirect emails to designated recipients and disable real webhooks and stock synchronization. Choose a final export or write-freeze window for recent data. Once the domain points to the destination, check responses from a device without local DNS overrides. If it fails, restore old web records and reconcile new writes received at IONOS before reopening the source.

Distinguish the integrated copy from VaultPress

IONOS help advertises an integrated daily copy of files and database covering up to the last seven days. Expand, Boost and E-Commerce also present free Jetpack VaultPress Backup for twelve months. Before choosing between methods, record the frequency and retention accessible on your project. VaultPress pricing after the free period remains unknown in this review. Plan to check its expiry if using it in your recovery plan.

A daily copy leaves possible writes between points. For a blog, the interval between posts helps determine necessary frequency. For a store, compare copy time with the latest orders and define which record will reconcile them. Also retain payment-service access outside the hosting account alone.

An independent copy must be readable while the IONOS account is unavailable. Download associated files and SQL, record their date and test restoration at a separate destination. For one missing media item, first check whether it exists in a readable archive and its reference remains in WordPress. For a change affecting files and tables, choose a consistent set before replacing the installation.

Restore the project from the integrated backup

IONOS documentation covers WordPress hosting and its managed variant. In the account, open Menu, then Web Projects, select Manage Project if several tiles appear, then Backups. The list describes one backup per day for a maximum of the last seven days. Match the domain to the displayed project and record the last correct state’s date. Choose the point preceding the incident and confirm that its age is compatible with the content to recover.

Before confirming, export current files and database using access available on the contract. On a sales website, record orders, payments and changes since the selected date, then plan a no-write window if needed. Click Restore on the selected point’s row, review request scope, then use Start restoration. Help states that the website is unavailable during the operation and a confirmation email goes to the contact address. It specifies that writes newer than the point, including comments and orders, are overwritten.

Once service returns, open the home page, an internal page, administration and a known media item. Check that content matches the expected date. Reconcile new operations with the retained export before resuming normal processing. If restoration does not resolve the incident, retain task status and logs. Compare the initial export in an isolated environment before deciding on further rollback. For an individual file, a viewable external copy often avoids replacing the entire project.

Place Extendify within creation and writing

The WordPress page presents AI creation tools on all four tiers and a content and design assistant on Expand, Boost and E-Commerce. IONOS help describes Extendify, an independent developer’s plugin based on the WordPress block editor. Certain advanced functions depend on the managed installation at IONOS and the package granting access to the full version. Assisted creation advertised on Start does not establish access to full Extendify. Check the plugin name and enabled project features before making an AI-based decision. Generation quotas and detailed commercial terms are not established in this review.

When the plugin is installed and active, help describes Extendify and AI Assistant buttons in page and post drafts. To assess the tool, choose a page without sensitive data, generate a draft, then check text, contact details, links and visual rights. Open the mobile rendering and check block structure. Keep a content copy before replacing an existing page. You can also create pages with WordPress blocks without using the assistant.

Documentation describes content based on standard blocks. Before departure, verify page rendering on a copy and advanced-feature availability after a contract change. Record separate licenses needed for the store or theme. Creation features, automatic updates and VaultPress perform different operations. To choose a package, compare each with the need justifying it.

Prepare access and update acceptance testing

Keep account, WordPress, registrar and mailbox access according to each person’s responsibility. A post publisher can use a WordPress account suited to that task. For migration, retain recovery through an address independent of the moved domain. After acceptance testing, remove temporary access used for old hosting or the import tool.

Before a sensitive update, record component versions and prepare a recovery point. On a private copy, verify access, disable external integrations and repeat a representative website action. For example, compare product-page display and test-mode order creation. After applying the change, check the same actions in the environment designated for acceptance testing.

This review does not establish the configuration’s exact region. If location matters to the project, clarify production region, copy region and additional services. Add these details to operations documentation with the contract name and contact authorized to request recovery.

Export the installation before leaving IONOS

WordPress Tools, then Export produces a content file. It does not automatically replace a copy of the installation, all settings, media and database. IONOS documentation also describes retrieving database and files through available tools. Prepare this method with authorized access and verify that you actually have what the destination needs. Do not wait until cancellation takes effect to discover missing data.

The domain and messages require their own procedure. Before switching, define who retains billing and manages access. Have the destination copy verified, then check links and external services. After departure, revoke old access no longer needed without prematurely deleting necessary backups. Contract closure must follow actual terms, not a notice period assumed from another IONOS product.

Prepare the first rollback before launch

For a presentation website, chiefly compare recurring price, mailbox count and database volume. If compared tiers have the same SQL quota, a higher price should address another need. For a store, compare database size, ongoing processing and support needed during updates or migration.

During acceptance testing, record project name, working URL and latest restorable point. After assigning the public domain, check an internal page, login and an email exchange. Keep the source available until these checks pass and transition writes are reconciled.

The departure folder must let another person locate files, database and associated services. Record renewal dates, required licenses and export locations. Verify that this information remains accessible even if an account, mailbox or contract disappears during transition.

Prepare your site

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