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Hosting Discussion => Web Hosting => Topic started by: SaraF on Nov 06, 2026, 02:56 PM

Title: VPS for a WooCommerce staging environment
Post by: SaraF on Nov 06, 2026, 02:56 PM
I'm looking for a VPS to host a staging environment for a WooCommerce store. I want to test plugin updates, PHP changes, and new features without affecting the production website.

The staging copy has around 5,000 products and a fairly large database. I'm considering 4 vCPU, 8 GB RAM, and 150 GB NVMe storage.

My budget is approximately $25–30 per month. I've been looking at HostPro.com VPS plans and wondering whether a separate staging server with these resources is worth it, or if I should simply run staging alongside production.