How to Sign Up for Flywheel Managed WordPress Hosting (2026 Guide)
How to choose a Flywheel plan, what the 60-day money-back guarantee covers, and how to create your first WordPress site in the Flywheel dashboard.
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Flywheel is WP Engine's managed WordPress platform for designers, freelancers, and agencies. Its plans are sized by sites, visits, storage, and bandwidth, and Flywheel offers a 60-day money-back guarantee on new plans, except Agency, Custom, and Freelance plans with custom onboarding.
Before you start: pick a plan
As of October 2026, Flywheel's pricing page lists these annual prices:
| Plan | Per month | Billed yearly | Sites | Monthly visits | Storage | Bandwidth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Starter | $25/mo | $300/yr | 1 | 25,000 | 10 GB | 50 GB |
| Freelance | $96/mo | $1,150/yr | Up to 10 | 100,000 | 20 GB | 200 GB |
| Agency | $242/mo | $2,900/yr | Up to 30 | 400,000 | 50 GB | 500 GB |
Need one more site than your plan allows? Additional sites cost $20/month or $200/year. Bigger setups get a Custom plan through sales. See the Flywheel renewal price page for the five-year cost.
Step 1: Choose a plan
On the pricing page, click Choose Plan under the plan you want. Free migrations, a free SSL certificate, staging sites, nightly backups, and 24/7 chat support come with every plan.
Step 2: Create your first site
- Log in and click Create A New Site.
- Choose a plan, or add the site to a plan you already have.
- Fill out the form: Site Owner (you or an organization), Site Name, a Temporary Domain (or leave it blank for a random one), a Data Center, and a WP-Admin username and password, which are separate from your Flywheel login.
- Optionally pick a Blueprint to start from a saved theme and plugin setup.
- Click Create Site.
Flywheel emails you when the site is ready. Moving an existing site instead? Flywheel migrates it for free; see our Flywheel migration guide.
What to check after you sign up
- Refund window: 60 days from buying a new plan. Agency and Custom plans, upgrades, and renewals are excluded. See our Flywheel cancellation guide.
- Add-ons: Managed Plugin Updates ($8/month per site) and Performance Insights ($25/month plus $2 per extra site) are optional.
Still comparing? See Flywheel against WP Engine and Kinsta, or every plan on the Flywheel price table.
Sources: Flywheel pricing and Create a new site on Flywheel (Flywheel).
