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Cheap VPS for a WordPress panel

“Cheap” only helps if the box has enough RAM for Docker + WordPress + a database — and a clean Ubuntu image with root. Price without headroom is just slow misery.

Minimum that does not hurt

• 2 GB RAM absolute floor for panel + one WP site; 4 GB if you also want mail.
• KVM (or equal) with nested virt not required; plain root SSH is.
• Ubuntu 24.04 (or Alma/Rocky 9–10) fresh image — not a “panel preinstall.”
• Disk: 40 GB+ SSD so Docker images and WP uploads do not fill the rootfs.
• Provider that lets you rebuild / wipe when the experiment fails.

What to skip

• OpenVZ relics and “unlimited sites” marketing on 1 GB plans.
• Images that already ship cPanel, Plesk, or aaPanel — start empty.
• Assuming cheap = good for mail. Check port 25 separately (self-host mail on a VPS).

Panels that fit this job

For a throwaway WordPress lab with Docker isolation, mrmpanel can auto-install WP per hostname. For paying sites this month, prefer a mature free panel (Hestia / CyberPanel) or managed WordPress. More: self-host WordPress, CyberPanel vs mrmpanel.

sudo bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://mrmpanel.hostingandstuff.online/install.sh)" -- --all

VPS options we document

Provider deep dives: Contabo, Hostinger, InterServer. Generic steps: Ubuntu 24.04.