16. Quantum Plan Restrictions

The Quantum plan is a revolutionary new addition to our managed hosting for WordPress. While Quantum is available to all members, Premium members benefit from a reduced price. See our Hosting Pricing page for details.

Note that the Quantum plan is only available as a monthly hosting plan and is not available as a yearly plan. Additionally, due to differences in server architecture, Quantum is only available as a Regular hosting plan and can only be upgraded to another Regular plan; it cannot be upgraded to a more performant High Frequency plan. If you do wish to upgrade a Quantum site to a High Frequency plan, you would need to use one of the options as seen in Upgrading & Downgrading Limitations.

While Quantum is not suitable for e-commerce sites, it is ideal for small blogs, static sites or when developing new client sites. It offers the same fully dedicated architecture as our other hosting plans, at the lowest price possible.

To achieve this, we’ve had to pare down some of the features available on this plan to avoid maxing out server resources and ensure your site has the power it needs for optimal performance.

This document aims to inform you of those restrictions so you don’t hit any unexpected snags.

Please see our Plans & Usage Limits doc for more information on server specifications for this plan.

What happens if I upgrade or downgrade my WPMU DEV membership?

• If you are on any membership plan other than Premium and upgrade to the Premium plan, your Quantum sites will continue to function as usual, but your monthly hosting cost for those sites will decrease to the reduced Premium price.
• If you are a Premium member and downgrade to a lower-tier membership, your Quantum sites will continue to function as usual, but your monthly hosting cost for those sites will increase to the regular non-Premium price.