Craft CMS Hosting: A UK Guide

Craft CMS is a content-first CMS popular with developers and agencies building custom, design-led websites. It gives more granular control over content modelling than WordPress’s post/page structure, at the cost of a steeper setup process generally handled by a developer rather than a site owner directly.

What Craft CMS offers

• Flexible content modelling: Define custom field structures and content types rather than working within a fixed post/page model.
• Developer-friendly architecture: Built with modern PHP practices, appealing to development agencies.
• Plugin ecosystem: Extend functionality through the Craft plugin store.

What Craft CMS needs from hosting

Craft CMS runs on PHP with a MySQL, MariaDB, or PostgreSQL database, and benefits from current PHP versions and good server access (SSH, Composer support) given it’s typically built and maintained by developers using command-line tools as part of their workflow.

FAQs about hosting Craft CMS

Can I manage a Craft CMS site myself without a developer?

Day-to-day content editing is straightforward once a site is built, but the initial setup and any structural changes typically require development knowledge, given Craft’s appeal is largely its flexibility for custom builds.

Does Craft CMS need anything beyond standard PHP hosting?

The core requirements (PHP, a database) are standard, but Composer support and SSH access are worth confirming, since Craft projects are commonly managed with these developer tools.

Getting started

Switchweb provides UK-based hosting with current PHP versions, SSH access, free SSL, and daily backups. View our web hosting plans to get started.