{"id":1315,"date":"2019-02-08T10:36:12","date_gmt":"2019-02-08T10:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2019\/02\/08\/2512632-what-happens-after-upgrading-a-hosting-plan-in-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2026-03-16T12:12:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-16T12:12:15","slug":"2512632-what-happens-after-upgrading-a-hosting-plan-in-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/2512632-what-happens-after-upgrading-a-hosting-plan-in-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"What Happens After Upgrading a Hosting Plan in Hostinger?"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 id=\"h_c990eca7df\">What Happens With the Account Content and Settings?<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">When you <b><a href=\"\/support\/1583459-how-can-i-upgrade-my-hosting-account\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">upgrade your hosting plan<\/a><\/b>, all your files, emails, databases, and configurations are<b> automatically transferred to the new plan<\/b> &ndash; you won&rsquo;t need to move anything manually!<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">If upgrading from Web to <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/cloud-hosting\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Cloud hosting<\/a><\/b>, you will also get <b>a new IP address<\/b>. Therefore, you will need to update the IP address of your hosting plan wherever you may be using it, such as:<\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"\/support\/4480505-how-to-connect-to-ftp-account\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">FTP connections<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\"><b><a href=\"\/support\/1583546-how-to-set-up-remote-mysql-access\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Remote database connections<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Pointing a domain or <b><a href=\"\/support\/1583405-how-to-create-and-delete-subdomains-in-hpanel#h_c5cad9fe73\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">subdomain<\/a><\/b> via A record<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">You can find your new <b>dedicated IP address<\/b> on the <b><a href=\"\/support\/4407303-where-can-i-find-a-record\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">Account details<\/a> <\/b>page after the upgrade is completed. <\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTES<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">The upgrade can take <b>a few hours<\/b> to complete<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If you update your domain&rsquo;s DNS records, consider <b>up to 24 hours<\/b> for the changes to <b><a href=\"\/support\/4146975-what-is-dns-propagation\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">propagate<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><h2 id=\"h_5e48c17838\">What Happens With the Payment of the Previous Plan?<\/h2><p class=\"no-margin\">When you upgrade to a more robust plan, your <b>investment is kept<\/b> by converting it to a discount on the upgrade price.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">Consider this case as an example: let&rsquo;s say that the remaining time on your current plan is worth $50, and the plan you are upgrading to costs $200. In this case you obtain a $50 discount, so you will only have to pay $150 &#128522;<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p><div class=\"intercom-interblocks-callout\" style=\"background-color: #e3e7fa80;border-color: #334bfa33\">\n<p class=\"no-margin\">If you want to test before upgrading, you can temporarily <b><a href=\"\/support\/6121051-how-can-i-boost-my-hosting-account\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"intercom-content-link\">boost your account<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How is the upgrade applied to your current hosting plan<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":581,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"include_on_kodee":true,"footnotes":""},"categories":[221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general-information-billing"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/2512632-what-happens-after-upgrading-a-hosting-plan-in-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/2512632-que-sucede-despues-de-mejorar-tu-plan-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/2512632-que-se-passe-t-il-apres-la-mise-a-niveau-chez-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/2512632-apa-yang-terjadi-setelah-akun-hosting-diupgrade-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"lt-LT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/lt\/support\/2512632-kas-nutinka-pasirinkus-pazangesni-hostingo-plana-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/2512632-o-que-acontece-depois-de-fazer-upgrade-do-plano-de-hospedagem-na-hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/581"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1315\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}