{"id":958,"date":"2022-04-06T09:51:27","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T09:51:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.hostinger.io\/support\/2022\/04\/06\/6121051-how-to-boost-your-hosting-plan-in-hostinger\/"},"modified":"2025-09-30T14:08:23","modified_gmt":"2025-09-30T14:08:23","slug":"6121051-how-to-boost-your-hosting-plan-in-hostinger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6121051-how-to-boost-your-hosting-plan-in-hostinger\/","title":{"rendered":"How to boost your hosting plan in Hostinger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-start=\"207\" data-end=\"288\">There may be times when you need extra resources on your hosting plan, such as:<\/p><ul>\n<li data-start=\"207\" data-end=\"288\">A temporary increase in website traffic<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"207\" data-end=\"288\">Importing large amounts of data<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"207\" data-end=\"288\">Performing a full website update<\/li>\n<li data-start=\"207\" data-end=\"288\">Testing a higher hosting plan without committing to an upgrade<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>In these cases, you can use the <strong data-start=\"507\" data-end=\"516\">boost<\/strong> option. Boosting temporarily increases your plan&rsquo;s capacity for 24 hours, giving you the performance of a higher plan. This helps you complete tasks faster and reduces the risk of errors caused by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/3417446-what-is-503-error-and-how-to-fix-it\">resource limits<\/a>.<\/p><h3 data-start=\"475\" data-end=\"732\">How to activate a free boost<\/h3><p data-start=\"772\" data-end=\"802\">Go to <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/websites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Websites<\/a> &rarr; <strong>Manage <\/strong>and open <strong data-start=\"832\" data-end=\"850\">Resources Usage <\/strong>in the left sidebar.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/04\/9638a5be-d782-434e-9e84-31f0aef1f168.jpg\" alt=\"The Resources Usage menu option\"><\/div><p data-start=\"857\" data-end=\"906\">\n<\/p><p data-start=\"857\" data-end=\"906\">At the top of the section, click <strong data-start=\"890\" data-end=\"903\">Boost resources<\/strong>.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/04\/c728654c-6267-4931-ace9-daff6e0526ad.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">The details of your current hosting plan and the boosted plan will be displayed. Click <strong>Boost<\/strong> to activate.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/04\/b00e2094-3817-496c-b14b-30cbe8899442.jpg\" alt=\"Comparison table of current and resources after boosting, and the button to start the boost\"><\/div><p data-start=\"1012\" data-end=\"1108\">Once active, the &ldquo;Boosting is activated message&rdquo; will appear in the <strong data-start=\"1082\" data-end=\"1097\">Order usage<\/strong> section.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container intercom-align-center\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/04\/f6680f88-cc54-4c54-b42a-6e3cad92fbd4.jpg\" alt=\"The notification when boosting is activated\"><\/div><p data-start=\"1110\" data-end=\"1275\">You can now carry out the required tasks or prepare for increased traffic. If your website consistently needs more resources, consider <a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"\/support\/1583459-how-can-i-upgrade-my-hosting-account\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">upgrading your hosting plan<\/a> &#128640;<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTES<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Free boosting can be activated once per month. The option will be enabled again after one month has passed since the last boost<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Free boosting is not available for Cloud Enterprise Plus plans<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul><p>&nbsp;<\/p><h3 id=\"h_eaee9813a2\"><b>Paid boost for Cloud hosting<\/b><\/h3><p class=\"no-margin\">For Cloud Startup, Cloud Professional and Cloud Enterprise user, the boost can be extended for longer periods with the paid boost option. This is useful for planned events such as ad campaigns or temporary traffic spikes. Paid Boost can be activated for 7 or 30 days.<\/p><p class=\"no-margin\">To activate a Paid Boost, go to <b><a class=\"intercom-content-link\" href=\"https:\/\/hpanel.hostinger.com\/websites\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Websites<\/a> &rarr; Website list, <\/b>and click on the quick options button (&#8942;) on the hosting plan.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/04\/a5da5d44-a705-4b75-b7bd-facfeb14400d.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\">Review your current plan&rsquo;s parameters before and after boosting and click <strong data-start=\"1709\" data-end=\"1721\">Continue<\/strong>.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/04\/2c1c63c8-0458-456f-a57e-180c76fa3dfc.jpg\"><\/div><p data-start=\"1728\" data-end=\"1787\">Select the boost duration and click <strong data-start=\"1764\" data-end=\"1784\">Complete Payment<\/strong>.<\/p><div class=\"intercom-container\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2022\/04\/d76c26fe-3184-412e-991e-edecd9c9ff36.jpg\"><\/div><p class=\"no-margin\"><b>NOTES<\/b><\/p><ul>\n<li>\n<p class=\"no-margin\">Paid boosting is only available for Cloud Startup, Cloud Professional and Cloud Enterprise plans<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>Paid boosting is not available for Cloud Enterprise Plus plans<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Using the Boost performance option in hPanel<\/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":[227],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-958","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-website-optimization"],"hreflangs":[{"locale":"en-US","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/6121051-how-to-boost-your-hosting-plan-in-hostinger\/","default":1},{"locale":"es-ES","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/es\/support\/6121051-como-aumentar-la-potencia-del-plan-de-hosting-en-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"fr-FR","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/fr\/support\/6121051-comment-booster-votre-hebergement-chez-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"id-ID","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/id\/support\/6121051-bagaimana-cara-boost-hosting-di-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"pt-PT","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/br\/support\/6121051-como-turbinar-seu-plano-de-hospedagem-na-hostinger\/","default":0},{"locale":"uk-UA","link":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/ua\/support\/6121051-------hostinger\/","default":0}],"include_on_kodee":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958","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=958"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5910,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/958\/revisions\/5910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hostinger.com\/support\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}