Preinstalled.hosting guide
WordPress, WooCommerce, Moodle or Nextcloud: Which One Do You Actually Need?
WordPress is a general-purpose website and blogging platform, WooCommerce is WordPress plus a real online shop with inventory and checkout, Moodle is a learning platform built for structured courses with grading and cohorts, and Nextcloud is private file storage and collaboration — not a website at all. Most people only need one of these to start, and adding or switching later doesn't cost you your domain or your hosting.
The one-line version
If you already know roughly what you're building, this table probably settles it:
| App | Good for | Not for | If it doesn't fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| WordPress | Blogs, brochure sites, portfolios, news, membership content | Real inventory, checkout, shipping or tax rules | Ghost for writing-first sites, or add WooCommerce |
| WooCommerce | Selling physical or digital products with stock, shipping and tax | A single page selling one thing, or a huge multi-warehouse catalog | A simple payment link, or PrestaShop for commerce-first businesses |
| Moodle | Structured courses: modules, quizzes, grading, cohorts, certificates | One downloadable PDF or a single live workshop | Sell it as a simple digital download instead |
| Nextcloud | Private file storage, sync, sharing links, team collaboration | Public-facing content, a website, a shop | None of the three above — it's the odd one out on purpose |
Looking closer at each one
WP WordPress — the general-purpose one
- What it's for
- Content. Blogs, brochure sites, portfolios, news sites, and membership or community content with the right plugin. If the core of what you're building is pages and posts that people read, WordPress is very likely the right answer.
- What it's not for
- Real commerce logic (inventory, shipping zones, tax per country) without adding WooCommerce; structured courses with grading; or private file storage for a team — WordPress can be stretched toward all three with plugins, but each has a tool actually built for the job.
- If it doesn't fit
- Ghost, for a simpler, writing-first site with none of WordPress's plugin sprawl — worth it only if you're certain you'll never need a shop, a course or a directory bolted on later.
WC WooCommerce — WordPress plus a cash register
- What it's for
- Selling with the parts a real shop actually needs: stock levels, variable products like size or colour, shipping zones and rates, tax rules per country, payment gateways, order emails and customer accounts. It's WordPress underneath, so content and commerce share one site.
- What it's not for
- A single page selling one product with no variants and no shipping complexity — that's more setup than the job needs. It's also not the first choice if commerce is your entire business and catalog size or multi-warehouse logistics matter more than content.
- If it doesn't fit
- For a one-product page, a payment-link block or a digital-download plugin gets there with almost no setup. For commerce-as-the-whole-business, PrestaShop is built catalog-first rather than content-first.
MO Moodle — built for teaching, not publishing
- What it's for
- Structured courses: modules and lessons in sequence, quizzes that grade themselves, cohorts and groups, gradebooks, completion tracking, and certificates once someone finishes. It's the standard in schools and universities for a reason — it's genuinely built for teaching at scale.
- What it's not for
- A single one-off workshop or one downloadable course. Moodle's admin screens, roles and structure are overhead you'll feel immediately if there's nothing to structure.
- If it doesn't fit
- Sell a PDF or a video as a straightforward digital download through WooCommerce, or just email a recording and a calendar invite for a single workshop — Moodle earns its setup at the point you actually need tracked completion for more than a handful of people.
NC Nextcloud — not a website at all
- What it's for
- Private file sync across devices, share links with expiry dates, real-time collaborative documents, calendars and contacts, and team drives that don't hand your files to a big-tech provider by default.
- What it's not for
- Being found. Nextcloud is deliberately not built for public search visibility or SEO — it's built to keep files away from the open web, which is the opposite job to a website.
- If it doesn't fit
- If private cloud storage specifically — not a website, not a shop — is genuinely what you're after, that narrower job is the entire reason yourcloud.hosting exists, with a deeper migration guide for people leaving Google Drive.
Running more than one
These aren't exclusive choices. A single plan can run a WordPress marketing site, a Moodle course for training material, and a Nextcloud drive for internal files at the same time — each gets its own installation, its own certificate and its own backups, same as if it were the only thing on the server. Studio covers three apps at €19.90 per month net; Business covers ten at €44.90 net. Starter, for one app, is €9.90 net — all excl. VAT.
The other five in the picker
WordPress, WooCommerce, Moodle and Nextcloud cover most decisions, but the full app menu has five more for more specific jobs:
- PS PrestaShop — catalog-first e-commerce
- MW MediaWiki — reference wikis & documentation
- GH Ghost — writing-first publishing
- MX Matomo — privacy-respecting analytics
- UK Uptime Kuma — status pages & monitoring
Changing your mind later
Every one of these is a standard, unmodified install of the software itself — WordPress is still WordPress, Moodle is still Moodle. Nothing is changed in a way that locks you into staying. A full export of the database and files is available any time, so switching apps, adding a second one, or moving elsewhere later costs an afternoon, not a rebuild.
Still torn between two? Pick the one that matches what you're building this month, not the one that might matter in a year — adding the other one later is genuinely just placing a second order.
Ready to pick one?
Order any of the nine apps and get it installed, hardened, SSL-secured and backed up before you log in. If WordPress is the one you land on, here's exactly what a proper setup involves, hour by hour, so you know what you're skipping.
Frequently asked
Can WordPress do a shop without WooCommerce?
A little, not really. A payment-link block or a simple digital-download plugin can sell one or two products without inventory tracking, but the moment you need shipping rates, tax rules per country, stock levels, or customer accounts, that logic is what WooCommerce actually is. There is no shortcut around it once real commerce shows up.
Is Moodle overkill for small courses?
For a single one-off workshop or a downloadable PDF course, yes — the grading, cohorts and admin screens go mostly unused. Moodle earns its setup the moment you need structured modules, quizzes that grade themselves, tracked completion, or certificates for more than a handful of people.
Can I run several apps on one plan?
Yes. Studio covers three apps at €19.90 per month net and Business covers ten at €44.90 net — a WordPress site, a Moodle course and a Nextcloud drive can run side by side, each with its own installation, certificate and backups.
Can I change my mind later?
Yes. Every install is standard software — WordPress is still WordPress, Nextcloud is still Nextcloud — so you can export your database and files at any time and move to another host, or add a different app to your plan without touching the one you already have.