I spent September pricing up every WordPress Black Friday deals page I could reach, going to the vendors' own checkouts rather than copying anybody's list. The headline finding is not the one I expected: almost none of these are actually Black Friday sales.
Elementor's Black Friday URL redirects to standard pricing. WP Engine's returns a 404. Kadence's two Black Friday pages both redirect away. WP Rocket's is still titled 2025 and offers a coupon worse than the price already on the page. What the rest are running is standing introductory pricing that is live all year and reverses when you renew.
That is useful, because it means you are not missing anything by reading this in September, and the number that actually matters is the renewal price rather than the discount percentage. Here is everything, grouped, with the real figures.
The short version
- Cheapest hosting over four years: DreamHost at $95.52 total. The most expensive looking similar on the shelf is SiteGround at $695.52.
- Cheapest premium theme: GeneratePress, $59 a year for 500 sites, and it runs no affiliate programme so I earn nothing saying so.
- There is no Elementor coupon code. Its checkout has no field to enter one. I tested it.
- WP Rocket is 25% off with the discount applied automatically, and its own Black Friday coupon is worse.
- Easy Digital Downloads is 50% off, not 60%, and every plan doubles at renewal.
- Nothing here is time limited enough to rush. If a genuine November offer appears I will put the figures in these tables.
Start here, the three deal hubs
Each of these carries the full price tables, the renewal rates and the feature exclusions I found by screenshotting the pricing pages rather than scraping them.
Hosting deals, ranked by four year cost
Eight hosts compared on what they actually cost over four years rather than the headline price, because introductory terms run for wildly different lengths. DreamHost holds $1.99 for 48 months. SiteGround holds $3.99 for 12. That one difference is worth about $600.
Theme deals, verified prices and renewals
GeneratePress, Blocksy, Astra, Kadence and WoodMart with real site limits and renewal rates. Includes the thing that catches people out on Astra: the $99 bundle has four of its listed products crossed out on the rendered card.
Plugin deals, verified and updated
Caching, SEO, forms, backups and ecommerce, with what each one renews at. The plugin side has the widest gap between advertised and actual discounts of any category here.
WordPress hosting, the summary
Ranked by four year cost, which reorders the list completely against every other page you will read today. Full detail, including visit caps and backup frequency, is in the hosting hub.
| Host | Now | Intro lasts | Renews at | 4 year total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DreamHost | $1.99/mo | 48 months | $7.99/mo | $95.52 |
| Hostinger | $2.99/mo | 48 months | $10.99/mo | $143.52 |
| HostArmada | $1.99/mo | 36 months | $9.95/mo | $191.04 |
| Bluehost | $3.99/mo | 36 months | $9.99/mo | $263.52 |
| GreenGeeks | $2.95/mo | 12 months | $13.95/mo | $537.60 |
| SiteGround | $3.99/mo | 12 months | $17.99/mo | $695.52 |
| Cloudways | $14.00/mo | No term | $14.00/mo | $672.00 |
The two rows worth pausing on are the top and the bottom. DreamHost and SiteGround advertise prices two dollars apart and cost $600 apart over four years. Cloudways looks expensive until you notice it is the only one whose price never rises, and that you can cancel it any day.
Themes, the summary
| Theme | Entry price | Sites | Lifetime | Renews at |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GeneratePress Premium | $59/yr | 500 | None | $59 |
| Blocksy Personal | $69/yr | 1 | $199 | $69 |
| Astra Pro, addon only | $69/yr | 3 | $249 | $69 |
| WoodMart | $69 once | 1 per licence | One off | n/a |
| Kadence Essentials | $99/yr | Not published | None | $99 |
| Blocksy Agency | $149/yr | Unlimited | $499 | $149 |
| Astra Essential Toolkit | $199/yr | 10 | $549 | $299 |
- GeneratePress at $59 for 500 sites is about twelve cents per site and the best value in WordPress themes. It has no affiliate programme, so I make nothing telling you that.
- Blocksy Agency is the cheapest unlimited licence, $149 a year or $499 once. It is also what this site runs on.
- Astra's bundles are the only themes here that renew higher, by about 50%. The standalone Astra Pro licence at $69 does not.
- Kadence no longer publishes a site limit for any tier, and its lifetime membership is gone. It is now served from liquidweb.com.
Full theme pricing, lifetime breakevens and the Astra exclusion trap.
Plugins, the summary
| Plugin | Entry price | Discount status | Renews at |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elementor Essential | $60/yr | No coupon exists | $60 |
| Elementor Advanced Solo | $84/yr | No coupon exists | $84 |
| Elementor One | $180/yr | Intro pricing | $228 |
| WP Rocket Single | $44.96 | 25% off, auto applied | Not published |
| WP Rocket Plus | $89.96 | 25% off, auto applied | Not published |
| EDD Personal | $99.50/yr | 50% off, not 60% | $199 |
| EDD All Access | $499.50/yr | 50% off, not 60% | $999 |
The Elementor coupon codes do not exist
This is worth stating flatly because the search results for it are almost entirely fiction. Elementor's checkout has four steps and no coupon field. I took a plan to the payment screen with a coupon parameter in the URL; it was stripped and the total did not move. The affiliate landing page carries identical prices. Any page selling you an Elementor code is selling you something with nowhere to be redeemed.
The full Elementor pricing breakdown, with the checkout screenshot.
- WP Rocket, 25% off and why its own Black Friday coupon costs you more
- Easy Digital Downloads, 50% off and every plan doubles at renewal
- Rank Math Pro coupon codes, a product that genuinely has them
- UpdraftPlus and Duplicator backup plugin deals
- WPvivid discounts and live deal status
- Kadence deal status and price tracker
Why almost nothing here is really a Black Friday sale
I checked each vendor's actual Black Friday page rather than assuming one existed. Here is what is behind those URLs today.
| Vendor | Black Friday page | What is actually running |
|---|---|---|
| Elementor | 301 redirects to /pricing/ | Nothing. No coupon field exists |
| WP Engine | Returns 404 | Standard first year pricing, new customers only |
| Kadence | Both URLs redirect away | Standard $99 / $299 / $499 |
| WP Rocket | Live, still titled 2025 | 25% off, better than its own 20% coupon |
| WoodMart | No sale page | $69, no discount applied |
| Astra | No separate page | Standing introductory pricing, all year |
| EDD | No separate page | Standing 50% introductory pricing |
| Hostinger | Live | Its own coupons page is cheaper |
There is a reasonable explanation for most of this. Vendors have moved from an annual event to permanent introductory pricing, because a discount that runs all year converts better than one that runs for a week. The practical consequence for you is that waiting for November is unlikely to save you anything, and the renewal price is where the real money is.
What I will do when real offers appear
If any of these vendors announces a genuine November discount, I will put the actual figure in these tables and date it, rather than publishing a percentage somebody guessed. That is the whole reason this page exists in the state it is in: the version it replaced promised sixty deals and listed none of them.
How to actually decide, in four steps
- Work out the renewal cost, not the discount. Multiply the intro price by its term in months, then add the renewal price for the months after that. This one sum reorders every deal list on the internet.
- Check the term length on the card. It is usually small grey text under the price. 80% off for twelve months is worse than 75% off for forty eight.
- Look at the rendered pricing page, not a text copy of it. Tick and cross markers flatten when you copy them, so excluded features read as included. I have now found that exact trap on Hostinger, Bluehost, Elementor and Astra.
- Set a calendar reminder for your renewal date the day you buy. Free, takes ten seconds, and worth more than any coupon on this page.
WordPress Black Friday deals FAQs
When is Black Friday 2026?
Black Friday falls on 27 November 2026, with Cyber Monday on 30 November. On current evidence, though, most WordPress vendors are no longer running a distinct Black Friday price and instead run introductory pricing all year.
Are WordPress Black Friday deals actually worth waiting for?
Mostly no, on what I can see today. Elementor, WP Engine and Kadence have no live Black Friday page at all, WoodMart has no discount applied, and Astra, EDD and every shared host here run standing introductory pricing that is identical in September and November. Waiting costs you months of use for an uncertain saving.
What is the best WordPress hosting deal right now?
Measured over four years, DreamHost at $95.52 total, because its $1.99 a month is locked for the full 48 months. Hostinger is next at $143.52. SiteGround advertises a similar looking price and costs $695.52 over the same four years, because its introductory rate lasts twelve months.
Is there an Elementor Pro coupon code?
No. Elementor's checkout has no coupon or promo code field. I took a plan to the payment screen with coupon parameters in the URL and the total did not change. Pages advertising Elementor codes are advertising something that cannot be redeemed.
What is the cheapest premium WordPress theme?
GeneratePress Premium at $59 a year, which covers up to 500 sites and works out to roughly twelve cents per site. Blocksy Personal and the standalone Astra Pro licence are next at $69 a year, and WoodMart is $69 as a one off payment.
Which WordPress products renew at a higher price?
Elementor One goes $180 to $228. Astra's bundles rise about 50%, so $99 becomes $149 and $199 becomes $299. Easy Digital Downloads doubles on every plan. Every shared host on this page renews between 2.5 and 5 times its introductory rate. Blocksy, Kadence, GeneratePress and Elementor Pro all renew at what you paid.
Do I need a coupon code for any of these?
Almost never. Where a discount exists it is applied automatically at the vendor's checkout. WP Rocket is the clearest example: its 25% comes from a code carried on its own Buy buttons, so you never type anything, and the coupon it advertises separately is worth less.
How do you verify these prices?
By opening each vendor's pricing page in a browser and reading the rendered cards, then screenshotting them. That matters because copying a pricing table as text flattens the tick and cross icons, so excluded features look included. I have found that exact problem on Hostinger, Bluehost, Elementor and Astra.
What is the single biggest mistake buyers make in these sales?
Buying on the discount percentage instead of the renewal price and the term length. A host advertising 80% off for twelve months is a worse deal than one advertising 75% off for forty eight months, and the two look nearly identical in a list.
Will this page be updated if real deals launch?
Yes. If any vendor announces a genuine November discount I will add the actual figure and the date it was checked. I would rather this page said ‘no sale is running' than carry a number nobody verified.
Related reading
- Black Friday hosting deals, ranked by four year cost
- WordPress theme deals, verified prices and renewals
- WordPress Black Friday plugin deals, verified and updated
- Elementor Pro coupon codes, and why none of them work
- Best Indian hosting with UPI and Indian payment methods
- Gutenberg versus page builders, and what I actually use
- How I test, verify and update everything on this site
Disclosure: most links on this page are affiliate links and I earn a commission if you buy through them, at no extra cost to you. GeneratePress and WP Engine are not affiliate links and earn me nothing, which is worth knowing given GeneratePress is the theme I have put at the top. Every figure on this page is carried from a breakdown on this site that verified it against the vendor's own rendered pricing page in September 2026. You can read exactly how I test, verify and update everything on this site.
