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Posted on 22nd May 2026 at 12:44 by Louisa
Hosting company with interesting completely free entry level offering.
Suggested by Ideaspot tutorial.
Top of Tech Radar’s list of free sites 2025.
Been around > 10 years.
See limitations
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3 allowed with free offering
dash.infinityfree.com/accounts
Each account seems to be able to host unlimited(?) subdomains of single domain.
You can’t add a domain to more than one account.
My first. Set up for ifree.ncvp.co.uk
https://ifree.ct.ws available immediately.
Now redirects to https://ifree.ncvp.co.uk a WP site
if0_39290268
Set up for cas1.ncvp.me and cas2.ncvp.me
https://ifree2.ct.ws available immediately. Doesn’t redirect
Add if1.ncvp.me using process then delete cas1 and cas2
if0_39290294
Was suspended by me when I realised I could add more .ncvp.me subdomains to if0_39290268
https://ifree3.ct.ws available immediately.
Add if1.ncvp.net using process
Must verify domain name in account before adding subdomains.
This can be done with a CNAME record to avoid messing with the domain nameservers.
In IONOS DNS management:
Add CNAME ca9c136166eed515bd069677c76256ff.ncvp.net ns1.byet.org
The alias subdomain is different for each account.
Ifree control panel complains about the name servers, but this doesn’t seem to matter.
As ever, it takes some time for the domain to be registered to the account. Only then can subdomains be added.
Add subdomain
Must verify domain name before adding subdomains. See add domain.
In IONOS DNS management
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Create subdomain
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Delete all DNS records
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Add: NS ns1.infinityfree.com and NS ns2.infinityfree.com
At this stage these are the only DNS records showing
In Ifree control panel, create subdomain and choose the verified domain from the list.
You can browse to http://sub-domain.domain quite soon after completing this process.
In Ifree control panel, manage subdomain > request certificate.
In IONOS DNS management add the _acme-challenge.sub-domain target url.
In Ifree, when the certificate has been created, press Install.
It can take several hours for everything to settle down. Use SSLShopper to check progress. You only get 4 out of 5 ticks, but this seems to satisfy browsers on PC and phone.
Install via Softaculous app installer. Wait until SSL certificate has settled down.
Overwrite existing index.php.
Works very smoothly. Install after parked domain is working.
Install WPvivid plugin. Site zip files can then be installed.
Restore process reports that “max_allowed_packet = 8Mb is too small”, but in practice the restorations I’ve done of CAS test sites have worked.
Access via vistapanel
Access via vistapanel
Filezilla works with credentials found here
70+, including imap_open()
See /apache test button
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Disabled imap_open()
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Slightly weak SSL certificate
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SSL process much slower than Hestia
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Limited upload bandwidth. WPvivid restore complained, but worked anyway
Sometimes sites are unreachable and then come back for no apparent reason.
Down for Everyone reports site OK
| ifree.ncvp.co.uk | Subdomain registered at IONOS Wordpress site |
| if1.ncvp.net | Subdomain registered at IONOS Wordpress site |
| if1.ncvp.me | Subdomain registered at IONOS Wordpress site |