Ploi at a glance

Ploi is a server management platform built specifically for PHP developers. It connects to your VPS and wraps complex deployment tasks in straightforward web interfaces. WordPress, Laravel, and other PHP applications deploy through clean dashboards instead of command line sessions.

The hosting happens on your VPS. Ploi provides the management layer.

Built for Laravel workflows

Laravel developers gravitate to Ploi for its framework-specific tooling:

Zero-downtime deployments: Push updates without taking sites offline
Git integration: Deploy from GitHub, GitLab, or Bitbucket
Queue workers: Manage Laravel queues and Horizon
Scheduled tasks: Configure cron jobs through UI
Team access: Invite collaborators with role-based permissions

Subscription tiers

Plan	Servers	Price/month
Free	1	€0
Basic	5	€10
Pro	10	€16
Unlimited	Unlimited	€36

Free plan is genuinely functional for personal projects.

Linking your VPS to Ploi

Step 1: Deploy VPS

Deploy VPS from ColossusCloud with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, at least 1 GB RAM.

Create account at ploi.io. Start with free plan.

Step 3: Add server

From Ploi dashboard, click “Add Server”
Select “Custom VPS”
Enter server name and IP address
Ploi generates installation script

Step 4: Run installation

ssh root@your-vps-ip

Run the command Ploi provided. Installation takes about 10 minutes.

Ploi installs:

Nginx with HTTP/2
PHP (multiple versions)
MySQL or MariaDB
Redis (optional)
Supervisor for queue workers

WordPress installation steps

Select server in Ploi
Click “Add Site”
Enter domain name
Choose “WordPress” as project type
Click “Add Site”
Configure DNS, install SSL
Click “Install WordPress”

Deploying Laravel

Create site with domain
Link GitHub/GitLab/Bitbucket repository
Select branch to deploy
Customize deployment steps
Enable zero-downtime deployment

Background job configuration

For Laravel queues:

Go to site → “Daemons”
Add daemon for php artisan queue:work
Ploi manages Supervisor configuration

Explore VPS plans - Deploy Ubuntu servers ready for Ploi.

Deploying WordPress and Laravel with Ploi