Shared hosting for five small brochure sites, what are you using?

If any of the five are client sites, look at reseller hosting instead. Each site gets its own account and control panel, so one hacked WordPress can't touch the others, and you can hand a client their login without giving them all five.

Brand matters less than the plan details. For five sites check: - the plan actually allows multiple sites (the cheapest tier often caps at one) - the renewal price, not the first-year price - daily backups you can restore yourself - free SSL on every domain Also, on most shared plans all your sites sit under one account. If one WordPress install gets hacked, the others can get infected too, so keep everything updated. That bit me once.