Depending on the hosting service you use, I would seriously look into using Joomla:
https://www.joomla.org/
From what I recall (check it yourself, it's been a while for me and I could be wrong):
a) The hosting service doesn't need to have Joomla installed, you can simply upload the Joomla framework as your website and go from there.

b) You can also do your development on a local copy and it can be copied straight up without code alteration.

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