From our blog post here: https://ideaspot.com.au/blog/free-web-hosting/

Did you know it’s possible to try WordPress for free? There are a few places online that will provide free web hosting and allow you to install WordPress.

We have tested a couple of these free hosts and have posted YouTube tutorials on how to set these up.

One service called, InfinityFree has a very full featured hosting service. While the speed is not amazing, its still pretty solid. We did notice some very occasional downtime in our testing, but nothing to be too alarmed about.

For a more complete site build, a full Astra & Elementor tutorial is here; Skip to around 13 minutes in where the customization starts:
https://youtu.be/wK5aI0l3NZQ?t=794