Everything.
Every. Single. Thing.

Whatever you need. Whatever you’re trying to get done. There’s a feature for that on WordPress.com.

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Design & Editing Tools

Beautiful Themes

Kickstart your site by selecting from hundreds of pre-made, professionally-designed, customizable templates.

Block Editor

Use intuitive drag-and-drop tools to easily arrange, rearrange, and organize your content and media.

VideoPress

Showcase beautiful videos with 4k resolution, picture-in-picture, chapters, subtitles, and different playback speeds.

Pre-Built Block Patterns

Create great-looking layouts simply by inserting elegant pre-built block patterns into your pages and posts.

Advanced Design Tools

Customize your blog’s design with extended color schemes, typography, borders, and control over website CSS.

Upload Any Type of Media

Create designer-worthy photo galleries, embed audio, video, documents, and more—with storage space to spare.

Marketing

Automatically send new posts to Facebook, Tumblr, and LinkedIn and create shortlinks, social icons, and open graph tags.

SEO Tools

Get found faster with powerful built-in SEO tools, and access to premium plugins including Yoast and Rank Math.

Email Marketing

Integrate your site with leading email marketing tools. Grow your list and send campaigns from day one.

Custom Domain Name

Get a personalized online address that’s easy to remember and easy to share—enjoy your first year free when you choose a paid annual plan.

Reader

Connect with other likeminded bloggers—who might just be your next biggest fans, through our community hub.

Automatically send your new posts out as an email newsletter.

Form Block

Easily insert a contact, appointment, event registration, or feedback form to your site.

Extensibility

Plugins

Extend the functionality of your site with the click of a button. With over 50,000 plugins, if you can dream it, we’ve got it.

Spam Protection with Akismet

Prevent unwanted comments to ensure that your site remains professional and trustworthy.

Jetpack Search

Deliver high quality, relevant search results to your most engaged visitors.

Staging Sites

Test changes on a WordPress.com staging site first, so you can identify and fix any vulnerabilities before they impact your live site.

Monetization Tools

Collect Payments

Accept payments for just about anything—from goods and services to memberships and donations.

WordAds

Earn ad revenue by connecting your site with the biggest ad publishers, including Google AdSense, and more.

Paid Content Block

Create additional, premium content exclusive to your paying subscribers.

Paid Newsletters

Email premium content to paying subscribers.

Reliability

Support from our Expert Team

Whenever you’re stuck, whatever you’re trying to make happen—our Happiness Engineers have the answers on hand.

Unmetered Bandwidth and Traffic

All our plans include Unmetered Bandwidth, which means there’s no limit on the number of visitors to your site.

Jetpack Backups and Restores

Easily restore or download a backup of your site from a specific moment in time.

Performance

Hosting Optimized for WordPress

A managed hosting service that has been 100% committed to optimizing the WordPress experience for more than 15 years.

Global CDN

Our 28+ data centers across 6 continents put your content as close to your visitors as possible, so your site is always lightning fast.

High Frequency CPUs

WordPress.com sites run highly performant CPUs to generate pages at incredible speeds.

Superior Image Management

WordPress.com creates image thumbnails on the fly and transparently compresses data at rest.

Automated Burst Scaling

Our custom resource management system automatically scales to over 100 PHP workers.

Advanced DNS Features

WordPress.com DNS is among the fastest and most secure in the world so your customers will arrive at your site the second they hit enter.

Security

DDoS and WAF Protection

WordPress.com blocks millions of malicious requests daily so you can sleep through takeover and hacking attempts.

Malware Scanning and Removal

Stay one step ahead of security threats with automated malware scanning and one‑click fixes.

Account Security Tools

Keep your user accounts secure with our built-in two-factor authentication and compromised password scanning.

Stats & Insights

Jetpack Stats

Monitor your site traffic and engagement from the moment you hit publish.

Google Analytics

Access in-depth data on how and why people come to your site without writing a single line of code.

Site Management

Post by Email

Publish blog posts on-the-go with the quick send of an email.

Post Scheduling

Schedule your posts in advance.

Provide automated content recommendations to visitors based on what they’ve already read.

How to get started

Create your account

Sign up for free with just an email address — no credit card required. You can start building straight away and choose a plan when you’re ready.

Pick a theme

Choose from a library of professionally designed themes and customise colors, fonts, and layouts to match your style — no design experience needed.

Customize with the editor

Refine any detail — fonts, colors, sections, and copy — using the block editor. Or just prompt AI again to make changes without touching a single setting.

Add your content

Use the block editor to build your pages and posts. Drag and drop text, images, video, galleries, and more into place exactly how you want them.

Choose your plan

Start free with a WordPress.com subdomain, or upgrade to a paid plan to connect a custom domain, unlock more storage, and access additional tools as your site grows.

Hit publish

Your site is hosted, secured, and ready for visitors from day one. Share it on social media, grow your audience through the WordPress.com Reader, and keep building from there.

Features FAQs

What is WordPress.com and how does it work?

WordPress.com is a fully hosted website and blogging platform built on WordPress, the world’s most popular content management system. Unlike self-hosted WordPress.org, WordPress.com handles all the technical setup — hosting, security, backups, and updates — so you can focus on creating and publishing content. You can start a free site in minutes and upgrade to paid plans for more features, a custom domain, and advanced design tools.

Is WordPress.com a good blogging platform?

Yes — WordPress.com is one of the most established blogging platforms available. It offers a block editor, customisable themes, built-in SEO tools, a global reader community, and integrated social sharing. Whether you’re starting a personal blog or a professional publication, WordPress.com provides the tools to grow your audience without needing any coding knowledge.

Can I create a free website or blog on WordPress.com?

Yes. WordPress.com offers a free plan that lets you create a blog or website with a WordPress.com subdomain (e.g., yourname.wordpress.com) and core publishing tools at no cost. For a custom domain, additional storage, plugins, and advanced features, paid plans are available starting at an affordable monthly rate.

What features does WordPress.com include?

WordPress.com includes everything you need to build and grow a site: a block editor with drag-and-drop tools, customisable themes, built-in SEO tools, social media sharing, email marketing integrations, stats and analytics, spam protection, and a secure and fast hosting infrastructure. Paid plans also unlock premium themes, over 60,000 plugins, monetisation tools, and more.

Does WordPress.com support ecommerce and online stores?

Yes. WordPress.com includes built-in tools to sell online — from payment buttons and donation collection to a full ecommerce experience powered by WooCommerce. You can sell physical and digital products, manage inventory, accept payments, and more, all within the same platform you use to run your site.

Everything.Every. Single. Thing.