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and Ready to Grow
Get started with a free, one-of-a-kind website. Then take it even further with powerful plans to help you grow, sell, and succeed.
Create it, own it, earn from it
Don’t just create your free website—own it, with the world’s favorite open source website builder. Add professionally designed themes, lightning fast hosting, and monetization features from the start, then grow as you go.
Free to begin with the power to grow
More ways to earn
Start earning from day one with paid subscriptions and gated content, with processing fees as low as 0% with paid plans.
Optimized for growth
WordPress.com’s Free plan comes with Jetpack essential features, including basic SEO, site statistics, and social media sharing.
All set for storage
Start with 1 GB of storage space—enough to upload almost any kind of media to share with your audience or your customers, and upgrade affordably as your reach grows.
Make it stand out
The Free plan includes dozens of beautiful designs and drag-and-drop layouts to make your site unique. Expand your options with a paid plan, premium themes, and advanced customization.
Supported by community
Be part of an ever-growing community with user forum support on the Free plan and email and live chat options with paid plans.
Reliable and secure
Get automatic updates, spam protection, and reliable hosting on servers spread across 28+ data centers all around the world.
Ready to take it further? There’s a plan for you
WordPress.com Plans
Free
Get a taste of the world’s most popular CMS and blogging software.
Storage
1 GB- Beautiful themes and patterns Beautiful themes and patterns Transform your site design with themes and drag-and-drop layouts.
- Unlimited pages Unlimited pages Add as many pages as you like to your site.
- Unlimited users Unlimited users Invite others to contribute to your site and assign access permissions.
- Time machine for post edits Time machine for post edits Roll back your posts to an earlier edit with a built-in revision history.
- Built-in newsletters and RSS Built-in newsletters and RSS Let your followers subscribe to your content as a newsletter or via RSS.
- Brute-force protection Brute-force protection Stay protected from brute-force attacks on your account password.
- Smart redirects Smart redirects Count on automatic redirects when you update your post or page’s URL.
- Online forever Online forever Build and count on a site designed to last forever.
- 10% transaction fee for payments (+ standard processing fee) 10% transaction fee for payments (+ standard processing fee) Credit card fees are applied in addition to commission fees for payments.
- Paid subscribers Paid subscribers Turn site visitors into subscribers, with built-in subscription tools.
- Paid content gating Paid content gating Sell access to premium content, right from your site.
- Donations and tips Donations and tips Allow your audience to support your work easily with donations and tips.
- Payment buttons Payment buttons Collect payments from credit/debit cards securely from anywhere with Stripe.
- Visitor stats Visitor stats Basic integrated analytics to measure your site’s performance.
- Limited automatic shares in social media Limited automatic shares in social media Get 30 social shares per month to promote your posts on Facebook, Tumblr and more.
- Contact form Contact form Make it easy for your visitors to get in touch, right from your site.
- Security, performance, and growth tools—powered by Jetpack.
Storage
1 GBStarter
Create your home on the web with a custom domain name.
Storage
6 GB
Everything in Free, plus:
- Everything in Free, plus:
- Free domain for one year Free domain for one year Get a custom domain – like yourgroovydomain.com – free for the first year.
- Access to dozens of premium themes Access to dozens of premium themes Switch between all of our Starter design themes.
- Ad-free experience Ad-free experience Unlock a clean, ad-free browsing experience for your visitors.
- Extremely fast DNS with SSL Extremely fast DNS with SSL Tap into fast, reliable domain management with secure SSL.
- Support via email Support via email Fast, friendly, expert WordPress help, whenever you need it.
- 8% transaction fee for payments (+ standard processing fee) 8% transaction fee for payments (+ standard processing fee) Credit card fees are applied in addition to commission fees for payments.
- Security, performance, and growth tools—powered by Jetpack.
Storage
6 GB
Popular
Explorer
Build a unique website with powerful design tools.
Storage
13 GB
Everything in Starter, plus:
- Everything in Starter, plus:
- Free domain for one year Free domain for one year Get a custom domain – like yourgroovydomain.com – free for the first year.
- Live chat support Live chat support Realtime help and guidance from professional WordPress experts.
- Access to all premium themes Access to all premium themes Switch between a collection of premium design themes.
- Earn with WordAds Earn with WordAds Display ads and earn from premium networks via the WordAds program.
- Customize fonts and colors Customize fonts and colors Take control of every font, color, and detail of your site’s design.
- 4% transaction fee for payments (+ standard processing fee) 4% transaction fee for payments (+ standard processing fee) Credit card fees are applied in addition to commission fees for payments.
- Upload 4K videos with VideoPress Upload 4K videos with VideoPress Showcase your video beautifully with the 4K VideoPress player.
- Unlimited automatic shares in social media Unlimited automatic shares in social media Share your latest posts to your social channels, without limits.
- Site activity log Site activity log Keep an administrative eye on activity across your site.
- In-depth site analytics dashboard In-depth site analytics dashboard Deep-dive analytics and conversion data to help you make decisions to grow your site.
- Security, performance, and growth tools—powered by Jetpack.
Storage
13 GB
Best for devs
WP Cloud gives you the tools you need to add scalable, highly available, extremely fast WordPress hosting.
Creator
Unlock the power of WordPress with the managed hosting platform built by WordPress experts.
Storage
50GB
Everything in Explorer, plus:
- Everything in Explorer, plus:
- Free domain for one year Free domain for one year Get a custom domain – like yourgroovydomain.com – free for the first year.
- Install plugins and themes Install plugins and themes Unlock access to 50,000+ plugins, design templates, and integrations.
- Unrestricted bandwidth Unrestricted bandwidth Never fret about getting too much traffic or paying overage charges.
- No limitations on site visitors No limitations on site visitors Grow your site traffic without worrying about limitations.
- 24/7 expert support 24/7 expert support Fast, friendly, expert WordPress help, whenever you need it.
- Global edge caching Global edge caching Ensure your cached content is always served from the data center closest to your site visitor.
- High-burst capacity High-burst capacity Lean on integrated resource management and instant scaling.
- Web application firewall (WAF) Web application firewall (WAF) Block out malicious activity like SQL injection and XSS attacks.
- Global CDN with 28+ locations Global CDN with 28+ locations Rely on ultra-fast site speeds, just about anywhere on Earth.
- High-frequency CPUs High-frequency CPUs Get the extra site performance of high-frequency CPUs, as standard.
- Automated datacenter failover Automated datacenter failover Count on your site being replicated in real-time to a second data center.
- Isolated site infrastructure Isolated site infrastructure Rest easy knowing that your site is isolated from others for added security and performance.
- Managed malware protection Managed malware protection Stay safe with automated malware scanning and one-click fixes.
- Tiered storage plans available Tiered storage plans available Find the storage plan that works for your site’s needs.
- Real-time security scans Real-time security scans Our dedicated security team works round-the-clock to identify and combat vulnerabilities so that you don’t have to.
- Spam protection with Akismet Spam protection with Akismet Never worry about spam with Akismet, which is included at no additional cost.
- DDoS protection and mitigation DDoS protection and mitigation Breeze past DDoS attacks thanks to real time monitoring and mitigation.
- SFTP/SSH, WP-CLI, Git tools SFTP/SSH, WP-CLI, Git tools Use familiar developer tools to manage and deploy your site.
- Free staging site Free staging site Test product and design changes in a staging site.
- Seamless staging and production syncing Seamless staging and production syncing Iterate faster and deploy confidently by synchronizing staging and production environments in a few short steps.
- Automated WordPress updates Automated WordPress updates Get every WordPress update. And every patch. Automatically.
- Centralized site management Centralized site management Seamlessly switch between 2, 20, or 200 sites. All from one place.
- Vulnerability notifications for core and plugins Vulnerability notifications for core and plugins Stress less knowing there’s a dedicated team identifying potential vulnerabilities for WordPress and plugins, ensuring early detection and preventing future attacks.
- 0% transaction fee for standard WooCommerce payment features (+ standard processing fee) 0% transaction fee for standard WooCommerce payment features (+ standard processing fee) Credit card fees are applied in addition to commission fees for payments.
- 2% transaction fee for standard payments (+ standard processing fee) 2% transaction fee for standard payments (+ standard processing fee) Credit card fees are applied in addition to commission fees for payments.
- Real-time backups Real-time backups Count on multi-redundancy, real-time backups of all your data.
- One-click restores One-click restores Revert back to a point-in-time in your site’s history, with a single click.
- Uptime monitor Uptime monitor Stay up-to-date with continuous uptime monitoring, with alerts the minute downtime is detected.
- Built-in Elasticsearch Built-in Elasticsearch Make surfacing your content simple with built-in premium site search.
- Plugin auto-updates Plugin auto-updates Forget about time-consuming plugin updates and update nags.
- SEO and analytics tools SEO and analytics tools Rank well in search with built-in search engine optimization tools.
- Security, performance, and growth tools—powered by Jetpack.
Storage
50GB
Make your online store a reality with the power of WooCommerce.
Entrepreneur
Build an online store with powerful, integrated premium extensions.
Storage
50GB
Everything in Creator, plus:
- Everything in Creator, plus:
- Free domain for one year Free domain for one year Get a custom domain – like yourgroovydomain.com – free for the first year.
- Optimized WooCommerce hosting Optimized WooCommerce hosting Enjoy a hosting solution tailored to enhance the performance and security of sites running WooCommerce.
- Premium store themes Premium store themes Jumpstart your store’s design with a professionally designed theme.
- Powerful store design tools Powerful store design tools Fine-tune your store’s design with on-brand styles and drag and drop layout editing.
- Unlimited products Unlimited products Grow your store as big as you want with the ability to add unlimited products and services.
- Display products by brand Display products by brand Create, assign and list brands for products, and allow customers to view by brand.
- Product add-ons Product add-ons Increase your revenue with add-ons like gift wrapping or personalizations like engraving.
- Assembled products and kits Assembled products and kits Give customers the freedom to build their own products utilizing your existing items.
- Min/max order quantities Min/max order quantities Specify the minimum and maximum allowed product quantities for orders.
- Back-in-stock notifications Back-in-stock notifications Automatically notify customers when your products are restocked.
- Dynamic product upsells Dynamic product upsells Earn more revenue with automated upsell and cross-sell product recommendations.
- Custom marketing automation Custom marketing automation Advanced email marketing functionality, including subscriber segmentation, advanced analytics, and automation.
- Offer bulk discounts Offer bulk discounts Offer personalized packages and bulk discounts.
- Inventory management Inventory management Keep inventory up-to-date with POS integrations and real-time tracking.
- Streamlined, extendable checkout Streamlined, extendable checkout Remove the friction from checkout by giving your customers multiple ways to pay.
- Sell in 60+ countries Sell in 60+ countries Grow globally by accepting 135+ currencies.
- Integrations with top shipping carriers Integrations with top shipping carriers Get real-time shipping prices, print labels and give your customers tracking codes.
- 0% transaction fee for payments (+ standard processing fee) 0% transaction fee for payments (+ standard processing fee) Credit card fees are applied in addition to commission fees for payments.
- Security, performance, and growth tools—powered by Jetpack.
Storage
50GB
The trusted choice for enterprise WordPress hosting.
Enterprise
Deliver an unmatched performance with the highest security standards on our enterprise content platform.
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- Security, performance, and growth tools—powered by Jetpack.
Built By WordPress.com
Get a professional site in days not weeks. Just sit back as our expert team builds a site you’ll fall in love with. From single-page sites to full-blown stores, we’ll help you make it happen.
You asked, we answered
Does it cost money to start a website?
Does it cost money to start a website?
You can get started for free with the WordPress.com Free plan, which includes outstanding hosting, a subdomain, and beautiful design options. Our paid plans unlock additional features which you can upgrade to any time you need them.
Will I have to pay for a custom domain for my website?
Will I have to pay for a custom domain for my website?
Your free website includes a subdomain, like sitename.wordpress.com. If you decide to get a custom address or use an existing one, just upgrade to any paid WordPress.com plan and get your domain for free in the first year when paid annually.
Do I need to have any coding knowledge to create a website?
Do I need to have any coding knowledge to create a website?
Not at all! Get started with a beautifully designed website theme and you’re good to go. You can always change your site’s layout and design to suit your goals as they evolve.
And if you’re looking for even more, you can always upgrade to the plan you need to unlock additional features and plugins without touching a line of code.
How do creators earn money?
How do creators earn money?
There are a lot of ways to earn money with your website. On the Free plan, you can sell anything, add gated content, paid subscriptions, tips, and more. And with our paid plans, transaction fees get lower and lower, and you get even more monetization options, including ad revenue and advanced ecommerce.
Can I import my content to WordPress.com from another platform?
Can I import my content to WordPress.com from another platform?
Yes! With WordPress.com you can bring along your content from other blogging or website platforms like Squarespace, Wix, or Blogger, or from a self-hosted WordPress site.
Find out how to import your site’s content
Can I have someone build a WordPress.com site for me?
Can I have someone build a WordPress.com site for me?
Yes, you can have a custom-made site created for you with Built By WordPress.com. Tell our experts about your needs and vision and they’ll make it happen.
