Choose WordPress.com to build your website with lightning-fast hosting, intuitive editing, and everything you need to grow your audience. This guide will help you decide which WordPress.com plan suits your needs.
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No matter which plan you choose, including the free version of WordPress.com, your website will come with the following:
- Best-in-class hosting: Powerful hosting is included in our platform. You don’t need to sign up with another host.
- Automatic updates: We keep WordPress software up-to-date for you so you can stay focused on your content.
- Unlimited pages and posts: Add as many pages and posts as you like to your site.
- Unlimited users: Invite others to contribute to your site and control access permissions.
- Visitor stats: At-a-glance and deep-dive data to measure your site’s success.
- Storage: Free sites include 1 GB of storage for your media files. Increase your storage with a paid plan.
- Beautiful themes and patterns: Transform your site design with beautifully designed, professional themes.
- Flexible editing: Piece together the exact layout you want with the WordPress editor.
- Mobile-ready: All WordPress.com themes adapt to whichever device your visitor is using.
- Time machine for edits: With a built-in revision history, you can roll back your pages and posts to earlier versions.
- Paid subscribers: Turn site visitors into subscribers with built-in subscription tools.
- Built-in newsletters & RSS: Let your subscribers receive updates on your content as an email newsletter or via RSS.
- Automatic shares in social media: Get 30 social shares per month (or unlimited on higher plans) to promote your posts on Facebook, Tumblr and more.
- No traffic limits: We host everything from niche blogs to major news websites. You’ll never have to worry about getting too many visitors.
- Payment buttons: Collect payments from credit/debit cards securely from anywhere with Stripe.
- Paid content gating: Sell access to premium content right from your site.
- Donations and tips: Allow your audience to support your work easily with donations and tips.
- Brute-force protection: Stay protected from attempts to hack your website.
- Spam protection with Akismet: Kill spam comments without lifting a finger.
- Site activity log: Keep track of recent changes made on your site in the Activity log.
The current WordPress.com plans are:
- Starter: Use a domain, go ad-free, upload audio, increase storage, and access support.
- Explorer: Everything in Starter, plus site customization, earn money from ads, upload video, and Google Analytics.
- Creator: Everything in Starter and Explorer, plus plugins, third-party themes, SEO tools, custom code, and more.
- Entrepreneur: Everything in Starter, Explorer, and Creator, plus every tool you need to sell online.
Upgrade to any paid plan for additional features, including domains, style customization, advertising, plugins, ecommerce, and much more. Visit our dedicated guides to discover what’s included in each of our plans:
Formerly known as the Personal plan.
Formerly known as the Premium plan.
Formerly known as the Business plan.
Formerly known as the Commerce plan.
Why should I consider buying a plan?
WordPress.com has paid plans for everyone, from bloggers to small business owners looking for an online store. Upgrading removes ads and provides more storage, additional design tools, and essential SEO, performance, and security tools. Higher-tier plans support e-commerce and plugin functionality, allowing for more extensive site customization and growth potential.
How do I choose the right plan?
- Identify Your Goals: Choose a plan based on what you want to achieve with your site. Whether it’s blogging, running an online store, or showcasing a portfolio, you can ensure your selected plan aligns with your specific objectives.
- Assess Your Technical Needs: Consider all of the features that your site will require to function effectively, including the amount of storage, range of design options, availability of SEO tools, and the necessity for plugins or e-commerce settings.
- Review Our Plans page: Learn about the features offered by each plan, and assess how well they align with the goals you have in mind.
Not sure where to start? Review our Choose a Plan advice or contact a Happiness Engineer who can help you make the best choice for your needs.
What if I change my mind?
You can upgrade or downgrade your plan at any time. We’re happy to help you change your plan. To do so, reach out to our Happiness Engineers to share your needs, and we’ll be happy to help you decide.
What if I get stuck?
If you’re ever stuck, our team is happy to answer any questions. You can reach out with all sorts of questions – from questions about navigating your account to specific how-to questions – and, of course, for any troubleshooting support you need.
Why should I pick WordPress.com to host my site?
There are several reasons why we believe we’re the best website builder in the world:
- WordPress.com is the best place to host open-source WordPress software, which powers more than 42% of the internet.
- We have the tools and features to tell your story, grow your audience, and make money. Plus, we have experts and a supportive community to help you so that you have the freedom to create.
- WordPress.com is powerful and easy. We help folks get a gorgeous and powerful WordPress website up in a few clicks of a button.
- WordPress.com offers freedom and flexibility. WordPress.com provides world-class security, performance, scalability, and support so that you have the freedom and flexibility to create and build your brand.
- You own your content. With WordPress.com, you own all of your data, content, and information forever. If you’re coming to us from another service like Squarespace or Wix, we make it easy to import your site.
- We care about your happiness. Customer care at WordPress.com is different, and it’s a difference that we love to point out. Our Happiness Engineers are real people and real WordPress experts who work one-on-one with customers to launch and fine-tune their websites.
Can I use my plan on more than one site?
While you can create more than one site on your account, each site must have its own paid plan if you want to use the features of that plan on a new site.
Some of our previous WordPress.com plans have been retired from our selection of plan options. These legacy plans are no longer offered for new websites on the WordPress.com platform, but they may remain active on websites that had previously upgraded.
Customers who currently own legacy plans may choose to keep these plans in place, or they may switch to one of our available plans listed within this guide. We recommend upgrading to an active plan to avoid missing the latest features. The closest equivalent of the legacy Pro plan is our Creator plan.
