This page shares how you can check if WordPress.com servers are down.
If you cannot access your website, you might wonder if WordPress.com itself is having trouble. WordPress.com is not likely to be down, so review our Why Is My Site Down? guide for common reasons why your site might not be accessible.
WordPress.com runs on thousands of servers located in several separate data centers all around the world. We’re not perfect, and we do occasionally experience problems, but our network is designed so that sites continue working even when servers or parts of the network fail. Outages are rare and brief.
If you’re curious, you can always check on our current performance and availability status:
This page will display any outages on WordPress.com and other services provided by our company, Automattic. If there is ever a major outage or any scheduled maintenance, it will be posted there too.
The Internet is made up of many thousands of networks all linked together. There may be a problem with one of those networks somewhere between you and WordPress.com that is stopping you from reaching our servers. Here’s a quick way to check:
Is WordPress.com down for everyone or just me?
If your site is down, read Why is my Site Down? for solutions.
