The Best Way to Host WordPress
Start a site packed with everything you need to grow—affordable, lightning-fast, automatically scalable, and optimized for the very latest WordPress has to offer.
Start simple, scale fast
Jump right in to drag, drop, and effortlessly design your website. And count on automatic scaling to support any project, however demanding.
50,000 plugins and themes
Unlock access to a universe of plugins and themes on the Creator plan and above. If you can think it, you can integrate it, and make it happen.
Bring WordPress with you
Import your existing website to WordPress.com, with intuitive migration tools for sites and easy domain transfers for any web address.
Pay less to claim your domain
Choose from 400+ domain extensions with industry-low prices starting at just $12/year. Or get your first year free when you subscribe to any paid plan.
From here to eternity
We’ve been around for almost two decades, and will still be going strong 100 years from now. Every line of code, and every piece of our infrastructure is optimized to make WordPress sing.
WordPress to the core
With our commitment to Five for the Future, your site will be taken care of by the same people actively pushing forward the code behind WordPress.
There’s a plan for you
WordPress.com Plans
Free
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
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6 GB- 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 GBExplorer
Storage
13 GB- 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
WP Cloud gives you the tools you need to add scalable, highly available, extremely fast WordPress hosting.
Creator
Storage
- 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
Make your online store a reality with the power of WooCommerce.
Entrepreneur
Storage
- 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
The trusted choice for enterprise WordPress hosting.
Enterprise
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- Security, performance, and growth tools—powered by Jetpack.
Unbeatable performance, unlimited uptime
Say hello to the next-level hosting performance only possible when you integrate every piece of hardware and line of code to run WordPress at scale.
Extensibility
- Install 50,000+ plugins and themes. Deploy custom code.
- Multi-site management.
- SSH, WP‑CLI, and Git tools.
Performance
- Global CDN with 28+ locations.
- Highly scalable CPU bursting.
- Lightning‑fast high‑frequency CPUs.
Security
- Real‑time activity log.
- DDOS mitigation and firewall protection.
- Isolated site environment.
Reliability
- Unmetered bandwidth and pageviews.
- Real-time backups.
- Datacenter failover.
Website design service
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, sooner.
What they say about us
WordPress.com was a great choice of platform to start a blog. The platform grew with my ideas and I was able to build a website around my blog in a few clicks.
From quickly updating our page to implementing our online store, our WordPress.com site has become the online center for everything we do.
WordPress.com has allowed me to present my content in an attractive way. It’s given me a platform to reach thousands of people. It’s made people notice me and what I write… With my WordPress site, I feel like a professional.
You asked, we answered
Are traffic and bandwidth really unlimited?
Absolutely, and you’ll never be hit with any surprise usage fees. With WordPress.com, you’ll be hosted on our infinitely scalable and globally distributed server infrastructure, which means your site will always be available and load fast, no matter how popular your site becomes. Read more about everything our managed WordPress hosting has to offer.
Can I install plugins?
Yes! When you subscribe to the WordPress.com Creator or Entrepreneur plans, you’ll be able to search for and install over 50,000 available plugins in the WordPress repository.
Can I install my own theme?
Yes! All plans give you access to our directory of free and premium themes that have been handpicked and reviewed for quality by our team. With the WordPress.com Creator or Entrepreneur plan, you can upload and install any theme you’d like from the thousands available.
Why should I choose WordPress.com?
With a lightning-fast CDN spanning 28+ data centers across the globe, incredible security, done-for-you maintenance and updates, expert help, and unlimited bandwidth, hosting with WordPress.com means you’ll always have a fast, secure, affordable way to get your site in front of audiences anywhere.
How much does WordPress.com cost?
You can get started for free with the WordPress.com Free plan, which includes our best-in-class managed hosting. Our affordable paid plans unlock additional features perfect for personal use, freelancers, developers, small businesses, online stores, and more. Find the right plan for your website.
Can I import my content from another site to WordPress.com?
Yes! WordPress.com makes it quick and easy to import your content from a self-hosted WordPress site or other website platforms.
Can you build a site for me?
We sure can! If you need a hand launching your website, take a look at Built By WordPress.com, our white glove site setup service. Our in-house experts will create your site, and you’ll be ready to go live in four business days or less.
