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WordPress.com

by Automattic Inc.

A hosted version of WordPress for building blogs and content-driven websites without managing your own server.

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How it helps you

For a founder who wants to publish content and own a real blog/CMS, WordPress.com gives managed hosting, security, and updates without technical upkeep. It's strong for SEO and long-form content, and higher plans unlock plugins and full customization. You get the WordPress ecosystem without running your own site infrastructure.

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Facts & pricing

  • Free plan available on a wordpress.com subdomain
  • Paid plans (annual billing): Personal ~$4/mo, Premium ~$8/mo, Business ~$25/mo, Commerce ~$45/mo
  • Monthly billing is higher (e.g. Personal $9/mo billed monthly)
  • Installing your own plugins/themes requires the Business plan or higher

Pricing: Free plan; paid from ~$4/mo (annual billing)

Caveats

WordPress.com (managed, hosted) is different from self-hosted WordPress.org — plugin/theme freedom is gated behind the Business plan. It has a steeper learning curve than pure drag-and-drop builders.

Bottom line

Pick WordPress.com when content, blogging, and SEO are central and you want managed hosting without server admin.

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