Managed WordPress
WordPress.com
Official WordPress hosting by Automattic with 100% uptime guarantee and edge caching CDN
Founded 2005United StatesAutomattic
Overall Rating
4.0
Trustpilot: 2/5 (3,932 reviews)
Starting Price
$4.00/month
Renews at $5.00/mo
14-day money-back guarantee
Free SSL
Free Domain
Free Migration
24/7 Support
Pricing Plans
Compare WordPress.com's hosting plans
WordPress Hosting
All plans include a 14-day money-back guarantee
Pros & Cons
What We Like
- Beginners wanting official WordPress experience
- Bloggers and content creators
- Users wanting hassle-free managed WordPress
- Sites needing 100% uptime guarantee
- Automattic ecosystem integration
What Could Be Better
- Need full WordPress control on budget
- Want to install custom plugins cheaply
- Need email hosting included
- Prefer cPanel access
- Budget-conscious and need plugins
- Running WooCommerce (Commerce plan expensive)
Rating Breakdown
Value for Money
3.0Performance
5.0Support Quality
4.0Security
4.5Features
3.5Ease of Use
5.0Transparency
3.5Overall Rating
Weighted average of all categories
4.0/5
Technical Specifications
Complete feature breakdown across all 171 data points
Storage & Resources
- Storage
- 6 GB SSD
- Storage Type
- SSD
- Bandwidth
- Unmetered
- Websites
- 1
- Databases
- Not specified
Performance
- Uptime Guarantee
- 99.999%
- Uptime SLA Credit
- CDN Included
- CDN Provider
- Automattic CDN (28+ data centers across 6 continents)
- HTTP/2
- Brotli Compression
Server Locations
- Choose Location
- Locations
- Global (Automattic infrastructure)
Security
- Free SSL
- Wildcard SSL
- Dedicated IP
- DDoS Protection
- DDoS Level
- Enterprise DDoS protection
- 2FA
Backups & Malware
- Malware Scanning
- Malware Removal
- Firewall
- Backup Frequency
- Real-time
- On-Demand Backup
- Restore Fee
- Free
Developer Tools
- SSH Access
- Git Deployment
- Staging
- Cron Jobs
- Redis
- WP-CLI
Language Support
- Node.js
- Python
- Ruby
WordPress
- WP Optimized
- Auto Install
- Auto Updates
- WP Staging
- WooCommerce
- LiteSpeed Cache
- Object Caching
- Multisite
Support
- Live Chat
- Chat Hours
- 24/7
- Phone Support
- Ticket Support
- Priority Support
- KB Quality
- 5/5
- Channels
- Live Chat, Email, Knowledge Base, Community Forum
- Languages
- English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Japanese
- Email Included
- Account Limit
- 0
- Webmail
- Spam Filter
- Forwarding
Pricing Details
- Monthly Price
- $4/mo
- Renewal Price
- $5/mo
- Renewal Markup
- 25%
- 1st Year Cost
- $48
- 2nd Year Cost
- $60
- Setup Fee
- None
- Money Back
- 14 days
- Monthly Billing
- Min Contract
- 1 months
Free Inclusions
- Free SSL
- Free Domain
- Free Migration
- Free CDN
Migration
- Free Migration
- Sites Limit
- 1 sites
- Quality
- Guided migration tools/5
Control Panel
- cPanel
- Panel Name
- WordPress.com Dashboard
- Softaculous
- Site Builder
- Builder Name
- WordPress Block Editor (Gutenberg)
Compliance
- GDPR
- PCI
- HIPAA
- Certifications
- SOC 2, PCI DSS
CMS Platforms
- Drupal
- Joomla
- Magento
- Laravel
- Django
- Next.js
- Rails
- Static Sites
Content Policies
- Adult Content
- Gambling
- Crypto Sites
- Bandwidth Overage
- No overages. No metering. No surprises. Unrestricted bandwidth on all paid plans.
- Storage Overage
- Upgrade to higher plan required
Business Features
- API Access
- Reseller Hosting
- White Label
- Green Hosting
Best For (Score)
- Beginners
- 5/5
- Bloggers
- 5/5
- Developers
- 3/5
- eCommerce
- 3/5
- Agencies
- 2/5
- Enterprise
- 3/5
Company Info
- Founded
- 2005
- Headquarters
- United States
- Parent Company
- Automattic
- Trustpilot
- 2/5 (3,932 reviews)
Our Ratings
- Overall
- 4/5
- Value
- 3/5
- Performance
- 5/5
- Support
- 4/5
- Security
- 4.5/5
- Features
- 3.5/5
- Ease of Use
- 5/5
- Transparency
- 3.5/5
Managed WordPress
- Available
- Pricing Model
- no-caps
- Visit Limit
- Unlimited
- Plugin Restrictions
- Plugin installation requires Business plan or higher
- Dev Environment
Regional Info
- Best Countries
- United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, Germany
- Currencies
- USD, EUR, GBP, AUD, CAD
- Support Languages
- English, Spanish, French, German, Portuguese, Japanese
- Data Sovereignty
- GDPR, PCI-DSS
External Ratings
- Trustpilot
- 2/5
- Reviews Count
- 3,932
- G2 Rating
- 4.4/5
- BBB Rating
- A+
Advanced Technical
- DB Type
- MySQL
- Elasticsearch
- Image Optimization
- PHP Switching
Access & Limits
- SSH Tier
- Business plan and higher
- Staging Tier
- Business plan and higher
- Instant Activation
Additional Pricing
- Domain Duration
- 12 months
- Exclusions
- 14-day refund policy for annual plans; Domain registration fees non-refundable
- Payment Methods
- Credit Card, PayPal, Apple Pay, Google Pay
- Auto Renewal
- Domain Privacy
- SSL Provider
- WordPress.com SSL
Support Details
- Priority Cost
- $Included with Business plan and higher
- Community Forum
- Outsourced
- Object Cache Type
- Edge caching
Affiliate Program
- Affiliate Available
- Commission Type
- Per sale
- Commission Amount
- Varies
Additional Policies
- File Hosting
- Proxy/VPN
- Suspension Policy
- Violation of ToS; illegal content
- Downloadable Backups
Additional Platforms
- PrestaShop
- Ghost
- Shopify Migration
- Wix Migration
- Squarespace Migration
- Webflow Export
Editorial Notes
- Best For
- Beginners wanting official WordPress experience; Bloggers and content creators; Users wanting hassle-free managed WordPress; Sites needing 100% uptime guarantee; Automattic ecosystem integration
- Avoid If
- Need full WordPress control on budget; Want to install custom plugins cheaply; Need email hosting included; Prefer cPanel access; Budget-conscious and need plugins; Running WooCommerce (Commerce plan expensive)
- Known Issues
- Plugin/theme installation locked to Business+ plans ($25+/mo); No email hosting included; Free plan shows WordPress ads; Limited customization on lower tiers; Can't access PHP directly; Mixed Trustpilot reviews (2.0); Pricing perceived as expensive for features
- USP
- Official WordPress hosting by Automattic with 100% uptime guarantee and edge caching CDN
- Ideal Customer
- Beginner blogger or content creator wanting the official hassle-free WordPress experience with maximum uptime
Competition
- Competitors
- Bluehost, SiteGround, Pressable
- Best Alternative To
- Bluehost
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Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about WordPress.com
WordPress.com is the official WordPress hosting by Automattic with G2 4.4 rating. Powers 160M+ websites with 100% uptime guarantee. Trustpilot 2.0 reflects frustration with pricing tiers.
WordPress.com is owned by Automattic, founded by Matt Mullenweg (WordPress co-creator). Same company owns Pressable, WooCommerce, Jetpack, and Tumblr.
Free plan available. Personal $4/mo, Premium $8/mo, Business $25/mo, Commerce $45/mo (annual). Business+ required for plugin installation.
Extremely beginner-friendly with the official WordPress experience. Block editor (Gutenberg) makes site building easy. No technical knowledge required.
No, WordPress.com does not include email hosting. Email forwarding available. Recommends Google Workspace or Titan Mail separately.
Yes, this IS official WordPress hosting. Pre-installed and managed. Custom plugins/themes require Business plan ($25/mo) or higher.
WordPress.com guarantees 99.999% uptime with automated datacenter failover and multi-region replication.
Yes, 14-day refund policy for annual plans. Monthly billing available. Domain registration fees are non-refundable.
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