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WordPress.com

Composite Score

8.9 /10

CX Score

9.2 /10

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What is WordPress.com?

WordPress is web publishing software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog. WordPress is more than a publishing platform. It’s a powerful and empowering technology built by a global community of passionate contributors, united by the spirit of freedom to create and share without barriers.

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Awards & Recognition

WordPress.com won the following awards in the Content Marketing category

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2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2025

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2025

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2024

2 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

2 Top Rated Capabilities

0 Top Rated Features

2023

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

2022

4 Top Rated Capabilities

3 Top Rated Features

2022

2021 Data Quadrant Champion

2021

WordPress.com Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

89 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love WordPress.com?

1% Negative

6% Neutral

93% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Helps Innovate
Trustworthy
Fair

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Content Creation

Content Storage

Content Campaign Management

Content Curation / Library Controls

Web Experience Management Integration

Content Optimization

Editorial Workflow

Personalization/Audience Targeting

Content Analytics

Multi-Channel Distribution

DAM (Digital asset management) Integration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

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WordPress.com Reviews

Elvis C.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Oct 2024

An intuitive content publishing tool.

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates WordPress.com from other similar products?

Basic search engine optimization techniques or tools. Basic site statistics are available, while higher plans offer the opportunity to incorporate Google Analytics. Social media integration or the option to automatically share posts on Facebook, Twitter and other platforms.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like to manage photos, videos and media files, it's simple, with WordPress.com. It allows me to drag and drop elements onto a web page using the Gutenberg visual block editor.

What do you dislike most about this product?

In terms of technical customization and advanced settings, WordPress.com offers less options.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I suggest WordPress.com because it has easy-to-use features for content publication and is perfect for starting and maintaining blogs.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Jorge A.

Role: Consultant
Industry: Technology
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

Blogs and websites without technical experience

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates WordPress.com from other similar products?

It stands out for the reason that it has a variety of service levels, from free to premium, allowing you to choose the option that best suits your budget and needs.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I love that the WordPress.com community is so active, as it allows me to share experiences, get advice, and receive feedback.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I don't like the free plan because WordPress.com's ads can be intrusive and hurt my experience.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I highly recommend the platform because it offers a wide range of themes and design options that allow you to beautifully customize your website.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Halimat I.

Role: Operations
Industry: Shipping
Involvement: End User of Application

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Sep 2024

Easier to use and reliable enough

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates WordPress.com from other similar products?

It has multitude of plugins which makes it a better situation to develop any website type

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like the costs of Wordpress, they are not not expensive yet it comes with more Wordpress themes to customise to create a good professional looking website

What do you dislike most about this product?

You need to edit themes and plugins to secure your website from attacks as most free themes and plugins come with security vulnerability

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you need a professional CMS, consider Wordpress

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity
Unique Features
Efficient Service

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Emotional Footprint Champion

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Champion

2021 Data Quadrant Champion

WordPress.com Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

87 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+93 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love WordPress.com?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Content Creation Provides tools for creating content to be used and shared on the platform.

Content Storage The ability to store various content assets (including text, photos and video) in a defined, structured repository.

Content Campaign Management The ability to deploy specific collateral or assets from the system to feed multi-channel marketing campaigns.

Content Curation / Library Controls The ability to curate content through tagging and metadata management, as well as library services (such as version control).

Web Experience Management Integration The ability to integrate with dedicated Web Experience Management platforms (either in the vendor's own product portfolio, or with 3rd party solutions).

Content Optimization The ability to dynamically optimize content deployed to certain channels (web, mobile, social) using customer profiles.

Editorial Workflow The ability to move content through a structured, automated workflow process (i.e. intake content from create applications, and move to specific folders.

Personalization/Audience Targeting The ability to display certain content types in a given channel endpoint based on audience demographics (known profile) or traffic attributes (unknown profile).

Content Analytics Analysis of file contents for data trends and any relevant characteristics.

Multi-Channel Distribution The ability to deploy content assets and collateral to multiple channel endpoints (for example, traditional websites, native mobile applications or social media

DAM (Digital asset management) Integration The ability to integrate with dedicated Digital Asset Management Platforms.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

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WordPress.com Reviews

Elvis C.

An intuitive content publishing tool.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Jorge A.

Blogs and websites without technical experience

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Halimat I.

Easier to use and reliable enough

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Content Creation

Content Storage

Content Campaign Management

Content Curation / Library Controls

Web Experience Management Integration

Content Optimization

Editorial Workflow

Personalization/Audience Targeting

Content Analytics

Multi-Channel Distribution

DAM (Digital asset management) Integration

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support