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WordPress.com

Composite Score

8.8 /10

CX Score

9.0 /10

513 Reviews Write a Review

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 Digital Experience - Midmarket category

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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

7 Top Rated Capabilities

7 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

3 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

2023

1 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2022

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.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

89 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.

+89 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

9% Neutral

90% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Performance Enhancing
Fair
Reliable

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Web Publishing Capabilities

Content Repository

E-Commerce Integration

Management Interface

Standard Templates

Social Media Integration

Digital Asset Management

Analytics and Reporting

Translation Facilitation

Content Security

Multi Channel Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

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WordPress.com Reviews

Lucie V.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Other
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Jan 2022

Easy to use but beware of security issues

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates WordPress.com from other similar products?

Most known product on the market.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Usability and ease of installation

What do you dislike most about this product?

Regular security breaches

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It's a good product but it has serious downsides.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Cons

Security Frustrates
Commodity Features

Adam Š.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Other
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Jan 2022

Easy to implement web solution

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates WordPress.com from other similar products?

WordPress.com is a fantastic and free to use webhosting platform. With its own Wordpress CMS solution, creating websites is easy, fast and straightforward. Users don't need extensive web development experience to create a web using WordPress.com

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

WordPress.com is easy to use, customizable solution. Favorite aspect is the ease of installation, implementation, content management and publishing.

What do you dislike most about this product?

WordPress.com lacks the broad range of customizability WordPress.org has.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I'd definitely recommend WordPress.com to anyone in need of a free or inexpensive website solution, with minimum web development knowledge. More experienced users should take advantage the full power of WordPress.org.

Pros

Generous Negotitation
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable

Ash S.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Manufacturing
Involvement: Vendor Selection and Purchasing

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Verified Reviewer

Submitted Dec 2021

Relatively less expensive website development.

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates WordPress.com from other similar products?

You can easily update your site from wherever you are.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Great for eCommerce sites.A wide variety of professional themes.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Website Can Go Down Without Notice. Frequent Theme and Plugin Updates.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

The code behind WordPress is very clean and simple, making it easy for search engines to read and index a site's content.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

WordPress.com Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

89 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+89 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

Web Publishing Capabilities The ability to build and upload websites, update the associated webpages, and post content online.

Content Repository Database of content with an associated set of data management, ability to search, and access methods allowing application-independent access to the content.

E-Commerce Integration Includes payment and multiple design options, website security, online support, and integrated shipping.

Management Interface Advanced management interface functionality for enterprises that perform frequent refreshes of their site, perhaps through a syndication or publication process.

Standard Templates The solution provides the ability to use standard pre-made website designs, which help to simplify the process of building web presence.

Social Media Integration The solution provides support for social property and content creation management, as well as social media analytics.

Digital Asset Management Controls non-text assets such as images and video clips; includes advanced DAM functionality for product marketing.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Translation Facilitation Certain WCM tools offer workflow capability to facilitate language translation. This feature is appropriate primarily for multinational entities.

Content Security The ability to integrate existing security protocols and technologies, SSO, and Role-based permissions. Support for content filtering integration

Multi Channel Support Integration with email, telephone, and live chat, and with self-service and social media.

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

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.

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 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.

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

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

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.

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.

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.

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

Lucie V.

Easy to use but beware of security issues

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Adam Š.

Easy to implement web solution

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Ash S.

Relatively less expensive website development.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Web Publishing Capabilities

Content Repository

E-Commerce Integration

Management Interface

Standard Templates

Social Media Integration

Digital Asset Management

Analytics and Reporting

Translation Facilitation

Content Security

Multi Channel Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

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