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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 Data Quadrant Champion

Latest Award, 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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89 Likeliness to Recommend

96 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

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

5% Neutral

94% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Trustworthy
Fair
Acts with Integrity

Feature Ratings

Average 84

Content Creation

Content Storage

Content Campaign Management

Content Curation / Library Controls

Editorial Workflow

Web Experience Management Integration

Content Optimization

Personalization/Audience Targeting

Multi-Channel Distribution

Content Analytics

Editorial Calendar

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

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WordPress.com Reviews

Somya A.

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

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Submitted Apr 2025

It’s cost-effective, SEO-friendly, go for it.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates WordPress.com from other similar products?

WordPress stands out from other website-building platforms due to its open-source, self-hosted nature, giving users full control and ownership of their sites. Unlike platforms like Wix or Squarespace, it offers virtually unlimited customization through thousands of free and premium themes and plugins. It’s highly SEO-friendly, cost-effective (with no monthly subscription for the core platform), and backed by a massive global community.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite aspect of WordPress is its flexibility—it allows you to create and customize any type of website, whether it’s a blog, portfolio, business site, or online store, all without needing to write code. The huge library of plugins and themes means you can tailor everything to fit your exact needs.

What do you dislike most about this product?

The biggest downside is that WordPress can become bloated and slow if not optimized properly, especially with too many plugins. Also, security can be a concern if you don’t keep everything updated. Some premium themes and plugins can be expensive and require technical skill to set up correctly.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I’d highly recommend WordPress to anyone looking for a flexible, powerful, and cost-effective website platform. It’s perfect whether you’re a beginner or a developer—thanks to its easy-to-use interface and massive customization potential. If you want full control over your site’s design, features, and performance, WordPress is a great choice. Just be ready to spend a little time learning the basics, especially if you plan to go beyond simple templates.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Moses A.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Communications
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Submitted Apr 2025

Glad and makes me more effective

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates WordPress.com from other similar products?

It’s easy navigation

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

User interface

What do you dislike most about this product?

Costing and renewal

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

They should proceed to make the purchase as it’s so effective

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Bala Kanyaka G.

Role: Operations
Industry: Media
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Submitted Apr 2025

Wordpress is the bestttttt ever!!!!!!!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates WordPress.com from other similar products?

Simply you can call it OG!!!! IT beats out all the other services in the market. The CMS management / creating pages / integrating other platforms.. anything! I almost developed 50+ websites using wordpress. Be it e-commerce / static.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I love how seamlessly, we can integrate plugins & content management.. the recent SEO optimization feature is excellent.

What do you dislike most about this product?

nothing, but as a suggestion, pls include more free wordpress templates.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

The best one to consider, rather than opting for other platforms. pls consider ths.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

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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

96 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

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).

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.

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.

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).

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

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

Editorial Calendar The ability to create a common calendar view on when certain content assets will be published to customer-facing properties.

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.

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

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.

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

Somya A.

It’s cost-effective, SEO-friendly, go for it.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Moses A.

Glad and makes me more effective

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Bala Kanyaka G.

Wordpress is the bestttttt ever!!!!!!!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Content Creation

Content Storage

Content Campaign Management

Content Curation / Library Controls

Editorial Workflow

Web Experience Management Integration

Content Optimization

Personalization/Audience Targeting

Multi-Channel Distribution

Content Analytics

Editorial Calendar

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Business Value Created

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support