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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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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

96 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

86 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
Fair
Trustworthy
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

Multi-Channel Distribution

Personalization/Audience Targeting

Content Analytics

Editorial Calendar

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

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

Alexa c.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Finance
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Jul 2022

Great tool for website and blogs.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates WordPress.com from other similar products?

It has alot of plugins by which you can make websites and integrate them with API's. Useful video tutorials. Makes codding easy and also allow boty design. It has good looking themes.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Easy to set up and use with user friendly interface Ability to integrate plugins. Ability to use pre-made themed site from templates for quick setup

What do you dislike most about this product?

I dislike how it lacks dra and drop functionality

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It's among the best website builder tool

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Kelly P.

Role: Information Technology
Industry: Technology
Involvement: IT Leader or Manager

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Submitted Jul 2022

WordPress is the easiest way to create web pages

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates WordPress.com from other similar products?

Our primary business website is built with WordPress. It's under my department's care, yet the whole company uses it. When paired with other plugins, it has shown itself to be a highly flexible system. With great success, we have expanded on the X concept.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

WordPress is a great choice if you have some knowledge of web programming and are confident in your ability to solve problems and troubleshoot on your own, but have few other tools at your disposal. It's a lot more flexible and enjoyable to use as a developer than other more curated platforms. For very little effort, you get features and reliability normally reserved for enterprise-level systems.

What do you dislike most about this product?

WordPress advertises itself as user-friendly, yet more complicated tasks may necessitate assistance from a professional. Due to the extensive nature of the WordPress plugin ecosystem, incompatibilities between individual plugins are fairly unusual. Those are notoriously difficult to fix and have been linked to website crashes.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

WordPress is the best option if you need a website and also want the freedom to change things like the text, add pages, and so on. It has repeatedly been validated as the superior platform for the vast majority of websites. There may be better options, like as Shopify or Squarespace, for a smaller e-commerce site. But if you aren't selling anything or if you need something more robust, WordPress is your best bet.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Megan M.

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

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Submitted Jul 2022

An effective CMS and website for fast work

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates WordPress.com from other similar products?

I like it because it is very simple to install, the administrator can configure it easily, and it is easy to manage. I also like it because it is updated frequently, and I have noticed that the security has improved. And meet our wants and suit our specifications.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

WordPress provided a really positive and entertaining experience for us. It is the best tool now on the market for setting up our websites. With just one click, we can build a completely functional website with all of the required features using one of their many free themes and plugins. It features an intuitive UI and is easy to use.

What do you dislike most about this product?

There isn't anything a user won't appreciate about WordPress; if there is, WordPress monitors the smallest details and works to solve any issues users may have to make their experience as a user as simple as possible. And a lot of fun.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

It might be a little less user-friendly than other options, but it can expand to meet your needs. It has good SEO. It can be quick if everything is set up properly. There is a good reason why so many well-known brands use WordPress, like Nike, Sony, Playstation, TechCrunch, BBC, and many others.

Pros

Enables Productivity
Trustworthy
Effective Service
Inspires Innovation

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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

86 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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

Alexa c.

Great tool for website and blogs.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Kelly P.

WordPress is the easiest way to create web pages

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Megan M.

An effective CMS and website for fast work

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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