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WordPress.com

Composite Score

8.8 /10

CX Score

9.1 /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 Digital Experience - Midmarket category

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2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

Latest Award, 2024

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact

Latest Award, 2024

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2024

7 Top Rated Capabilities

7 Top Rated Features

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

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.

+91 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

8% Neutral

91% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Respectful
Fair
Performance Enhancing

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Web Publishing Capabilities

Content Repository

Content Workflow Management

E-Commerce Integration

Management Interface

Standard Templates

Social Media Integration

Digital Asset Management

Analytics and Reporting

Content Security

Translation Facilitation

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

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WordPress.com Reviews

Josef K.

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

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Submitted Dec 2024

Easy to Use, but Requires Compromise

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates WordPress.com from other similar products?

Wordpress is a great starting point and is free of us.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Part of its charm is its open source, so anyone can add plug-ins to it.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Unfortunately, to do most things needed for modern websites you need to add plugins that stack on one another and break key features of the website.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Great place to start, but would not be a permanent solution.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Angelina T.

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

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Submitted Dec 2024

The leading platform for web designing

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates WordPress.com from other similar products?

It is the simplest tool with ready web pages for developing websites for beginners. It accepts updates and content changes conveniently.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

It is easy to setup and download customizable web pages. I can host website directly from WordPress with hostinger at affordable price rates.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I am satisfied with simple strategy employed to use WordPress for any user.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

WordPress provides ready SEO tools to build and brand websites for both personal and commercial use. It has promoted the growth of our business with exceptional web building tools.

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity
Trustworthy

Paras S.

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

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Submitted Dec 2024

Simplified website building with room for Growth.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates WordPress.com from other similar products?

Wordpress.com is unique because it strikes a balance between being easy to use and having strong content management features. The foundation of wordpress.com is its blogging heritage and powerful content management system , in contrast to rivals like Wix or squares pace, which mainly concentrate on dragand drop design because of its smooth scalability, it can be used for both big business websites and tiny personal blogs.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Its capacity to streamline website development while maintaining the possibility of sophisticated functionality is my favorite feature. Beginners can easily get started due to user friendly dashboard but the platform still has enough adaptability to grow with user as their needs change. It is perfect for writers, companies and creative professionals because of its pre-designed themes, integrated bloggings features and first rate content management tools.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Despite of its strength , particularly on its lower tier plans, features like custom domains names, advanced design options and plugins support are restricted to paid plans, which can be frustrating for user son budget. The lack of full plugins access on the free and lower tier versions limit customization and scalability.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Determine the objectives and financial constraints before considering wordpress.com , the free or entry level plans are a good place to start for small website or personal blogs , but as needs expands, we might need to upgrade to access more features like ecommerce tools, custom domains and themes.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Enables Productivity
Unique Features
Effective Service

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

WordPress.com Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

89 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+91 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.

Content Workflow Management The ability to enable editorial or authorship workflows on content within the platform.

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.

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

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

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 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.

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.

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

Josef K.

Easy to Use, but Requires Compromise

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Angelina T.

The leading platform for web designing

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Paras S.

Simplified website building with room for Growth.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Web Publishing Capabilities

Content Repository

Content Workflow Management

E-Commerce Integration

Management Interface

Standard Templates

Social Media Integration

Digital Asset Management

Analytics and Reporting

Content Security

Translation Facilitation

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support