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WordPress.com

Composite Score

8.9 /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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2025 Data Quadrant Champion

Latest Award, 2025

7 Top Rated Capabilities

8 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2025

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024

Strategy and Innovation
Service Experience
Product Impact

2024

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

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.

89 Likeliness to Recommend

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Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

88 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.

+92 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

7% Neutral

92% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Transparent
Reliable
Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Web Publishing Capabilities

Content Repository

Content Workflow Management

Management Interface

Standard Templates

E-Commerce Integration

Social Media Integration

Digital Asset Management

Content Security

Analytics and Reporting

Translation Facilitation

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of Implementation

Ease of Customization

Ease of Data Integration

Ease of IT Administration

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

Dennis M.

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

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Submitted Mar 2025

A Comprehensive and a Versatile Website Builder!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates WordPress.com from other similar products?

Unlike any other website builder, WordPress has thousands of free and paid themes. Additionally, it contains a vast number of plugins that are suitable when building a website for purposes such as SEO and Ecommerce

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

WordPress has thousands of plugins that help me when developing websites. The Plugins are instrumental when it comes to conducting SEO, Ecommerce, and doing analytics in an easy fashion without having to code much.

What do you dislike most about this product?

WordPress meets all my needs. I couldn't ask for more

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

They should switch from other website builders and use WordPress. The reason is because it contains a vast ecosystems of plugins and themes that are necessary when developing a websites or blogs.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Ricardo M.

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

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Submitted Mar 2025

Better CMS in the current market.

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates WordPress.com from other similar products?

Easy to develop, even easier for the user. Really effective tools.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

How easy to implement.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Limitations for SEO.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Check if the SEO is enough for your project and consider the cost of paying licenses for some plugins.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

Damalie C.

Role: Student Academic
Industry: Finance
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Mar 2025

Easily share content with the world with Wordpress

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates WordPress.com from other similar products?

It is completely free to install and to use on the server which comes with clear documentations on how to get started and also has the widest community of experts who provides good solutions to any technical issue unless other software with no community of experts

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The staging mode of Wordpress which one can use to test the website built on Wordpress to test all features and functionality of the website before launching is my exceptional feature on Wordpress

What do you dislike most about this product?

I see that most plugins are not vetted as some do come with malicious codes which do affect the website if one does not have the capacity to rewrite them and edit them

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

I would recommend it for faster website developing

Pros

Reliable
Unique Features
Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product

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Awards & Recognition

2025 Data Quadrant Champion

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Champion

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

WordPress.com Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

1 Since last award

96 Plan to Renew

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

1 Since last award

Emotional Footprint Overview

+92 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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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 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.

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

Dennis M.

A Comprehensive and a Versatile Website Builder!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Ricardo M.

Better CMS in the current market.

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Damalie C.

Easily share content with the world with Wordpress

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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