WordPress.com review

WordPress.com is the right first step for beginners who mainly want to write, and who like the idea of growing into the wider WordPress world. Its free plan has no expiration date and gives you a WordPress.com subdomain, 1 GB of storage, unlimited pages and posts and seven days of basic stats. Design comes from themes and block patterns, which WordPress.com says you can transform with drag-and-drop layouts, and paid yearly plans add a free custom domain for the first year. The Personal plan costs $4 per month billed every 12 months, or $9 month to month, making it one of the cheapest ways to get your own domain on a real publishing platform. The catch is the learning curve. The block editor is powerful but less direct than Wix's free canvas or Squarespace's templates, and the free plan does not include custom domains or plugin installs. If your site is mostly posts and pages, it is excellent value; if you want a visual site fast, start elsewhere.

Who it is for

Beginners who mainly want to blog or publish, and who may want WordPress plugins later.

Price

Free plan; Personal from $4 per month billed every 12 months ($9 billed monthly); higher plans add features.

Build your presence with a site you can customize. US$ 9 US$ 4
Quoted from the vendor pricing page on November 10, 2026.

Key features

• Free plan with a WordPress.com subdomain, 1 GB storage and unlimited pages and posts
• Themes and drag-and-drop layouts with block patterns
• Free custom domain for the first year on yearly plans
• Jetpack app to manage your site on mobile
• Premium themes from the WordPress.com marketplace on higher plans

Strengths and weaknesses

• Strength: A free plan with no expiry date
• Strength: Cheapest yearly paid plan among the multi-page builders here
• Strength: Room to grow into plugins and more advanced WordPress features
• Weakness: The block editor has more to learn than Wix or Squarespace
• Weakness: Free plan uses a subdomain and excludes plugin installs
• Weakness: The $4 price needs a yearly term

Key facts

• Free plan: Yes, yoursite.wordpress.com subdomain
• Free storage: 1 GB
• Free domain: First year on yearly plans
• Mobile app: Jetpack

Where it ranks

WordPress.com is No. 4 in our Best Website Builders for Beginners verdict and No. 6 in Best Website Builders for Dance Studios and No. 4 in Best Mobile-Friendly Website Builders and No. 7 in Best Website Builders for Salons and No. 4 in Best Website Builders for Templates and No. 3 in Best Website Builders in Canada and No. 4 in Best Website Builders in India and No. 4 in Best Website Builders in the UK.