WordPress.com Pricing Plans and Tiers
Managed website and blog hosting platform
OtherfreemiumPrice updated 4d agoFrom $9/mo
Pricing last verified: June 15, 2026
Data compiled by Arthur Jacquemin, Founder & Lead Analyst
Updated June 15, 2026
Pricing Analysis
WordPress.com's tiered hosting ($4 Personal, $8 Premium, $25 Business, $45 Commerce per month) competes against both free self-hosted WordPress and premium builders like Squarespace ($16-49). The Business tier ($25/month) is the minimum viable option for serious sites - Personal and Premium tiers restrict plugin installation, custom themes, and SFTP access, making them glorified blog hosting.
The freemium funnel (free subdomain blog → paid plans) captures millions of casual bloggers, but the conversion to paid plans requires crossing a capability gap - free users get a WordPress.com subdomain with ads displayed on their content. This 'ad tax' on free content is WordPress.com's primary mechanism for pushing upgrades, not feature limitations.
Strengths
- Managed WordPress hosting eliminates server management, security updates, and plugin compatibility - tasks that cost self-hosted WordPress users 2-5 hours/month in maintenance.
- Business tier ($25/month) includes 200GB storage, unlimited bandwidth, and plugin access - comparable to $50-100/month managed WordPress hosts like WP Engine or Kinsta.
Considerations
- Personal ($4) and Premium ($8) tiers are feature-crippled - no plugins, no custom themes, no SFTP access - making them unsuitable for anything beyond basic blogging.
- The gap between WordPress.com ($25/month) and self-hosted WordPress ($5-15/month on a VPS + $0 software cost) represents a 60-80% premium for managed convenience.
Ideal For
Non-technical bloggers and small business owners who want WordPress without server management and are willing to pay a premium for managed hosting convenience.
Pricing Takeaway
WordPress.com's Business tier ($25/month) is the minimum viable WordPress - the cheaper tiers are blog-only, and self-hosted WordPress saves 60-80% for anyone comfortable with servers.
Best choice: WordPress.com
Pricing Plans (5)
Personal
$9/mo
- ✓6 GB storage
- ✓Unlimited pages, posts, users, and visitors
- ✓Unlimited pages, posts, users, and visitors
- ✓Create and collaborate freely — no caps or restrictions.
- ✓Free domain for one year Free
- ✓Free
- ✓Free domain for one year Free
- ✓Free
- ✓Get a custom domain – like yourgroovydomain.com – free for the first year.
- ✓No ads for visitors
- ✓No ads for visitors
- ✓Free sites display WordPress.com ads to visitors. Upgrade to Personal to turn them off.
- ✓Guided website builder (usage limits apply)
- ✓Guided website builder (usage limits apply)
- ✓Skip the blank screen — create and launch a WordPress.com website in minutes by chatting with AI.
- ✓Dozens of premium themes
- ✓Dozens of premium themes
- ✓Install select premium themes from the WordPress.com marketplace.
- ✓Free support
- ✓Free support
- ✓Get support from our expert, friendly Happiness team.
- ✓Extend your site with WordPress plugins
- ✓Extend your site with WordPress plugins
- ✓Install any of over 60,000 plugins from the WordPress.com marketplace, or upload a plugin directly to your site.
Premium
Popular$18/mo
- ✓13 GB storage
- ✓Unlimited pages, posts, users, and visitors
- ✓Unlimited pages, posts, users, and visitors
- ✓Create and collaborate freely — no caps or restrictions.
- ✓Free domain for one year
- ✓Free domain for one year
- ✓Get a custom domain – like yourgroovydomain.com – free for the first year.
- ✓No ads for visitors
- ✓No ads for visitors
- ✓Free sites display WordPress.com ads to visitors. Upgrade to Personal to turn them off.
- ✓Create your site with a guided website builder
- ✓Create your site with a guided website builder
- ✓Skip the blank screen — create and launch a WordPress.com website in minutes by chatting with AI.
- ✓All premium themes
- ✓All premium themes
- ✓Install any premium theme from the WordPress.com marketplace.
- ✓Free support
- ✓Free support
- ✓Get support from our expert, friendly Happiness team.
- ✓Extend your site with WordPress plugins
- ✓Extend your site with WordPress plugins
- ✓Install any of over 60,000 plugins from the WordPress.com marketplace, or upload a plugin directly to your site.
- ✓Premium stats and analytics
- ✓Premium stats and analytics
- ✓Access all stats & analytics, including UTM tracking and device insights.
- ✓Add payment buttons New
- ✓New
- ✓Add payment buttons New
- ✓New
- ✓Collect payments and donations with PayPal and Stripe.
- ✓Upload videos
- ✓Upload videos
- ✓Host your videos on your own site.
Business
Popular$40/mo
- ✓50 GB
- ✓50 GB
- ✓Included in plan
- ✓50 GB + 50 GB
- ✓50 GB + 100 GB
- ✓50 GB + 150 GB
- ✓50 GB + 200 GB
- ✓50 GB + 250 GB
- ✓50 GB + 300 GB
- ✓50 GB + 350 GB
- ✓50 GB storage
- ✓Unlimited pages, posts, users, and visitors
- ✓Unlimited pages, posts, users, and visitors
- ✓Create and collaborate freely — no caps or restrictions.
- ✓Free domain for one year
- ✓Free domain for one year
- ✓Get a custom domain – like yourgroovydomain.com – free for the first year.
- ✓No ads for visitors
- ✓No ads for visitors
- ✓Free sites display WordPress.com ads to visitors. Upgrade to Personal to turn them off.
- ✓Create your site with a guided website builder
- ✓Create your site with a guided website builder
- ✓Skip the blank screen — create and launch a WordPress.com website in minutes by chatting with AI.
- ✓All premium themes
- ✓All premium themes
- ✓Install any premium theme from the WordPress.com marketplace.
- ✓Free 24/7 priority expert support
- ✓Free 24/7 priority expert support
- ✓Your support questions answered first by our expert, friendly Happiness team.
- ✓Extend your site with WordPress plugins
- ✓Extend your site with WordPress plugins
- ✓Install any of over 60,000 plugins from the WordPress.com marketplace, or upload a plugin directly to your site.
- ✓Premium stats and analytics
- ✓Premium stats and analytics
- ✓Access all stats & analytics, including UTM tracking and device insights.
- ✓Add payment buttons
- ✓Add payment buttons
- ✓Collect payments and donations with PayPal and Stripe.
- ✓Use VideoPress with 250GB dedicated storage
- ✓Use VideoPress with 250GB dedicated storage
- ✓Showcase your video beautifully with the high-quality, ad-free VideoPress player.
- ✓Built-in site assistant
- ✓Built-in site assistant
- ✓Use the WordPress AI Assistant to generate content, design, and manage your site — all without leaving WordPress.
- ✓Free business email account for one year Email
- ✓Free business email account for one year Email
- ✓Build and grow your online presence with a professional email address at your domain name, powered by Titan
- ✓Email marketing New
- ✓New
- ✓Email marketing New
- ✓New
- ✓Create and automate beautiful emails to 500 subscribers right from your WordPress dashboard, with the MailPoet Business plan.
- ✓Free advertising credits worth $200
- ✓Free advertising credits worth $200
- ✓Promote your content with Blaze ads.
- ✓Real-time backups and one-click restores
- ✓Real-time backups and one-click restores
- ✓Protect against disaster with easy backups and restores.
- ✓SFTP/SSH, WP-CLI, Git commands, and GitHub Deployments
- ✓SFTP/SSH, WP-CLI, Git commands, and GitHub Deployments
- ✓Access your site via SSH and manage it with WP-CLI. Deploy from GitHub with a few clicks.
Commerce
$70/mo
- ✓50 GB
- ✓50 GB
- ✓Included in plan
- ✓50 GB + 50 GB
- ✓50 GB + 100 GB
- ✓50 GB + 150 GB
- ✓50 GB + 200 GB
- ✓50 GB + 250 GB
- ✓50 GB + 300 GB
- ✓50 GB + 350 GB
- ✓50 GB storage
- ✓Unlimited pages, posts, users, and visitors
- ✓Unlimited pages, posts, users, and visitors
- ✓Create and collaborate freely — no caps or restrictions.
- ✓Free domain for one year
- ✓Free domain for one year
- ✓Get a custom domain – like yourgroovydomain.com – free for the first year.
- ✓No ads for visitors
- ✓No ads for visitors
- ✓Free sites display WordPress.com ads to visitors. Upgrade to Personal to turn them off.
- ✓Create your site with a guided website builder
- ✓Create your site with a guided website builder
- ✓Skip the blank screen — create and launch a WordPress.com website in minutes by chatting with AI.
- ✓Premium store themes
- ✓Premium store themes
- ✓Jumpstart your store’s design with a professionally designed theme.
- ✓Free 24/7 priority expert support
- ✓Free 24/7 priority expert support
- ✓Your support questions answered first by our expert, friendly Happiness team.
- ✓Extend your site with WordPress plugins
- ✓Extend your site with WordPress plugins
- ✓Install any of over 60,000 plugins from the WordPress.com marketplace, or upload a plugin directly to your site.
- ✓Premium stats and analytics
- ✓Premium stats and analytics
- ✓Access all stats & analytics, including UTM tracking and device insights.
- ✓Add payment buttons
- ✓Add payment buttons
- ✓Collect payments and donations with PayPal and Stripe.
- ✓Use VideoPress with 250GB dedicated storage
- ✓Use VideoPress with 250GB dedicated storage
- ✓Showcase your video beautifully with the high-quality, ad-free VideoPress player.
- ✓Built-in site assistant
- ✓Built-in site assistant
- ✓Use the WordPress AI Assistant to generate content, design, and manage your site — all without leaving WordPress.
- ✓Free business email account for one year
- ✓Free business email account for one year
- ✓Build and grow your online presence with a professional email address at your domain name, powered by Titan
- ✓Email marketing
- ✓Email marketing
- ✓Create and automate beautiful emails to 500 subscribers right from your WordPress dashboard, with the MailPoet Business plan.
- ✓Free advertising credits worth $200
- ✓Free advertising credits worth $200
- ✓Promote your content with Blaze ads.
- ✓Real-time backups and one-click restores
- ✓Real-time backups and one-click restores
- ✓Protect against disaster with easy backups and restores.
- ✓SFTP/SSH, WP-CLI, Git commands, and GitHub Deployments
- ✓SFTP/SSH, WP-CLI, Git commands, and GitHub Deployments
- ✓Access your site via SSH and manage it with WP-CLI. Deploy from GitHub with a few clicks.
- ✓Ecommerce tools and WooCommerce experience
- ✓Ecommerce tools and WooCommerce experience
- ✓Enjoy a hosting solution tailored to enhance the performance and security of sites running WooCommerce.
- ✓Sell in 60+ countries
- ✓Sell in 60+ countries
- ✓Grow globally by accepting 135+ currencies.
Enterprise
Custom
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Frequently Asked Questions
How much does WordPress.com cost?
As of June 2026, WordPress.com pricing ranges from $9/mo across 5 tiers, following a freemium approach.
Does WordPress.com offer a free plan?
As of June 2026, there is no free plan for WordPress.com. Pricing starts at $9/mo, positioning it as an accessible paid other solution.
What pricing model does WordPress.com use?
As of June 2026, WordPress.com follows a freemium pricing structure where costs are determined by features and capabilities you need. This model is common among other platforms.
What is WordPress.com's most popular plan?
As of June 2026, the Premium plan is WordPress.com's most popular tier, priced at $18/mo. With 33 features, it covers the core other needs of most teams.
Does WordPress.com offer enterprise or custom pricing?
As of June 2026, For enterprise needs, WordPress.com offers an Enterprise tier where pricing is customized to your organization. Request a quote from the WordPress.com team for details.
What features are included in WordPress.com's plans?
As of June 2026, WordPress.com plans offer between 24 and 65 features. Lower tiers provide core functionality, with each upgrade unlocking additional tools and integrations for growing teams.
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