WordPress.com
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WordPress.com
Automattic's hosted WordPress with a prompt-based AI builder available even on the free plan.
- Entry plan
- £8/mo (Personal)
- Sites per plan
- 1 per subscription
- AI limits
- Not published as a number
- Free plan
- Yes, publishes live on a wordpress.com subdomain with ads
Best for
Businesses that want WordPress without managing hosting, and content-led sites.
Pricing breakdown
All prices in GBPSourced from provider's published pricingEvery fee we track, grouped by where it applies.
Strengths and trade-offs
Pros
- AI builder available even on the free plan
- Unlimited contributors on every tier including free
- Real WordPress underneath, so the site is portable
- Large theme library
Cons
- Advertised prices are first-term promos that renew higher
- Selling online needs the top Commerce plan
- Free plan shows ads and has no custom domain
- Monthly billing does not include the free domain year
About WordPress.com
WordPress.com is Automattic's hosted version of WordPress, and not the same thing as the free self-hosted WordPress.org software. Its AI website builder generates a complete site, layout, images and copy, from a plain-language description, and unusually it is available on the free plan rather than paywalled.
Pricing needs care. Every committed term is quoted at a first-term promotional rate that renews higher, so the figure shown here is the undiscounted month-to-month price. Selling online requires the Commerce plan, which bundles WooCommerce.
WordPress.com was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in San Francisco, USA.
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