WordPress.com offers a range of hosting plans to fit where you are and where you’re headed — from Personal for bloggers and simple sites, to Business for full plugin and theme access, to Commerce for online stores. Every plan includes a free domain for a year, unmetered traffic, real-time backups, and managed updates. You can start simple and scale up without migrating to a new host.

Yes. Every site on WordPress.com runs on a fully managed WordPress infrastructure — automatic core and plugin updates, real-time backups with one-click restore, automated burst scaling to handle traffic spikes, and a global CDN spanning 28+ data centers across 6 continents. You get the power of WordPress without the overhead of managing a server.

WordPress.com uses high-frequency CPUs, intermediate image offloading, and a global edge cache to deliver fast load times out of the box. Sites automatically burst-scale to over 100 PHP workers during traffic spikes, so speed holds up whether you have 10 visitors or 10 million. No plugins required, no configuration needed.

Yes — every paid plan includes a free custom domain for the first year. You can register a new domain or connect one you already own. WordPress.com also handles DNS management, so everything works together from a single dashboard.

On any paid plan, you can install any of over 50,000 plugins from the WordPress.com marketplace or upload a plugin directly to your site, along with custom themes — the same flexibility you’d expect from self-hosted WordPress, without the server management.

WordPress.com guarantees 99.999% uptime. Every site is replicated in real time to a second data center in a different region, so if one data center goes down, your site stays up automatically. Unmetered bandwidth means traffic surges won’t take your site offline either.

WordPress.com was built for blogging and has powered some of the web’s most-read publications. Every plan includes everything a blog needs: a custom domain, a fast and reliable hosting environment, SEO tools, social sharing, and the ability to grow from a personal blog to a high-traffic media site without switching hosts.

WordPress.com’s infrastructure is cloud-native — your site runs across a distributed network of data centers with automated scaling, redundant failover, and a global CDN. There’s no single server to manage or worry about; the platform handles resource allocation automatically as your traffic grows.

Yes. WordPress.com’s infrastructure is purpose-built for WordPress and WooCommerce — high-frequency CPUs are tuned specifically for WooCommerce queries, and automated burst scaling handles traffic spikes during sales and promotions without any manual intervention. Every plan includes real-time backups, so your store’s orders and inventory are always protected.

Most hosting providers give you a server and leave the rest to you. WordPress.com is a managed WordPress platform — updates, security, backups, scaling, and infrastructure are all handled automatically. You get the flexibility of open-source WordPress with none of the operational overhead, backed by 99.999% uptime, unmetered bandwidth, and a support team that knows WordPress inside and out.

Yes. WordPress.com offers a guided migration path for sites moving from self-hosted WordPress or other providers. The migration tool transfers your content, themes, and plugins, and the WordPress.com team can assist if you run into anything along the way. Once you’re on the platform, automated updates and backups are handled for you going forward.

WordPress.com hosting starts at $2.75/month on the Personal plan (billed every 3 years), or $9/month billed monthly. All paid plans include a free domain for the first year, unmetered bandwidth, and built-in security — so there’s no need to pay separately for a CDN, backups, or SSL. See all options at wordpress.com/pricing.

WordPress.com delivers 99.999% uptime guaranteed across all plans. Every site is replicated in real-time to a second data center in a different geographic region, so if one location has an issue, your site stays live automatically. Bandwidth is entirely unmetered — there are no overage charges or traffic limits, even during unexpected spikes.

With WordPress.com, hosting, security, updates, and backups are all managed for you — you don’t need to set up a server, install software, or maintain infrastructure. Self-hosted WordPress (wordpress.org) gives you full server control, but requires you to purchase hosting separately and handle maintenance yourself. WordPress.com is built on the same open-source WordPress software, so you get all the flexibility of WordPress without the operational overhead.