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WordPress.com

Hosted WordPress website builder with a free plan and low-cost paid tiers.

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Strong choiceEasy hosted WordPress with low-cost tiers and a huge ecosystem.

See how WordPress.com fits your setup. Add the tools you already use.

Price

Free plan · paid from US$9/month

Nonprofit offer

None found

Available in

🌍Anywhere

Suits

Volunteer-run · Small · Medium

Great for

Small nonprofits that want a content-heavy site or blog on a low budget
Organisations that may later want to move to self-hosted WordPress
Genuinely free plan for a basic site
Huge WordPress ecosystem and easy to hire help
Easy path to self-hosted WordPress later

Watch out for

Teams that want a strictly drag-and-drop design tool with no learning curve
Organisations needing a published nonprofit discount
No published nonprofit discount
Plugins and custom code need a more expensive plan
Can be confusing to tell WordPress.com and WordPress.org apart

Problems it solves

“We need a simple website for our charity but have almost no budget”“Our website is out of date and nobody on staff knows how to update it”“I want to start a blog or news page for our organisation without hiring a developer”“Our volunteer built our site years ago and we can't log in”“I need a website that won't get hacked and updates itself”“Should we use WordPress or something like Wix?”

About WordPress.com+

WordPress.com is the hosted version of WordPress: you get a website, hosting and security without managing servers. It suits organisations that want a flexible site or blog that can grow, with a large library of themes and plugins on higher plans. It is different from self-hosted WordPress.org, which is free software but needs separate hosting and upkeep.

Pricing: Personal US$9, Premium US$18, Business US$40, Commerce US$70 per month, billed annually (prices shown in US dollars). Free plan has 1 GB storage and basic 7-day stats. Plugin installation needs a higher plan (check current plan details).

Key features+

Free plan with perpetual useManaged hosting and securityThemes and block editorBlogging and newslettersPlugin support on higher plans

Works with (5)+

JetpackWooCommerce

MailchimpGoogle Analytics

Zapier

AI features+

WordPress.com offers AI website-building and writing assistance features (details not verified in this research).

Data & privacy+

Hosting region and GDPR claims were not verified on the pages checked; read Automattic's privacy and data processing terms before collecting personal data.

How sure are we?+

Partly confirmed on the vendor's pages; some details from reputable secondary sources. Prices and nonprofit programs change often, so check with WordPress.com before you commit. Rankings on Nonprofit Tools are never for sale.

Sources · last checked 2026-10-02