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WordPress.com

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What is WordPress.com?

WordPress is web publishing software you can use to create a beautiful website or blog. WordPress is more than a publishing platform. It’s a powerful and empowering technology built by a global community of passionate contributors, united by the spirit of freedom to create and share without barriers.

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WordPress.com won the following awards in the Content Marketing category

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89 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

+91 Net Emotional Footprint

The emotional sentiment held by end users of the software based on their experience with the vendor. Responses are captured on an eight-point scale.

How much do users love WordPress.com?

1% Negative

7% Neutral

92% Positive

Pros

Reliable
Fair
Helps Innovate
Trustworthy

Feature Ratings

Average 85

Content Storage

Content Creation

Content Campaign Management

Web Experience Management Integration

Content Curation / Library Controls

Personalization/Audience Targeting

Editorial Workflow

Content Optimization

Multi-Channel Distribution

Content Analytics

Advanced Video Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 83

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

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WordPress.com Reviews

Gloria P.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Other
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Mar 2021

Wordpress.com Rocks!

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates WordPress.com from other similar products?

WordPress.com offers add-ons that are customized to suit the needs of users. We choose to use WordPress.com because of its numerous and powerful features that it has that are user-friendly to beginners. No knowledge of programming is needed to use WordPress.com compared to other programs like Joomla and Drupal. The mobile app is very responsive a factor that we were considering.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Using WordPress.com is a no-brainer. It is easy to use and the setting up does not take a lot of time. With WordPress.com we received basic security options and backups built-in right from the get-go. I love the specific templates and features that make blogging a success. It is streamlined and has an easy-to-use interface.

What do you dislike most about this product?

It is a struggle to build anything else apart from a blog when using wordpress.com.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

With wordpress.com you enjoy building a website and spend no time learning how to code. Its ease of use makes it comfortable for non-technical users to build websites. WordPress.com is the right program t use. Not only do you maintain complete control over your site, but you receive great advantages like plugins, themes, free tools, and full media support.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing

A.K.M Mahmudul I.

Role: Operations
Industry: Retail
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Mar 2021

Best Content Management Software

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates WordPress.com from other similar products?

Price Ease of use Ease of installation

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Price Ease of use Ease of installation Lots of plug in available Helpful developer community Less development required Fast deployment

What do you dislike most about this product?

Less customizable Lack of rich feature Common theme Price of high plug in

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Easy and budget friendly but less customizable and lack of rich feature

Pros

Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Performance Enhancing
Enables Productivity

Kasey Peek K.

Role: Operations
Industry: Communications
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Submitted Feb 2021

Easy, efficient and reliable

Likeliness to Recommend

10 /10

What differentiates WordPress.com from other similar products?

Wordpress is so easy to use and has many features that other programs out there lack. It also has very good plug ins and security features.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

My favorite part about WordPress is the quality of the program in itself. I was afraid that it would be hard to use, but they made it a breeze! I am highly impressed with this program.

What do you dislike most about this product?

I have nothing negative to say about WordPress, as I have not encountered any issues while using.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

If you are like me & afraid that you won’t be able to use this program without much knowledge of web design, I would say just try it! If I can do it, you can do it.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Reliable
Enables Productivity

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Emotional Footprint Champion

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2022 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2021 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

WordPress.com Ratings

89 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+91 Net Emotional Footprint

How much do users love WordPress.com?

Pros

Feature Ratings Average rating of all product features, some of which may not be shown below

Content Storage The ability to store various content assets (including text, photos and video) in a defined, structured repository.

Content Creation Provides tools for creating content to be used and shared on the platform.

Content Campaign Management The ability to deploy specific collateral or assets from the system to feed multi-channel marketing campaigns.

Web Experience Management Integration The ability to integrate with dedicated Web Experience Management platforms (either in the vendor's own product portfolio, or with 3rd party solutions).

Content Curation / Library Controls The ability to curate content through tagging and metadata management, as well as library services (such as version control).

Personalization/Audience Targeting The ability to display certain content types in a given channel endpoint based on audience demographics (known profile) or traffic attributes (unknown profile).

Editorial Workflow The ability to move content through a structured, automated workflow process (i.e. intake content from create applications, and move to specific folders.

Content Optimization The ability to dynamically optimize content deployed to certain channels (web, mobile, social) using customer profiles.

Multi-Channel Distribution The ability to deploy content assets and collateral to multiple channel endpoints (for example, traditional websites, native mobile applications or social media

Content Analytics Analysis of file contents for data trends and any relevant characteristics.

Advanced Video Management The ability to store, manage and perform basic edits on high-fidelity video content.

Vendor Capability Ratings Average rating of all vendor capabilities, some of which may not be shown below

Quality of Features Feature quality is just as important as quantity. Use this data to determine if this product will do what you're purchasing it to do, easily, intuitively, reliably, and effectively.

Business Value Created Software needs to create value for employees, customers, partners, and, ultimately, shareholders. This data expresses user satisfaction - or lack thereof - with the product's business value.

Ease of Customization Don't get bogged down in a difficult customization; use this data to make sure you can easily achieve the functionality you need for your particular situation.

Ease of Implementation Successfully implementing new software is necessary to realize its full value and promote end user adoption. This data indicates whether or not the product is easy to implement.

Breadth of Features Users prefer feature rich software that enables them to perform diverse series of tasks. This data expresses user satisfaction with the product's breadth of features.

Ease of Data Integration Use this data to determine whether the product will cause headaches or make data integration easy.

Usability and Intuitiveness End user learning curves cost the organization money. Pay attention to your end users' technical ability to determine how important UX is in your purchase.

Ease of IT Administration This data indicates whether IT personnel will be able to resolve issues and perform configurations efficiently and effectively.

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement Vendors who don't stay on top of emerging needs and trends won't enable you to meet your business goals. Use this data to separate innovators from imposters.

Availability and Quality of Training Effective and readily available training enables users to get the most out of the software you've chosen. Use this section to make sure your vendor's training programs and materials measure up.

Vendor Support The importance of vendor support will vary for each organization depending on internal capabilities, but there will always be issues that only the vendor can resolve.

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WordPress.com Reviews

Gloria P.

Wordpress.com Rocks!

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

A.K.M Mahmudul I.

Best Content Management Software

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Kasey Peek K.

Easy, efficient and reliable

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Content Storage

Content Creation

Content Campaign Management

Web Experience Management Integration

Content Curation / Library Controls

Personalization/Audience Targeting

Editorial Workflow

Content Optimization

Multi-Channel Distribution

Content Analytics

Advanced Video Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Breadth of Features

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Ease of IT Administration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support