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WordPress.com

Composite Score

8.9 /10

CX Score

9.2 /10

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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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WordPress.com Ratings

Real user data aggregated to summarize the product performance and customer experience.
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Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

89 Likeliness to Recommend

98 Plan to Renew

88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

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Emotional Footprint Overview

Product scores listed below represent current data. This may be different from data contained in reports and awards, which express data as of their publication date.

+92 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 Creation

Content Storage

Content Campaign Management

Web Experience Management Integration

Content Curation / Library Controls

Content Optimization

Personalization/Audience Targeting

Editorial Workflow

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

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

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WordPress.com Reviews

Phil P.

Role: C-Level
Industry: Consulting
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Submitted Oct 2022

Good entry level CMS solution

Likeliness to Recommend

7 /10

What differentiates WordPress.com from other similar products?

WordPress is the industry's most popular website builder for a reason - it's a free solution that over 40% of the web is built on. WordPress provides good tools to create custom websites without a need for coding experience.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

The professionally designed themes WordPress offers and ability to customize without having to have coding experience.

What do you dislike most about this product?

There is limited support from WordPress so you have to research training materials to understand the functionality of the product.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Since it is a free solution, you can always test it out prior to paying for a CMS solution.

Pros

Reliable
Enables Productivity
Helps Innovate
Performance Enhancing

George B.

Role: Student Academic
Industry: Education
Involvement: End User of Application

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Submitted Sep 2023

Easy to use, basic and nice functionality

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates WordPress.com from other similar products?

Ease-of use, content distribution, no technical setup needed

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

Open-source nature and content management

What do you dislike most about this product?

It is a bit complex for beginenrs

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Determine the goals before using it, optimize for SEO, install essential plugins

Pros

Efficient Service
Effective Service
Caring
Saves Time

Cons

Slower Product Innovation
Commodity Features

Natalie C.

Role: Industry Specific Role
Industry: Other
Involvement: IT Development, Integration, and Administration

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Submitted Oct 2022

Flexible and simple content management

Likeliness to Recommend

8 /10

What differentiates WordPress.com from other similar products?

Wordpress is a really flexible solution, there's so many plugins available that you can really customise a site to your needs

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

I like how easy it is to curate content, it's really simple to add, remove or change pages very quickly

What do you dislike most about this product?

Sometimes plugins can clash, and the process of elimination to figure out where the problems lie is difficult

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

Try not to use too many plugins, aside from them clashing it can really slow the site. But definitely looks to find a select few that suit you, there alot of variation

Pros

Helps Innovate
Continually Improving Product
Performance Enhancing
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

+92 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 Creation Provides tools for creating content to be used and shared on the platform.

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

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).

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

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.

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.

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.

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

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

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

Phil P.

Good entry level CMS solution

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

George B.

Easy to use, basic and nice functionality

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

Cons

Natalie C.

Flexible and simple content management

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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Feature Ratings

Content Creation

Content Storage

Content Campaign Management

Web Experience Management Integration

Content Curation / Library Controls

Content Optimization

Personalization/Audience Targeting

Editorial Workflow

Multi-Channel Distribution

Content Analytics

Advanced Video Management

Vendor Capability Ratings

Quality of Features

Business Value Created

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Usability and Intuitiveness

Breadth of Features

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support