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WordPress.com

Composite Score

8.8 /10

CX Score

9.0 /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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Awards & Recognition

WordPress.com won the following awards in the Digital Experience - Midmarket category

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2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

Latest Award, 2024

7 Top Rated Capabilities

7 Top Rated Features

Latest Award, 2024

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

2023

3 Top Rated Capabilities

2 Top Rated Features

2023

1 Top Rated Capabilities

1 Top Rated Features

2022

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.

88 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

1
Since last award

89 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.

+89 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

9% Neutral

90% Positive

Pros

Respectful
Performance Enhancing
Fair
Reliable

Feature Ratings

Average 83

Web Publishing Capabilities

Content Repository

E-Commerce Integration

Management Interface

Standard Templates

Social Media Integration

Digital Asset Management

Analytics and Reporting

Translation Facilitation

Content Security

Multi Channel Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Average 82

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

Vendor Support

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WordPress.com Reviews

Alejandra B.

Role: Sales Marketing
Industry: Other
Involvement: Business Leader or Manager

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Submitted Oct 2022

WordPress for your websites as a beginner

Likeliness to Recommend

9 /10

What differentiates WordPress.com from other similar products?

We work our digital marketing, social media and SEO from the security of WordPress, our web design platform uses the different free templates that it offers, it helps us to show our products on the Internet, it helps us to build a quality website and blogs without writing a single code, you don't have to be a programmer to create your website here.

What is your favorite aspect of this product?

With this service we do not have the need for additional expenses such as paying a programmer to do a job that we can do ourselves with low levels of complexity, It is an open source platform that we can use/edit as we want. Thanks to its free templates and can be customized through plugins.

What do you dislike most about this product?

Due to the amount of plugins that are added to websites they tend to become slower to process. It also needs to improve its security because this platform is open source and is more vulnerable to hacking and we could lose our information, which the failure eradicates at the time of the cyberattack.

What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?

WordPress is a good way to start your business only, or venture you have in mind or blogs, we recommend using the templates that it provides you with excellent styles of pages. Which you can also do a lot of digital marketing, the growth of your social networks your own design of pages which is reliable.

Pros

Helps Innovate
Reliable
Trustworthy
Unique Features

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

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Awards & Recognition

2024 Data Quadrant Gold Medalist

2023 Emotional Footprint Champion

WordPress.com Ratings

88 Likeliness to Recommend

97 Plan to Renew

1 Since last award

89 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value

Emotional Footprint Overview

+89 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

Web Publishing Capabilities The ability to build and upload websites, update the associated webpages, and post content online.

Content Repository Database of content with an associated set of data management, ability to search, and access methods allowing application-independent access to the content.

E-Commerce Integration Includes payment and multiple design options, website security, online support, and integrated shipping.

Management Interface Advanced management interface functionality for enterprises that perform frequent refreshes of their site, perhaps through a syndication or publication process.

Standard Templates The solution provides the ability to use standard pre-made website designs, which help to simplify the process of building web presence.

Social Media Integration The solution provides support for social property and content creation management, as well as social media analytics.

Digital Asset Management Controls non-text assets such as images and video clips; includes advanced DAM functionality for product marketing.

Analytics and Reporting Includes historical & real-time dashboard visualizations, detailed & summary reporting and easy data extraction for data analysis.

Translation Facilitation Certain WCM tools offer workflow capability to facilitate language translation. This feature is appropriate primarily for multinational entities.

Content Security The ability to integrate existing security protocols and technologies, SSO, and Role-based permissions. Support for content filtering integration

Multi Channel Support Integration with email, telephone, and live chat, and with self-service and social media.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

Alejandra B.

WordPress for your websites as a beginner

Likeliness to Recommend

Pros

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

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Feature Ratings

Web Publishing Capabilities

Content Repository

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Management Interface

Standard Templates

Social Media Integration

Digital Asset Management

Analytics and Reporting

Translation Facilitation

Content Security

Multi Channel Support

Vendor Capability Ratings

Business Value Created

Quality of Features

Ease of Customization

Ease of Implementation

Ease of IT Administration

Ease of Data Integration

Usability and Intuitiveness

Product Strategy and Rate of Improvement

Breadth of Features

Availability and Quality of Training

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