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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89 Likeliness to Recommend
97 Plan to Renew
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88 Satisfaction of Cost Relative to Value
Emotional Footprint Overview
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+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?
Pros
- Fair
- Reliable
- Respectful
- Transparent
How to read the Emotional Footprint
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While purchasing decisions shouldn't be based on emotion, it's valuable to know what kind of emotional response the vendor you're considering elicits from their users.
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WordPress.com Reviews
Adam S.
- Role: Sales Marketing
- Industry: Consulting
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Feb 2024
Straightforward and simple website product creatio
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates WordPress.com from other similar products?
WordPress.com is one of the most powerful blogging platforms there are. I specifically used the term blogging platform, as for website product creation, WordPress.org would be your go to solution. WordPress.com can easily enable you to create simple, astonishing website presentations in a matter of minutes, without any previous knowledge of coding or website development. It is as easy at it can get.
What is your favorite aspect of this product?
If you need a truly simple website presentation, without unclear pricing structure or high associated costs, WordPress.com is fantastic. It provides you with a user-friendly WYSIWYG editor for creating and publishing your content, without the hassle of setting up servers, domains, templates or content management systems.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Since it still is the younger brother of WordPress.org, for some users, it can be lacking some crucial features. If you develop a web on WordPress.com and want to switch to the more sophisticated WordPress.org, you will definitely encounter some initial struggles.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Actually think about what you want from this product. If you need a truly simple, probably not that unique but efficient, website presentation, this is your product. If you need a complicated website, think about other solutions as well.
Pros
- Continually Improving Product
- Reliable
- Trustworthy
- Efficient Service
Pieter A.
- Role: C-Level
- Industry: Construction
- Involvement: End User of Application
Submitted Feb 2024
All my web pages are created with WordPress
Likeliness to Recommend
What differentiates WordPress.com from other similar products?
Compared to when I started fifteen years ago, they have greatly simplified the publishing and SEO processes. Plus, they've simplified the coding process, which is especially helpful when it comes to things like designating material as sponsored and creating follow and no-follow links. In the past, I had to manually add the necessary code to my article in the coding area to make sure the links followed the instructions or not.
What do you dislike most about this product?
Wordpress changes things up when they upgrade the backend, and I don't always like them since it takes me a while to adjust to them. However, they only do it every so often, and Wordpress offers assistance and education for all of their changes.In my never-ending quest to get everything done, I simply never seem to have the time to study anything new. Wordpress doesn't need this at all; I just need it for my own purposes. There is no better platform than WordPress, thus I would never use anything else.
What recommendations would you give to someone considering this product?
Any marketing or web development team with HTML and JavaScript coding chops would be great fits for WordPress. It yields the same amount as you invested. If your company lacks technical expertise or has an HTML/Web developer on staff, this may not be the best fit. Nonetheless, general Users can become proficient users with sufficient documentation and assistance material available.
Pros
- Reliable
- Trustworthy
- Unique Features
- Effective Service
Bridget j.
- Role: Human Resources
- Industry: Transportation
- Involvement: IT Leader or Manager
Submitted Feb 2024
Likeliness to Recommend
Pros
- Helps Innovate
- Reliable
- Performance Enhancing
- Enables Productivity
