WordPress.com
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How to Replace WordPress.comOverview
Features
55 features across 24 categories
Analytics(2)
Access in-depth data on how and why people come to site without writing code
Monitor site traffic and engagement from the moment of publish
Appearance(1)
Unlock clean ad-free browsing experience for visitors
Backup(1)
Easily restore or download a backup of site from a specific moment in time
Builder(1)
AI-powered website builder tool
Collaboration(1)
Invite unlimited others to contribute to site and assign access permissions
Community(1)
Connect with other likeminded bloggers through community hub
Content(3)
Time machine for post edits - roll back posts to earlier edits with built-in revision history
Provide automated content recommendations to visitors based on what they've already read
Add unlimited pages and posts to site
Design & Editing(5)
Customize blog design with extended color schemes, typography, borders, and website CSS control
Hundreds of pre-made, professionally-designed, customizable templates
Intuitive drag-and-drop tools to easily arrange, rearrange, and organize content and media
Customize fonts and colors sitewide with full control over every font, color, and design detail
Create great-looking layouts by inserting elegant pre-built block patterns into pages and posts
Development(4)
Use Git commands and GitHub Deployments for site management
Use familiar developer tools like SFTP/SSH for site management and deployment
Test changes on a staging site first to identify and fix vulnerabilities before impacting live site
Use WP-CLI commands to manage site
Domain(1)
Personalized online address with first year free when choosing a paid annual plan
Ecommerce(1)
Make online store a reality with power of WooCommerce for ecommerce
Extensibility(2)
Automatic plugin updates without time-consuming manual updates and nags
Extend functionality with over 50,000 plugins available
Forms(2)
Build smarter forms with file uploads, multi-step logic, and seamless integrations
Easily insert a contact, appointment, event registration, or feedback form to site
Hosting(2)
Lightning-fast, secure managed WordPress hosting with zero downtime
Unlimited bandwidth and traffic with no overage charges
Marketing(3)
Integrate site with leading email marketing tools, grow list, and send campaigns
Built-in SEO tools to get found faster with access to premium plugins including Yoast and Rank Math
Automatically send new posts to Facebook, Tumblr, LinkedIn and create shortlinks, social icons, and open graph tags
Media(3)
Create designer-worthy photo galleries, embed audio, video, documents with ample storage space
Automatic image thumbnail creation on the fly with transparent data compression
Showcase beautiful videos with 4K resolution, picture-in-picture, chapters, subtitles, and different playback speeds
Monetization(4)
Accept payments for goods, services, memberships, and donations
Create additional premium content exclusive to paying subscribers
Email premium content to paying subscribers
Earn ad revenue by connecting site with major ad publishers including Google AdSense
Performance(4)
Among the fastest and most secure DNS in the world for fast customer arrival to site
Custom resource management system automatically scales to over 100 PHP workers
28+ data centers across 6 continents for lightning-fast content delivery
Highly performant CPUs to generate pages at incredible speeds
Publishing(2)
Publish blog posts on-the-go with quick email send
Schedule posts in advance
Search(1)
Deliver high quality, relevant search results to most engaged visitors
Security(7)
Protection against brute force attacks
Keep user accounts secure by scanning for compromised passwords
Blocks millions of malicious requests daily to protect against takeover and hacking attempts
Data encryption for enhanced security
Advanced firewalls to protect against security threats
Automated malware scanning with one-click fixes to stay ahead of security threats
Account security with built-in two-factor authentication
Spam Protection(1)
Prevent unwanted comments to ensure site remains professional and trustworthy
Support(2)
The fastest 24/7 support from expert Happiness team
Support from expert Happiness Engineers available to answer questions and help with any issues
Pricing
Free
- ✓Unlimited pages, posts, users, and visitors
- ✓Free domain for one year
- ✓Visitor stats (last 7 days)
- ✓Support from expert team
- ✓Time machine for post edits
- ✓Online forever
- ✓Install plugins & themes
- ✓Bundled plugin auto-updates
- ✓Forms
- ✓Advanced form features
- ✓Jetpack Search
Personal
- ✓6 GB storage
- ✓Unlimited pages, posts, users, and visitors
- ✓Free domain for one year
- ✓Ad-free browsing experience for visitors
- ✓Dozens of premium themes
- ✓Support from expert team
- ✓Stats with full history and filters
- ✓Install plugins
- ✓Customize fonts and colors sitewide
Premium
Popular- ✓13 GB storage
- ✓Unlimited pages, posts, users, and visitors
- ✓Free domain for one year
- ✓Ad-free browsing experience for visitors
- ✓All premium themes
- ✓Fast support from expert team
- ✓Premium stats with UTM tracking and device insights
- ✓Install plugins
- ✓Customize fonts and colors sitewide
- ✓Connect Google Analytics
- ✓Upload videos in 4K resolution
Business
- ✓50 GB storage
- ✓Unlimited pages, posts, users, and visitors
- ✓Free domain for one year
- ✓Ad-free browsing experience for visitors
- ✓All premium themes
- ✓Priority 24/7 support from expert team
- ✓Premium stats with UTM tracking and device insights
- ✓Install plugins
- ✓Customize fonts and colors sitewide
- ✓Connect Google Analytics
- ✓Upload videos in 4K resolution
- ✓SFTP/SSH, WP-CLI, Git commands, and GitHub Deployments
Commerce
- ✓50 GB storage
- ✓Unlimited pages, posts, users, and visitors
- ✓Free domain for one year
- ✓Ad-free browsing experience for visitors
- ✓All premium and store themes
- ✓Priority 24/7 support from expert team
- ✓Premium stats with UTM tracking and device insights
- ✓Install plugins
- ✓Customize fonts and colors sitewide
- ✓Connect Google Analytics
- ✓Upload videos in 4K resolution
- ✓SFTP/SSH, WP-CLI, Git commands, and GitHub Deployments
- ✓eCommerce tools and optimized WooCommerce experience
Enterprise
- ✓Unmatched scalability
- ✓Security and data-driven capabilities
- ✓Custom solutions
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Integrations
11 known integrations