WordPress.com Pricing Explained: Plans, Costs and What You Get
WordPress.com pricing explained: Free, Personal, Premium, Business, and Commerce plans, what each includes, renewal prices, and which plan fits your site.
By Galactic News Editorial · Published 2026-11-13T04:23:42+00:00 · Updated 2026-11-13T04:23:42+00:00
WordPress.com Pricing Explained: Plans, Costs and What You Get
WordPress.com costs $0 to $70 a month, depending on the plan and how you pay. A free plan covers a simple site. Paid plans run from Personal at $4 a month billed yearly to Commerce at $45 a month billed yearly. Monthly billing costs more on every plan.
This guide explains each plan, what it includes, what it renews at, and which one fits your site. Every price comes from WordPress.com's own pricing page, checked in November 2026.
WordPress.com pricing at a glance
| Plan | Billed monthly | Billed yearly | Storage | Best for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Free | $0 | $0 | 1 GB | Testing, hobby blogs |
| Personal | $9 a month | $4 a month ($48 a year) | 6 GB | Personal sites, simple blogs |
| Premium | $18 a month | $8 a month ($96 a year) | 13 GB | Creators who want to earn |
| Business | $40 a month | $25 a month ($300 a year) | 50 GB | Business sites, developers |
| Commerce | $70 a month | $45 a month ($540 a year) | 50 GB | Online stores |
WordPress.com also offers 2-year and 3-year terms. Longer terms cost less per month. On a 3-year term, Personal costs $2.75 a month, Premium $5.50, Business $17.50, and Commerce $31.50. You pay the whole term up front.
What the headline prices hide: renewals
The prices above are first-term prices. Each plan renews at a higher rate after the first term. On yearly billing, Personal renews at $5 a month, Premium at $9, Business at $28, and Commerce at $50. That is $60, $108, $336, and $600 a year at renewal.
Monthly billing avoids the renewal question but costs more. Personal costs $9 a month billed monthly against $4 billed yearly. Business costs $40 a month billed monthly against $25 billed yearly. Over a year, monthly billing on Business costs $480 against $300 on the yearly plan.
Check the renewal figure at checkout before you pay. Prices exclude tax. Prices can also vary by currency and country, so confirm the figure shown in your own account.
The Free plan
The Free plan costs nothing. It includes 1 GB of storage, unlimited pages, and a WordPress.com subdomain. It shows WordPress.com ads on your site. It does not include a custom domain, plugin installs, or premium themes.
The Free plan suits testing and hobby blogs. It does not suit a business site. The ads, the subdomain, and the 1 GB storage limit make it a poor face for a business. Move to Personal as soon as the site matters.
The Personal plan: $4 a month billed yearly
Personal is the cheapest paid plan. It costs $4 a month billed yearly, or $9 a month billed monthly. It includes 6 GB of storage, no WordPress.com ads, a custom domain free for the first year, and support from the Happiness team.
Since April 2026, every paid plan can install plugins and upload third-party themes. Personal now includes plugin access, which used to require Business. That change makes Personal a real option for a small site that needs a specific plugin, such as a contact form or a backup tool.
Personal suits bloggers, personal brands, and simple sites. It does not include premium themes, Google Analytics, or payment tools. If you need those, move to Premium.
The Premium plan: $8 a month billed yearly
Premium costs $8 a month billed yearly, or $18 a month billed monthly. It includes 13 GB of storage and everything in Personal, plus premium themes, WordAds for earning from ads, payment buttons, and Google Analytics.
Premium suits freelancers and creators who want to earn from a site. The premium themes and WordAds access are the main reasons to pay the extra $4 a month over Personal. Faster support is included too.
WordPress.com also charges its own fee on payments. The fee is 10% on Free, 8% on Personal, 4% on Premium, 2% on Business, and 0% on Commerce. This sits on top of the payment processor's fee, so selling on Premium still costs 4% to WordPress.com on each sale.
The Business plan: $25 a month billed yearly
Business costs $25 a month billed yearly, or $40 a month billed monthly. It includes 50 GB of storage and everything in Premium, plus staging, real-time backups, SFTP and SSH access, WP-CLI, GitHub deployments, and 24-hour priority support.
Business suits small businesses and agencies that need developer tools. Staging lets you test changes before they go live. Real-time backups protect the site. SFTP and WP-CLI give developers direct access. These tools matter once a site earns money or serves customers.
Business is the plan most small business sites should aim for. Personal and Premium cover content sites. Business covers a site that the business depends on.
The Commerce plan: $45 a month billed yearly
Commerce costs $45 a month billed yearly, or $70 a month billed monthly. It includes 50 GB of storage and everything in Business, plus managed WooCommerce store extensions and a 0% WordPress.com transaction fee.
Commerce suits online stores built on WooCommerce. The 0% transaction fee is the main reason to pay the extra $20 a month over Business. On Business, WordPress.com takes 2% of each sale. On Commerce, it takes nothing. A store doing $2,500 a month in sales saves $50 a month on that fee alone, which covers the price gap.
Commerce also includes premium store themes and powerful store design tools. It is the only WordPress.com plan built for a store as the main job.
What is included on every plan
Every WordPress.com plan includes unlimited pages and unlimited users. Every plan includes a free SSL certificate, extremely fast DNS, global edge caching, and a global CDN across 28-plus locations. Every plan includes protection against spam, brute-force attacks, and DDoS attacks.
Paid plans add more. Annual plans include a custom domain free for the first year. All paid plans include plugin installs and theme uploads. Business and Commerce add staging, backups, and developer tools.
WordPress.com also includes Jetpack tools on paid plans: site search, forms with advanced features, visitor stats, automated daily backups on some tiers, and malware detection. The exact mix varies by plan.
Which plan should you pick?
Pick Free only to test the platform. Pick Personal for a blog or personal site that needs a custom domain and no ads. Pick Premium if you want to earn from ads, use premium themes, or track the site with Google Analytics. Pick Business for a business site that needs staging, backups, and developer tools. Pick Commerce for a WooCommerce store doing real sales volume.
If you are unsure, start on Personal. You can upgrade any time. The plan price is also the hosting price, because hosting is included. There is no separate hosting bill.
Costs beyond the plan price
Three costs sit outside the plan price. First, the domain. Annual plans include a custom domain free for the first year. From year two, you pay the domain renewal. Second, premium themes and plugins from third parties can cost extra. Third, payment processing fees apply on top of WordPress.com's own fee on every plan except Commerce.
Budget for the renewal price, not the first-term price. Personal renews at $5 a month, not $4. Business renews at $28, not $25. Commerce renews at $50, not $45. The gap is small on Personal and large on Commerce.
Bottom line
WordPress.com pricing is simple once you see the full picture. Free costs $0 but shows ads and limits you to 1 GB. Personal at $4 a month billed yearly is the cheapest real plan. Premium at $8 adds earning tools. Business at $25 adds the developer tools a business site needs. Commerce at $45 adds a 0% transaction fee for WooCommerce stores. Pick the plan that matches what your site does, and budget for the renewal price from the start.