WordPress
WordPress is tracked by HelpCompare in the Website Builders category. This page collects every pricing fact, rating and switching guide we publish about WordPress, and links each one back to the comparison it was verified in.
- Entry price
- Free software; realistic hosting + theme + plugins ~$15–$100+/moVerified in wix-vs-wordpress
- Free plan
- Free plan
- AI feature
- None tracked
- How AI is billed
- Not trackedThis tool is not yet in The AI Tax dataset.
- G2 rating
- 4.4 / 59,545 reviews · checked September 17, 2026 · G2: WordPress.org
- On HelpCompare
- 1 comparison2 migration guides
Everything we have verified about WordPress
Every row was recorded on a HelpCompare comparison page. The Source column links to the page it was verified on and the date it was last checked.
| Attribute | Value | Source & date |
|---|---|---|
| Starting price | Free software; realistic hosting + theme + plugins ~$15–$100+/mo | wix-vs-wordpress September 12, 2026 |
| Hosted, no-code plan | WordPress.com Business ~$25/mo annual — full plugin/theme install, 50GB | wix-vs-wordpress September 12, 2026 |
| E-commerce ready tier | WordPress.com Commerce ~$45/mo annual — WooCommerce, 0% transaction fees | wix-vs-wordpress September 12, 2026 |
| Site ownership & portability | You own all files & the database; fully portable to any host, any time | wix-vs-wordpress September 12, 2026 |
| Plugin / theme ecosystem | 63,000+ plugins and 8,000+ themes (WordPress.org) | wix-vs-wordpress September 12, 2026 |
| AI site builder | Growing AI plugin ecosystem — ~1 in 6 new plugin submissions is AI-related | wix-vs-wordpress September 12, 2026 |
| Best suited for | Developers, agencies, content-heavy sites needing full control | wix-vs-wordpress September 12, 2026 |
WordPress in context
How WordPress connects to the rest of the software we track — head-to-head research, switching paths, and the closest alternatives in its category.
Head-to-head comparisons
Full pricing and feature breakdowns featuring WordPress.
Switching away from WordPress
What transfers, what you rebuild by hand, and what to budget.
Alternatives in Website Builders
Other tools we track in the same category, with their entry price.
Where this data comes from
HelpCompare records pricing and feature data from vendor pricing pages and documentation at the time each comparison is researched, then re-checks it on a published schedule. This entity page is generated from those records — it does not introduce any figure that has not already been verified on a comparison page.
- Vendor pricing and documentation — wordpress.org, checked September 12, 2026.
- HelpCompare research — 1 comparison page listed above, each with its own verification date.
- G2 — aggregate rating and review count, checked September 17, 2026. Review counts change daily; treat them as a snapshot.
- Machine-readable copy — /data/tools.json, /data/tools.csv, and the open data hub.