WordPress.com: facts and pricing
Not yet scoredICANN-accredited registrar. Sourced facts and pricing below; not yet hands-on scored.
Global; English-first
Not yet hands-on tested. We have not run WordPress.com through our full review, so we publish no editorial score for it here, only sourced facts and, where available, pricing verified from WordPress.com's own pages. See our methodology for how scored reviews are produced.
Accreditation & capabilities
WordPress.com is an ICANN-accredited registrar (IANA ID 1531). WHOIS privacy: Available, included on eligible domains. Two-factor authentication: Two-factor authentication (2FA) supported. Public API: not documented. DNS: Managed DNS with custom records.
Who it suits
- WordPress.com site owners
- Beginners
- Bundled with hosting
- Developers needing a registrar API
- Portfolio management
- Lowest renewal
Pros and cons
Drawn from WordPress.com’s published documentation and our own price reads. We have not hands-on tested WordPress.com, so there is no score on this page and nothing here rests on using the account.
- Domains registered under Automattic Inc.'s own ICANN accreditation
- Free WHOIS privacy on eligible domains
- Seamless with WordPress.com sites
- No public registrar API for automation
- Best value only when paired with a WordPress.com plan
Pricing
We have not yet verified pricing for WordPress.com. Compare verified registrars on the TLD price list.