WordPress is an open CMS for creating websites, blogs and online stores with a block editor, a large selection of topics and plugins and the ability to work both on your own hosting and on managed hosting WordPress.com.
Main advantages
The platform is suitable for projects of any scale due to its combination of simplicity and flexibility.
- Convenient admin panel and visual editor without the need to program.
- Extensibility through themes and plugins for design, SEO, security, ecommerce and integration.
- Good basic SEO capabilities and compatibility with popular SEO plugins.
- Large community, documentation and ready-made solutions for standard problems.
- Scalability for high load with correct configuration and hosting.
- Mobile content management applications on the go.
Cms capabilities
WordPress allows you to quickly assemble a website of the desired type, customize the design and expand the functionality to suit business tasks.
- Editor on blocks: texts, images, galleries, videos, audio, columns, covers, tables.
- Design: Ready-made themes and styles, customizing fonts, colors, grids, branding without code.
- Code and customization: access to templates, hooks and CSS when fine tuning is needed.
- Commerce: WooCommerce for the store, as well as Payment blocks for selling services and digital goods and accepting donates.
- Integrations: connecting mailing services, social networks, videos and analytics.
Hosting & Infrastructure
You can install WordPress on any compatible hosting or use WordPress.com with managed infrastructure.
- Global CDN, caching and high-performance servers.
- DDoS protection, web firewall, real-time activity log.
- SFTP/SSH, WP-CLI and Git on extended fares.
- Site isolation and automatic image optimization.
- Unlimited capacity at Business level tariffs and above.
Domains and professional mail
The service allows you to register and manage domains and issue branded mail on your own domain.
- About 350 domain zones, free SSL, confidential registration, domain transfer, management from one console.
- The domain is free for 1 year when purchasing a paid tariff, then extended according to the zone tariffs.
Professional Email helps you work with corporate correspondence.
- Addresses like name@yourdomain.com, web interface and connection in email clients.
- Spam and virus filters, answering machines, calendar and storage according to the selected plan.
- Trial period 90 days for each domain.
SEO & Analytics
All basic optimization tools are available out of the box and are expanded with plugins.
- Human-readable URLs, meta-data, site map and robots.txt management.
- Web analytics counter integration and tools to improve download speeds.
Newsletters & RSS
WordPress supports built-in RSS feeds and social media posts.
- The complete tape is available along the/feed path, the number and format of materials are customized.
- An RSS widget is added through the Widgets section, where you just need to drag the block and specify the feed URL.
Editor & Publication
Writing comes down to adding blocks and basic formatting.
- H1-H6 headers, lists, quotes, links, media library with alt tags and captions.
- Categories and labels for structure, previews and description for snippets, publication planning.
Topics
Themes determine the appearance of the site and can be free, paid or fully custom.
- Free topics for start-up and simple sites.
- Premium themes with advanced settings and layouts.
- Adaptive themes for correct display on mobile devices.
- Industry solutions with finished sections and templates.
Plugins
Plugins add the necessary functions and help optimize the site's performance.
- Content and interaction: forms, galleries, sliders, videos.
- SEO: Meta Tags, XML Maps, Content Analysis.
- Performance: Caching, CSS and JS compression.
- Security: Access control, anti-spam and malicious code scanning.
- Social networks: balls, widgets and publications.
Enterprise
Businesses have a solution available with enhanced security, performance and support.
- High load scalability, OBD optimization and caching.
- Enhanced security, monitoring and integration with enterprise systems.
- Priority support and advice, integration with CRM and ERP.
Cost from $25,000 per year.
Technical support and training
Assistance is available through community and paid channels, as well as through self-learning materials.
- Community and support forums.
- Chat and email support on paid WordPress.com plans, Jetpack support for plugin users.
- Official documentation, webinars, performance recordings and teaching materials.
Wordpress.com Fares
There is an open-ended free plan and paid levels for advanced tasks Prices are per month when paying according to the service plan.
| Plan |
Price |
Storage |
Key opportunities |
| Free |
0 €/month |
1 GB |
- All themes and layouts, unlimited pages and users
- RSS and mailings, brute force and spam protection
- Automatic redirects when changing URLs
- Visitor statistics, up to 30 auto publications on the social network
- Contact forms
|
| Personal |
€4/month |
6 GB |
- All from Free, plus domain for 1 year and no advertising
- Fast DNS, email support
- Paid subscription tools
|
| Premium |
€8/month |
13 GB |
- All from Personal, plus chat support and premium themes
- Monetization via WordAds, custom styles
- 4K VideoPress, auto-posting without limits, activity log
|
| Business |
€25/month |
200 GB |
- All from Premium, plus unlimited bandwidth
- Global Caching, Firewall, CDN
- Backup data centers, isolated site
- SFTP/SSH, WP-CLI, Git, Multi-site Management
- Elastic Search, SEO Tools, Auto-Update Plugins
|
| Commerce |
€45/month |
200 GB |
- All from Business, plus store themes and unlimited products
- Product options, bundles, notifications and recommendations
- Referral and loyalty programs, marketing automation
- Discounts for wholesalers, POS and accounting for balances
- Acceptance of payments in 60 countries and 135 currencies, delivery services
|
Domains cost on average €15-€54 per year, depending on the zone and shares.
How to start
Below is a step-by-step scenario for launching a website on WordPress.
- Select hosting and domain or register for WordPress.com.
- Install WordPress in 1 click from the hosting panel or manually.
- Select a theme and customize the basic style of the site.
- Set key parameters in Settings: title, URL, comments.
- Install the plugins you want: SEO, forms, WooCommerce if necessary.
- Create pages and records through a block editor.
- Collect menus, widgets and sidebars.
- Configure SEO, site map and connect analytics.
Limitations and risks
When scaling, it is important to consider technical trade-offs and update discipline.
- Excessive plugins can slow down a site, and their absence will limit functionality.
- Security requires regular updates and proven solutions, otherwise the risks of vulnerabilities increase.
- The quality of paid topics and support for authors varies, bugs and stopping updates are possible.
- Kernel, theme, and plugin updates sometimes cause conflicts and require testing.
- For highly specialized solutions, custom development may be required.