Is there a monthly fee for WordPress?

The WordPress software itself is completely free, there’s no license fee to use it. However, you’ll still have ongoing costs to run a real website. You need web hosting, which typically costs $3 to $30 a month depending on the provider and plan, plus a domain name, usually $10 to $20 a year. Many people also pay for premium themes, plugins, or security tools, though free versions of most tools exist. If you use WordPress.com’s hosted service instead of self-hosted WordPress.org, you’ll pay their monthly plans directly, which range from free to $45 or more per month. So while WordPress isn’t itself a subscription, running a WordPress site does involve recurring costs. See our complete cost breakdown for the full picture.

Christoper Enolpe
Founder of WebGomu • WordPress Freelancer with 10+ Years of Experience

Christoper is the founder of WebGomu and a WordPress freelancer with over 10 years of hands-on experience building, optimizing, and maintaining WordPress websites. He writes practical, beginner-friendly guides based on real-world experience, covering WordPress, SEO, website performance, and AI tools to help readers build better websites with confidence.

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