WordPress
by WordPress · Open source publishing platform for websites, blogs and apps
47.6 — BenchRank score out of 100
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Overview
WordPress is an open source publishing platform for building websites, blogs and apps. Sites are assembled from blocks in an editor that previews changes in real time, starting from a theme or a blank canvas, and extended with plugins for stores, analytics, newsletters and social integration. Version 7.0 adds AI provider connections, reusable patterns and visual revision history.
- Best for
- Creators, small businesses and enterprises building self-hosted websites, blogs or apps
- Pricing
- No prices are shown; the pages describe open source software you download, with hosting listed as a separate step.
- Runs on
- iOSAndroid
Strengths and trade-offs
Strengths
- Open source, downloaded and run on hosting you choose
- Block editor builds and rearranges pages with no code needed
- Extensive plugin library adds stores, analytics and newsletters
- Live preview while editing plus visual revision history
Trade-offs
- You must find hosting and install the platform yourself
- Much of the functionality comes from plugins, not the core
- No pricing, support terms or hosting costs shown on the site
- Releases move quickly: 7.0 is out and 7.1 is already in beta
How this score is made up
Each dimension is scored out of 100 and combined into the headline score using fixed weights.
- MCP support
- 70 out of 100
- API quality
- 0 out of 100
- Documentation
- 45 out of 100
- Agent friendliness
- 80 out of 100
- Changelog
- 40 out of 100
- Marketing site structure
- 65 out of 100
- Operational trust
- 50 out of 100
Measured, but not part of the score
Useful to know, but not a mark for or against the product — so these do not affect the ranking.
- Openness
- 40 out of 100
- Maintenance
- 100 out of 100
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