Completely free blog

• 

  christinemwilkesa73264a3c8 · Member · Feb 9, 2021 at 1:06 pm

  • Copy link
  • Add topic to favorites

  I am a teacher using WordPress.com to teach high school students to design a website. Some students are having difficulty signing up for a completely free blog site, without continuing to be asked to pick a pricing plan. I was able to do it, but students have shared their screen showing even though they clicked on start with a free site, they still get sent to pick a pricing plan. This is an urban high school with a majority of low income students , and it is imperative that the site be completely free for the, to use. I would appreciate any suggestions to help in this process. Should they try the live chat feature while they are trying to set it up?
  Thanks in advance for your help.

• 

  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Feb 9, 2021 at 6:08 pm

  • Copy link

  Hi there,

  Here are visual instructions on how to create a free .wordpress.com site:

  

  Step 1: Select email, username, and password.

  Step 2: select Blog for a .home.blog free site or Business for a .wordpress.com site.

  Step 3: Select the Topic of your site.

  Step 4: Type in the Title of site (optional).

  Step 5: Type in the full, exact site address you want including the .wordpress.com or .home.blog subdomain (ex: freeexamplesite.wordpress.com, freeexampleblog.home.blog). The first option should be the free site that you manually typed in. Click select next to that option.

  Step 6: At the very top, click the link that says: start with a free site.

  Then, your free site should be created!

  Please follow those steps and if you have any questions, let us know.

  Thanks!