Confused. If using word press is free?

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  realtorben27 · Member · Jul 12, 2020 at 8:27 am

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  I can’t decide now to use WordPress bcoz I thought it is free.

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  justjennifer · Member · Jul 12, 2020 at 11:06 am

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  Hi there, if you’ve registered a free website on WordPress.com, it will remain free unless you need to upgrade to add a custom domain, add storage space or remove advertising from your site, etc. The pricing page shows a comparison of each plan https://wordpress.com/pricing/

  And, while text entries do not count against your storage space, media does, so make sure to resize and optimize your images before you upload them to your WordPress.com site. We have a guide on this here: https://wordpress.com/support/media/image-optimization/ You can find a guide to media sizes at the bottom of your theme’s showcase page https://wordpress.com/theme/shawburn

  If you are referring to the free and open-source WordPress software, that is completely free to download and use on 3rd party hosting. In this case, you’ll need to pay for your web hosting. You can learn more about the differences between WPcom (where we are ) and the open-source WP software in this guide: https://wordpress.com/support/com-vs-org/

  Post back to this forum thread if you have any other question about this.