It's 2026, and you can tweak your New Year resolution to add blogging, if you haven't. Build your next website in 2026, using WordPress.com.
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If you've made your New Year resolution and didn't include blogging, well, you could still give your resolution a little tweak. It's a good way to start the year. So this is how it's going to be, if you're just starting out.
1) Know what it is you want to blog about.
2) Next, choose a niche you have a keen interest in.
3) Then choose WordPress.com as the blogging platform of your choice. Why?
Because you have a platform that speaks longevity. Take it from a guy who has been using it for 16 years! In fact, I can proudly say that throughout these years, I've had no problems at all.
Reasons?
The first reason is that, it is always with you. What do I mean by this? Well, throughout this entire time, I've been on and off the WordPress.com platform, taking breaks from blogging.
Life situations can sometimes get in the way, leaving you little time to do other things.
And so for months, and sometimes for a good number of years, I was off the WordPress.com platform, even without logging into my account.
Most platforms would require you to login, at least once every 30 days if you want to keep you account active. Some will automatically deactivate your account after 6 month citing as reasons, storage space.
But I've never had this problem.
The second reason is that it is always up and running, 99% of the time. There hasn't been a day when I woke up to login to my account, that I found my website to be down.
Where most other platforms have uptime problem, WordPress.com has never disappointed me in that sense.
Having a 99% uptime is important, if you want constant visibility.
Your website or blog is your window of visibility in the digital world. It is your content creation center where you can showcase your world, and don't have to worry about the "lights shutting down" on your blog.
So if are you worried about frequent downtime, don't worry. Because in this,the WordPress team has you covered. The WordPress server infrastructure is constantly at work to ensure your website is up and running.
And so you can go about your blogging with a peace of mind that removes the doubts you might have about uptime/downtime. When you want constant, uninterrupted visibility, this is what you get with WordPress.com.
But you need assurances, trust that it can deliver. And that's because you have blogging needs that must be met and you need a robust platform.
And so you may be asking one question. Is it right for me?
Is WordPress.com right for you?
If you are wondering if WordPress.com is right for you, right for your blogging needs in 2026, here's how to look at it.
1) First understand your needs. And here the question to ask are,
Do I want a website,
-for personal use or,
-for business and eCommerce?
For personal use
If you want to share personal stories and experiences, your primary focus is not to make monetary gains. Set up a personal blog to share such stories.
For business and eCommerce
Do you want an online presence for your line of business? Do you want to set up an eCommerce store for dropshipping?
Then your primary focus is making money by offering products. Set up a business or e Commerce blog for this purpose.
2) Secondly, Know what WordPress.com offers and see if it aligns with your blogging needs.
What does WordPress.com offer
A wide range of tools and services are there to to help you throughout your blogging journey even far into the next century.
So whether you're creating a website for personal use, or for business and eCommerce purpose, there is something for everyone.
Start by creating an account on WordPress.com
To use every available tool and services on WordPress.com, first create an account.
This first step is essential in getting started. Once you've done that, login to your account and create your very first website. Here's how to do it in a few simple steps.
To create your first site you have two options
1-Create it manually or
2- Let Ai do it.
You also have another option which is that,
-you can migrate your already existing site to WordPress.com or,
-add a plugin through Jetpack.
Creating your site manually
Creating a website manually on WordPress.com is simple and easy. Once you've clicked the "create site manually" option, the following steps will help you get through the site creation process.
1-Claim your space: On this page you will be asked to get a domain name for your site and check availability. Input a name you'd like to call your site and click the blue tab to the right.
2-Choose available buy options: On this page, WordPress.com offers different domain prices for your chosen domain name. Prices differ depending on the domain ending you choose such as, .com .org, etc.
There are 6 WordPress.com plans you can choose from. Each comes with a different features. Choose which plan suits your blogging needs.
Starter plan(free)
Personal
Premium
Business
Commerce
Enterprise
Each plan comes with different features and pricing. If you select the starter plan then you can blog for free. Simply click the Start Free plan tab to the right of the page.
This will bring you to your WordPress.com administration page. Where on the left side of the page you have all the administration tools.Scroll down and click on the Appearance tab and then click Theme within the appearance tab.
This whill open up the themes page where you will see a lot of themes to choose from. Since you are creating your site with the starter plan,may themes won't be available to you as they require an upgrade from the starter plan.
But you can create your site with available free themes. Here's how you can do that.
-choose a theme from the free themes that are available, and activate one.
-customize your site
-add pages, the most essential ones being,
Homepage
About
Contact
Once you've done this, you can publish your site immediately, or add a new post,and then publish your site so it is visible on the internet.
Creating your site with AI
If you want to create your first site on WordPress.com but don't want to do it manually, then let AI do it for you.With Ai all you have to do is input a few text prompts in the text area and AI will take it up from there.
Here how it works.
-You'll be asked a series of questions to help you set up your blog. These question may include,
-the name you want to give your site,
-describe the type of site you want to create,etc.
Once you've input your answers into the text prompt area, Ai gets to work to create your site based on the information you've given.When the site is ready, a window opens in which you can see how your site looks.
There's also an AI dialogue window to the right. This is where you can modify your site's color and layout by inputing text prompts into the dialogue box. With the suggestions you give, AI will get to work to modify your site's color and layout.
Conclusion
With WordPress.com, you can build a website with ease because it offers you ways you can do so in simple steps. Is it right for you? Sure it is if you are starting out and want to test the waters.
But it's also right for you if you want to give your physical business an online presence. Or you want to set up an ecommerce venture. WordPres.com offers
-Robust hosting so you have no downtime issues.
-6 plans to help you decide which is right for your online needs
-Ai to help you create your website, if you do not want to create it yourself.And lots more.
However When talking about WordPress, most people are confused about WordPress.com and WordPress.org. Both can serve your blogging needs, but you've got to know how they do that.
In this next post this difference is explained.
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