--- title: WordPress.com targets the next generation of web... description: Automattic launched WordPress.com Education, a free product for teachers and students that includes a full WordPress.com site, a free .blog or .art domain, 6GB... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/wordpress-com-targets-the-next-generation-of-web-creators-with-a-free-student-plan-gcez0dcgy twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: WordPress.com targets the next generation of web creators with a free student plan | daily.dev og:description: Automattic launched WordPress.com Education, a free product for teachers and students that includes a full WordPress.com site, a free .blog or .art domain, 6GB... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/wordpress-com-targets-the-next-generation-of-web-creators-with-a-free-student-plan-gcez0dcgy og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/gceZ0dcgy.png og:image:alt: WordPress.com targets the next generation of web creators with a free student plan og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # WordPress.com targets the next generation of web creators with a free student plan **[TechCrunch](https://daily.dev/sources/tc)** · 2 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Automattic launched WordPress.com Education, a free product for teachers and students that includes a full WordPress.com site, a free .blog or .art domain, 6GB storage, backups, staging sites, plugin support, SFTP/SSH, phpMyAdmin, and Studio Sync. Teachers can offer it free for a year without a credit card, and afterward students can pay $2/month or keep their work on a free downgraded plan. The program was piloted with 5,000 students across 27 countries, with most surveyed educators reporting improved student employability and entrepreneurial capacity. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What do students get with the new WordPress.com Education student plan? Each student receives a full WordPress.com site with a free domain on .blog or .art, 6GB of storage, backups, staging sites, plugin support, SFTP/SSH access, phpMyAdmin, and Studio Sync. Teachers can offer it free for the first year without a credit card. After that, students can pay $2 per month ($24 per year) or keep their site free on a downgraded plan without losing content. _Educators evaluating classroom web tools can follow platform changes like this on daily.dev._ ### What happens to a WordPress.com student site after the free education plan's first year ends? If a student does not subscribe for $2 per month ($24 per year) after the first free year, their site simply drops down to a free WordPress.com site on a free domain rather than being deleted. All web pages, posts, comments, and uploaded media remain intact on the downgraded plan. _Anyone comparing free hosting tiers and their tradeoffs can track platform updates on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [WordPress debuts a private workspace that runs in your browser via a new service, my.WordPress.net](https://daily.dev/posts/wordpress-debuts-a-private-workspace-that-runs-in-your-browser-via-a-new-service-my-wordpress-net-wglzsnk73) · TechCrunch · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [From libraries to small businesses: Why WordPress remains the open web’s backbone](https://daily.dev/posts/from-libraries-to-small-businesses-why-wordpress-remains-the-open-web-s-backbone-0hg6bwsqc) · All Things Open · 1 upvotes · 0 comments - [WordPress Credits Updates](https://daily.dev/posts/wordpress-credits-updates-wjjd62kya) · Make WordPress Core · 3 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#wordpress](https://daily.dev/tags/wordpress) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/wordpress-com-targets-the-next-generation-of-web-creators-with-a-free-student-plan-gcez0dcgy) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"WordPress.com targets the next generation of web creators with a free student plan","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/wordpress-com-targets-the-next-generation-of-web-creators-with-a-free-student-plan-gcez0dcgy","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/wordpress-com-targets-the-next-generation-of-web-creators-with-a-free-student-plan-gcez0dcgy"},"datePublished":"2026-08-17T15:00:27.665Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T22:41:44.717Z","description":"Automattic launched WordPress.com Education, a free product for teachers and students that includes a full WordPress.com site, a free .blog or .art domain, 6GB...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/80537b0bdd2accec0e613b84af7a19ee?_a=AQAEuop","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/80537b0bdd2accec0e613b84af7a19ee?_a=AQAEuop","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"TechCrunch","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"TechCrunch","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/tc","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},"commentCount":0,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/wordpress-com-targets-the-next-generation-of-web-creators-with-a-free-student-plan-gcez0dcgy","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":0},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":0}],"keywords":"wordpress","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"TechCrunch","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/tc"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"WordPress.com targets the next generation of web creators with a free student plan"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/wordpress-com-targets-the-next-generation-of-web-creators-with-a-free-student-plan-gcez0dcgy#faq","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What do students get with the new WordPress.com Education student plan?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Each student receives a full WordPress.com site with a free domain on .blog or .art, 6GB of storage, backups, staging sites, plugin support, SFTP/SSH access, phpMyAdmin, and Studio Sync. 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