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Is WordPress Down?

No — WordPress is up

Reachable from all 17 checked regions

Average response time: 402ms

Last checked · checks run every 30 minutes

Official status page: https://wordpress.com/support/status/

WordPress uptime

100%
Last 7 days
100%
Last 30 days
100%
Last 90 days
437ms
Avg response, 30 days

Measured from multiple regions every 30 minutes. Percentages count only checks that returned an availability answer — 80 days measured so far. A dash means that window does not yet hold enough measured days to publish a figure.

30-day history

80-day clean streak
Sep 14: 100.00% uptime, 859 checks
Sep 15: 100.00% uptime, 927 checks
Sep 16: 100.00% uptime, 838 checks
Sep 17: 100.00% uptime, 900 checks
Sep 18: 100.00% uptime, 907 checks
Sep 19: 100.00% uptime, 864 checks
Sep 20: 100.00% uptime, 864 checks
Sep 21: 100.00% uptime, 864 checks
Sep 22: 100.00% uptime, 895 checks
Sep 23: 100.00% uptime, 861 checks
Sep 24: 100.00% uptime, 845 checks
Sep 25: 100.00% uptime, 882 checks
Sep 26: 100.00% uptime, 914 checks
Sep 27: 100.00% uptime, 862 checks
Sep 28: 100.00% uptime, 864 checks
Sep 29: 100.00% uptime, 855 checks
Sep 30: 100.00% uptime, 850 checks
Oct 1: 100.00% uptime, 816 checks
Oct 2: 100.00% uptime, 816 checks
Oct 3: 100.00% uptime, 816 checks
Oct 4: 100.00% uptime, 816 checks
Oct 5: 100.00% uptime, 816 checks
Oct 6: 100.00% uptime, 816 checks
Oct 7: 100.00% uptime, 815 checks
Oct 8: 100.00% uptime, 815 checks
Oct 9: 100.00% uptime, 816 checks
Oct 10: 100.00% uptime, 816 checks
Oct 11: 100.00% uptime, 816 checks
Oct 12: 100.00% uptime, 816 checks
Oct 13: 100.00% uptime, 781 checks
Sep 14 Today
No downtime Partial Downtime Not measurable No data

Reachability by region

Each region runs its own request from a different part of the world. A service can be up for one continent and down for another, which is usually the first sign of a routing or CDN problem.

ams
664ms
DNS 77ms TCP 1ms TLS 8ms TTFB 213ms
arn
191ms
DNS 7ms TCP 1ms TLS 7ms TTFB 142ms
cdg
180ms
DNS 17ms TCP 1ms TLS 9ms TTFB 112ms
dfw
40ms
DNS 8ms TCP 2ms TLS 7ms TTFB 27ms
ewr
287ms
DNS 36ms TCP 1ms TLS 8ms TTFB 61ms
fra
632ms
DNS 101ms TCP 1ms TLS 8ms TTFB 207ms
gru
468ms
DNS 4ms TCP 0ms TLS 8ms TTFB 159ms
iad
41ms
DNS 9ms TCP 3ms TLS 6ms TTFB 28ms
jnb
1463ms
DNS 182ms TCP 0ms TLS 7ms TTFB 442ms
lax
86ms
DNS 58ms TCP 1ms TLS 8ms TTFB 76ms
lhr
938ms
DNS 7ms TCP 2ms TLS 9ms TTFB 148ms
nrt
189ms
DNS 5ms TCP 1ms TLS 7ms TTFB 126ms
ord
51ms
DNS 4ms TCP 1ms TLS 7ms TTFB 41ms
sin
422ms
DNS 5ms TCP 1ms TLS 8ms TTFB 194ms
sjc
82ms
DNS 27ms TCP 1ms TLS 10ms TTFB 55ms
syd
997ms
DNS 183ms TCP 0ms TLS 7ms TTFB 658ms
yyz
107ms
DNS 46ms TCP 1ms TLS 8ms TTFB 91ms

What WordPress does

WordPress.com is a managed hosting platform for WordPress websites, run by Automattic. It powers millions of blogs and websites with free and paid plans that include hosting, themes, and plugins. WordPress.com is distinct from WordPress.org (the open-source software) in that it provides a fully hosted, managed experience.

What an outage looks like

When WordPress.com is down, blogs and websites hosted on the platform may return error pages or load very slowly. The WordPress.com editor and dashboard may be inaccessible, preventing content updates. Sites using custom domains on WordPress.com will also be affected since the hosting infrastructure is shared.

What to do about it

Check automatticstatus.com for incident reports on WordPress.com infrastructure. If you have a self-hosted WordPress.org site, a WordPress.com outage does not affect you. For WordPress.com users, the Jetpack plugin's CDN features may continue serving cached content during brief outages.

Is it down for everyone, or just you?

If this page says WordPress is up but it is not loading for you, the problem is between you and them. Run a check against any URL from up to 17 cities across three regions to find out where it breaks.

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WordPress outage FAQ

Is WordPress.com the same as WordPress.org?
No, they are different. WordPress.org is the open-source software you can install on any server. WordPress.com is a managed hosting service by Automattic. A WordPress.com outage only affects sites hosted on WordPress.com, not self-hosted WordPress.org sites.
Will my WordPress.com blog posts be lost during an outage?
No, published posts and saved drafts are stored in WordPress.com's databases and are preserved during outages. However, if you're actively editing when the outage occurs, unsaved changes to a draft may be lost. WordPress.com has an autosave feature that minimizes this risk.
Does a WordPress.com outage affect WooCommerce stores?
WooCommerce stores hosted on WordPress.com will be fully affected during a platform outage. Customers won't be able to browse products or complete purchases. Self-hosted WooCommerce stores on your own server are not affected by WordPress.com outages.
Can I move my site off WordPress.com to avoid outages?
Yes, WordPress.com allows you to export your content and migrate to a self-hosted WordPress installation on any hosting provider. This gives you more control over uptime but also makes you responsible for server management, security updates, and backups.

How we measure this

  • We request WordPress's public endpoint every 30 minutes from Fly.io regions across six continents — the most recent check ran from 17 of them.
  • A region counts as down only when it gets no usable HTTP response. A 403 or 429 means the origin answered and refused us, which we report as blocked, never as an outage.
  • A single failing region is treated as probe noise. We only change the verdict when two consecutive cycles agree.
  • Response times average only the regions that actually served the page, so a timeout never inflates the number.
  • Where WordPress publishes an official status feed we read it too. An all-clear from the vendor can soften an unconfirmed degradation; a vendor-declared outage only worsens our verdict when our own checks corroborate it.

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