Maybe I'm misunderstanding, Wordpress.com does have a free account but you can't have your own domain with it. It should not require you sign up for a paid plan unless you want something that's not included in the free plan such as your own domain. https://wordpress.com/pricing/ Sam -- Sam McClellan Itabix, Inc Web Development, Hosting and Domain Registration sam at itabix.com http://itabix.com Main - 413.587.4600 Toll-free - 877-7ITABIX (877.748.2249) On 5/23/2019 11:17 AM, Mark D. Hamill via Hidden-discuss wrote: > Unfortunately, that's not an option anymore. You have to buy a plan. > The cheapest is $3/month for a blogger account. > > https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/#steps-for-mapping-a-domain > > On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 11:12 AM Shel Horowitz via Hidden-discuss > <hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > <mailto:hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net>> wrote: > > I'm trying to set up a freebie blog for a community group on > WordPress.com. It would be hosted on WordPress.com and not on a > domain of ours. But after it has me set everything up, it's > requiring me to buy a domain sand sign up for a paid monthly > plan. How an I set up a freebie account as I've done in the past? > > Thanks! > > Shel Horowitz - "The Transformpreneur"(sm) > ________________________________________________ > Watch (and please share) my TEDx Talk, > "Impossible is a Dare: Business for a Better World" > _http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/11809__<http://www.ted.com/tedx/events/11809>_ > (move your mouse to "event videos") > > Contact me to bake in profitability while addressing hunger, > poverty, war, and catastrophic climate change > > Twitter: @shelhorowitz > > * First business ever to be Green America Gold Certified > * Inducted into the National Environmental Hall of Fame > > http://goingbeyondsustainability.com > <http://goingbeyondsustainability.com/> > mailto:shel at greenandprofitable.com > <mailto:shel at greenandprofitable.com> * 413-586-2388 <tel:413-586-2388> > Award-winning, best-selling author of 10 books. Latest: > Guerrilla Marketing to Heal the World (co-authored with Jay Conrad > Levinson) > > _________________________________________________ > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > <mailto:Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net> > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech > Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members > > > _______________________________________________ > Hidden-discuss mailing list - home page: http://www.hidden-tech.net > Hidden-discuss at lists.hidden-tech.net > > You are receiving this because you are on the Hidden-Tech Discussion list. > If you would like to change your list preferences, Go to the Members > page on the Hidden Tech Web site. > http://www.hidden-tech.net/members -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: <http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20190523/90aef867/attachment.html>