Title: WordPress.com DOWN Last modified: August 19, 2016 --- # WordPress.com DOWN * [jackcharm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jackcharm/) * (@jackcharm) * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-down-1/) * Anyone else unable to access wordpress.com? Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/) * (@whooami) * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-down-1/#post-699517) * no, I can not. I am sure that foretells the end of the world too. * In an hour, when I get to work and check back this post will will be full with 10 more ppl reporting that they cannot as well. * When .com comes back, there will be another 10 ppl reporting that they finally can. * Thread Starter [jackcharm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jackcharm/) * (@jackcharm) * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-down-1/#post-699518) * i joined this site 2 weeks ago to start a blog. the image uploader suddenly stopped working and no one on these boards knows why, and now the actual site is down? This doesn’t sound like WordPress is reliable software for a site of business value. Anyone know some reliable alternatives to wordpress? * [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/) * (@whooami) * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-down-1/#post-699519) * you didnt join THIS site — you joined that site. * THIS site is a support forum for SELF-HOSTED wordpress installs, not for people that sign up for free blogs on wordpress.com and then complain when their business sites go down. (cough) * If you want to hem and haw over a site going down go elsewhere. For what its worth, stuff happens, upgrades occur on hosts, etc.. * Post your complaints over there. And besides, what cheapo hosts a business site on wordpress.com. * That also might explain some of your other posts on here, as well. * sites hosted on wordpress.com dont have the ability to do advertising. Its free– you dont get to make a buck on someone doing something for you for free. * posting questions here regarding problems that you are having over there isnt going to net you any assistance. * Thread Starter [jackcharm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jackcharm/) * (@jackcharm) * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-down-1/#post-699543) * Thanks for the reply. I’m unclear on what you’re saying though. If someone wants to start a blog on WordPress, he/she goes to wordpress.com and joins. Selects a template, learns how to post, etc. Then if something goes wrong with that site/ system/software, whatever, he/she is directed to WordPress.org for support. So, I’m unclear on your HERE/THERE thing. If they are not related, why am I directed to these forums? * Additionally, thank you for your comment about why wordpress doesn’t let people post ads. However I was able to get a banner on my site. I don’t know if banner is the right word, but its not an ad. Just a link in the sidebar to Gawker artists. * So again, image uploader is not working, wordpress.com is down, can you suggest somewhere I should go for help? * [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * (@moshu) * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-down-1/#post-699544) * It is not down from here… and they have their own forum: [http://en.forums.wordpress.com/](http://en.forums.wordpress.com/) * That’s what the here/there means. * We (aka wordpress.ORG) support the self-hosted blog script. They (aka wordpress. COM) support the blogs hosted on their server. It is that simple. * Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/) * (@otto42) * WordPress.org Admin * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-down-1/#post-699547) * > _Then if something goes wrong with that site/system/software, whatever, he/ > she is directed to WordPress.org for support. So, I’m unclear on your HERE/ > THERE thing. If they are not related, why am I directed to these forums?_ * Who was it that directed you to these forums? Whoever it was, they were mistaken to do so. * [http://forums.wordpress.com](http://forums.wordpress.com) is where you go for WordPress.com problems. * [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/) * (@moshu) * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-down-1/#post-699548) * _Who was it that directed you to these forums?_ * In the defense of the OP: it is the WP and WP MU developers who direct people here! When the DB is down even the WP MU error message sends people HERE, to wordpress.org/support link… * [notthatugly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/notthatugly/) * (@notthatugly) * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-down-1/#post-699550) * I would guess the guy is posting here because the wordpress.com forums are DOWN.( Last I heard, they were undergoing another DoS attack.) * Just a hunch. * Moderator [Samuel Wood (Otto)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/otto42/) * (@otto42) * WordPress.org Admin * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-down-1/#post-699553) * Ugh. Somebody needs to report that to the automattic crew, it shouldn’t direct wordpress.com users here. * Also, the [http://forums.wordpress.com](http://forums.wordpress.com) seem to be working fine to me. And WordPress.com seems to be up perfectly well, I can access all sorts of sites on it. * [notthatugly](https://wordpress.org/support/users/notthatugly/) * (@notthatugly) * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-down-1/#post-699554) * Just because _you_ can access it now doesn’t mean everyone else on the internet can, or that they could two hours ago when this thread started. * (For the record, I _always_ used to feel guilty about redirecting .org users here when they posted on the .com forums, because I was aware of the kind of reception people who don’t even know what host they’re using were likely to get. I know that others are still doing it, though.) * Thread Starter [jackcharm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jackcharm/) * (@jackcharm) * [18 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-down-1/#post-699555) * THANK YOU! I’ve never heard of that forum before. I will begin posting there. My apologies. 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