By Alexander Rose, February 13th, 02025
(WordPress Blog Announcement)

The internet can feel fast and ephemeral. Platforms rise and fall in popularity, websites disappear, links go bad, and domains lapse. Some things shouldn’t disappear and deserve to last.

At WordPress.com, we believe in building for the long term. That’s why we’re introducing 100-Year Domains and relaunching our 100-Year Plan—two powerful ways to secure your digital legacy for generations to come.

With 100-Year Domains, you can lock in your .com, .org, .net, or .blog domain for a full century—ensuring that what you create today remains accessible for the future and safeguarded from expiration, platform changes, and digital decay.

But securing a domain for 100 years is just the beginning. Our newly reimagined 100-Year Plan is a comprehensive long-term hosting solution, equipped with enhanced features to preserve your website, protect your data, and ensure your legacy endures for years to come.

The internet never sleeps, and neither should your website.

The 100-Year Plan: Own your online legacy for 100 years

Our 100-Year Plan, which was originally introduced in 2023, has always been about long-term digital preservation. But we’ve taken it even further, introducing new features that ensure your website and data are secure, resilient, and adaptable across the next century.

• Special numbered trust accounts: We help you administer a secure, numbered trust account system, ensuring seamless management and continuity over the next century.
• Contingency planning for digital security: Robust protocols and financial investment systems guarantee the continuity of your online presence, even if WordPress.com or Automattic face unexpected challenges.
• Standalone 100-Year Domains: For the first time, domains can be purchased independently of hosting, giving you more flexibility in long-term planning.
• Lots of Copies Keeps Stuff Safe (LOCKSS) principle storage: WordPress.com stores all of your data in at least three separately mirrored data centers to ensure access and redundancy in the event of failures or disasters. In addition, 100-Year Plan websites will have active snapshot backups in the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine and the Wayback Linkfixer plugin to redirect any links that go bad on your site to the most recent one at the Internet Archive.

Who should get a 100-Year Plan or Domain?

Whether you’re a creator, entrepreneur, institution, or someone thinking about the long game, the 100-Year Plan and 100-Year Domains ensure your online presence is protected for the future.

Long-term plans and domains are great for:

• Cultural institutions & nonprofits: Museums, libraries, and research organizations can preserve history and knowledge for generations.
• Super creators & thought leaders: Writers, artists, and digital pioneers can ensure their work outlasts social media trends.
• Families & legacy holders: Parents can secure a digital heirloom, while individuals can protect their names and online presences.
• Businesses & entrepreneurs: Keep your brand identity intact for the next century, with no risk of expiration or loss.
• Future historians: The internet forgets, but your story can stay forever.

Why creating a lasting legacy matters more than ever

The web is fragile. Domains and hosting plans expire.

This is how history gets lost. The 100-Year Plan and 100-Year Domains fight back against this digital impermanence—ensuring that your work, your name, your mission, and your voice remain accessible far beyond the limits of today’s platforms and policies.

Imagine including the next 100 years of website hosting fees in the same budget as your next website build or update. You’re locking in a one-time hosting or domain payment now, even if and when prices rise in the future.

Secure your digital future today

Domains expire and websites disappear every day. But yours doesn’t have to.

Get a century of stability with our 100-Year Plan and Domains today:

100-Year Domain: $2,000 (one-time purchase, no annual renewals)

100-Year Plan: $38,000 (includes hosting, a domain, trust-based continuity, and website preservation tools)

Alexander Rose, February of 02025