WordPress.com重大套餐调整:削减免费存储与访问限制引发用户不满
中文内容:
近日,WordPress.com悄然完成重大套餐变动,将原有5个付费计划缩减为2个,并大幅削减免费用户的存储空间和访问次数限制,这一变动在用户社区引发强烈反响。
根据用户反馈,免费层级的存储空间从原先的3GB骤降至500MB,同时新增了流量上限:免费计划每月限1万次访问,付费专业计划每月限10万次访问。这一变化让许多长期用户感到措手不及。
WordPress.com首席执行官Dave Martin在Hacker News上回应称:"我们确实在沟通方面做得不够好,这是我的责任。"他解释称,此次调整是为了简化用户选择,因为原有5个计划经过10年演变已变得过于复杂。
值得注意的是,新的专业计划(15美元/月)实际上替代了原先25美元/月的商业计划,为用户节省了10美元/月。但目前该计划仅提供年付选项(180美元/年)。
对于免费用户而言,500MB的存储空间仅能容纳约500张普通分辨率的图片,而300次/日的访问限制更可能被爬虫或流量高峰轻易耗尽,这使得免费套餐对大多数博主而言变得不太实用。
英文内容:
Recently, WordPress.com quietly implemented major plan changes, reducing from five paid plans to just two while significantly cutting free users' storage space and visit limits, sparking strong reactions in the user community.
According to user reports, the free tier storage has been drastically reduced from 3GB to just 500MB, with new traffic limits imposed: 10,000 monthly visits for free plans and 100,000 for paid professional plans. This change has caught many long-term users by surprise.
WordPress.com CEO Dave Martin responded on Hacker News: "We definitely didn't communicate this well enough, and that's on me." He explained the changes aim to simplify user choices, as the original five plans had become overly complex after 10 years of evolution.
Notably, the new Professional Plan ($15/month) essentially replaces the previous $25/month Business plan, saving users $10/month. However, it's currently only available as an annual payment option ($180/year).
For free users, the 500MB storage can only hold about 500 average-resolution images, while the 300 visits/day limit could be easily exhausted by crawlers or traffic spikes, making the free tier impractical for most bloggers.
