WordPress is both free content management software and a freemium blogging service.
You can download WordPress and run it on any web hosting service that runs the language PHP. In fact, most hosting companies offer the free WordPress software as a one-click install if you host a domain with them.
Pre-packaged is good. My motto is: “If you are coding, you are losing.”
Almost any website service you want to use, is a service millions of others want to use in pretty much the same way. So why not use an off-the-peg solution and save yourself the trouble of reinventing the wheel?
What we can offer you, of course, is tailoring of such a pre-packaged solution to your exact needs. For now though, Just Do It: Build your site on a standard WordPress installation and find out exactly what it is you want. It’s so much easier to identify your needs by experimenting with a one-size-fits-all example first.
Bullet point the process.