Private updates for family & friends

Sendet vs. WordPress

A simple home for the updates your family is waiting for.

WordPress can give your story a website of its own. When a NICU stay, treatment, or recovery means keeping family and friends informed, Sendet gives you one page to write an update and share it with your people.

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Free written updates. No ads. No advertising cookies.

The Sendet privacy difference

Your family’s story isn’t an advertising audience.

No ads or advertising profiles

We don’t sell your personal information, share your activity with ad networks, or use your behavior to target ads.

Password-protected by default

Share your page with the people you want to include. Family and friends don’t need an account or app to read.

Clear about what we remember

Cookies support sign-in and private-page access. We use cookieless analytics and browser storage for preferences and campaign attribution.

See our privacy policy and cookie transparency report for the details.

Two ways to share your story

This page compares hosted WordPress.com. Self-hosted WordPress varies by hosting provider, plugins, and configuration; these advertising and cookie policies do not describe every WordPress website.

Getting started

WordPress.com: Choose a site design and configure how you want to publish and share.
Sendet: Create a page, choose a password, and write your first update.

Private reading

WordPress.com: Private sites require approved readers to sign in. Individual posts can also be password-protected.
Sendet: Password-protected by default. Share the link and password; no reader account or app is required.

Advertising

WordPress.com: Free WordPress.com sites display ads. A paid plan removes platform ads.
Sendet: No ads on Free or Pro pages.

Cookies and ad tracking

WordPress.com: Automattic describes essential, analytics, and advertising cookies, including ad profiling. Actual cookies depend on features, visitor activity, and consent.
Sendet: No advertising cookies or tracking across other websites for advertising. Uses access/sign-in cookies, cookieless analytics, and some browser storage.

Photos and comments

WordPress.com: Available in WordPress.com’s blogging tools, including the free offering.
Sendet: Included with Pro. Unlimited written updates are free.

Sharing the writing

WordPress.com: Invite other users and assign publishing roles.
Sendet: Pro lets you invite family co-authors, each with their own login.

Design and flexibility

WordPress.com: A broad platform for blogs and websites, with many ways to customize.
Sendet: A consistent page layout focused on family updates.

Sendet and WordPress.com compared for sharing family updates
What matters	WordPress.com	Sendet
Getting started	Choose a site design and configure how you want to publish and share.	Create a page, choose a password, and write your first update.
Private reading	Private sites require approved readers to sign in. Individual posts can also be password-protected.	Password-protected by default. Share the link and password; no reader account or app is required.
Advertising	Free WordPress.com sites display ads. A paid plan removes platform ads.	No ads on Free or Pro pages.
Cookies and ad tracking	Automattic describes essential, analytics, and advertising cookies, including ad profiling. Actual cookies depend on features, visitor activity, and consent.	No advertising cookies or tracking across other websites for advertising. Uses access/sign-in cookies, cookieless analytics, and some browser storage.
Photos and comments	Available in WordPress.com’s blogging tools, including the free offering.	Included with Pro. Unlimited written updates are free.
Sharing the writing	Invite other users and assign publishing roles.	Pro lets you invite family co-authors, each with their own login.
Design and flexibility	A broad platform for blogs and websites, with many ways to customize.	A consistent page layout focused on family updates.

Paying to remove WordPress.com’s platform ads does not by itself establish that a site uses no analytics or other tracking technologies. Automattic’s cookie policy describes several purposes, including advertising; behavior varies with the services in use and privacy choices. Official sources are linked below.

When WordPress might fit better

WordPress is a good fit when creating the website is part of what you want: choosing its appearance, building different sections, or developing a blog you plan to keep growing. If you already have a WordPress site you enjoy using, it can also be a familiar place to continue your story.

When Sendet might fit better

Sometimes the update itself takes all the energy you have. Sendet gives you a place to write what happened, share what you’re ready to share, and let everyone catch up in their own time. There are no themes or plugins to manage. Pro adds photos, comments, optional email alerts, and family co-authors who can help with the writing.

Sendet pages are password-protected by default. You can allow password-free reading, and subscriber email links also provide access. Family pages are not listed in a public directory and ask search engines not to index them.

Anyone with access can forward it. Share your link, password, and access emails with people you trust.

Bring your next update to Sendet

You can leave your existing WordPress blog in place and use Sendet for future updates. Add a summary of the story so far to your new page, then share its link and password with your people.

Moving is manual. Posts, photos, comments, and subscribers don’t transfer automatically.

Common questions

Can WordPress be used for private family updates?

Yes. WordPress.com supports private sites for approved users and password protection for individual posts. Sendet provides a shared page password by default, with no account required for readers.

Does free WordPress.com display ads?

Yes. WordPress.com says its free sites display ads and that upgrading to a paid plan removes platform ads. Sendet has no ads on either Free or Pro pages.

Is Sendet cookie-free?

No. Sendet uses cookies for functions such as sign-in and access to private pages. It also uses cookieless analytics and browser storage for preferences and campaign attribution. It does not use advertising cookies or track your activity across other websites for advertising. The cookie transparency report explains what is stored and why.

Can more than one person write on Sendet?

Yes. With Pro, invite family co-authors by email. Each person uses their own login, and the page owner controls author access.

Is Sendet free?

A password-protected page and unlimited written updates are free. Photos, comments, email alerts, and family co-authors are optional Pro features.

Compare Sendet vs. Blogspot, a group text, or CaringBridge.

One page. Your people. A little less to carry.

Write when you have something to share. Give your people one place to come back to.

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