WordPress is a platform powering more than 25% of websites and blogs on the internet. The 2 most popular blogging platforms are: WordPress.com and WordPress.org. We have other Platforms like BlogSpot, Wix etc. BlogSpot is powered by its parent company: Google. The company behind WordPress is Automattic. Automattic offers two blogging platforms:
Note that Automattic offers other services and products like Jetpack, Gravatar, VaultPress, VideoPress and WordPress VIP.
WordPress is a free blogging platform offered by the Automattic. Anyone can create a blog for free. With the free plan, you can only create a web address that is in the form of:
The Blog will be hosted on the WordPress server which is perfect for those people who would like to blog as hobby or just to share their thoughts.
If you want to buy a custom domain name and use paid themes, then they are plans like the, Personal Plan and Business plan.
WordPress.com may be useful to people who don’t want to worry about the technical aspect of setting and maintaining a blog since the team at WordPress, takes care of everything from the structure of the blog, updates and backups. But there are many limitations that come with using it.
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Some of these limitations include:
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If you have no prior experience of using WordPress, then it is recommended you start with a free blog at WordPress.com then with time you can switch to self-hosting with WordPress.org.
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WordPress.com (Free plan) is for people who want to blog as a hobby with no intention of making money on the blog.
WordPress.org is for people planning to make money online through blogging. With this platform you are free to use any of the ads networks of your choice like Media net, Google Adsense, affiliate networks like Amazon, etc. You have a full control of your site. You are also free to use any theme, install plugins of your choice etc.
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| WordPress.com | WordPress.org |
| Free Version with Paid upgrades available. | Only Paid Version available. |
| No Technical knowledge required to set up and run. | Requires technical knowledge to set up and run a blog or website. |
| The set-up, upgrades, backups, security is taken care of by WordPress team. | You are responsible for the Set-up, Upgrades, Backups, Security hence you need to have some technical knowledge. |
| Your posts are backed Up Automatically. | You set-up the backups on your end. |
| They don’t allow plugins from 3rd parties but provide some of the best plugins for all blogs. | You are free to install plugins from 3rd parties. |
| Custom Themes are not allowed. | You can use any Theme. |
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Useful post. I’m .com rather than .org but would like to migrate at some point.
Hi, WordPress.com is useful especially when you are starting out, and if you don't want to worry about maintenance and other technicalities then buying their business plans can still work but if you want to control everything on your side, then you can self host with WordPress.org.
Good breakdown John. Definitely a huge dot org fan here for owning the blog and for branding potential. You can really gussy it up with minimal investment, with plug ins, cool themes and even bespoke themes.
Hi Ryan,True! if you are serious about blogging, then Making some small investment in terms of say Themes, Site design isn't a big deal otherwise thanks for visiting.