People often wonder what the difference are between WordPress.com and WordPress.org. The truth it, if you are considering using WordPress for your website, you must have an understanding of the two different platforms, because the two are quite different.
WordPress.com Pro’s and Con’s
WordPress.com offers 4 packages you can choose from:
1. The Free package is free and gets you started with a basic site that allows you to publish content such as a basic blog, a WordPress address, basic customization, and help from community group.
Cost: $ free
2. The Personal package costs $3.99/mos cad the offer includes a custom domain name and removal of all advertising, email and chat support.
3. The Premium package seems to be the most popular at $10.75 cad a month (billed yearly). This account offers more advanced design tools, more spae, css editing and of course, no adds.
4. The Business package is $32.42 per months (billed yearly) gives you access to unlimited premium theme templates, Google Analytics support, ultimate storage, and the ability to remove WordPress.com from branding.
You can check out the WordPress website for more info on the pricing. https://wordpress.com/pricing/
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1. WordPress.Com does not allow you to alter the PHP source code.
2. You do not have the freedom to upload any other plug-in; instead you are only free enough to choose from the limited number of available plug-ins on the platform.
3. While you can choose from a number of themes, you cannot upload your own. The customization options for the available themes are very limited. |
| Pro's | Con's |
WordPress.com offers 4 packages you can choose from:
1. The Free package is free and gets you started with a basic site that allows you to publish content such as a basic blog, a WordPress address, basic customization, and help from community group.
Cost: $ free
2. The Personal package costs $3.99/mos cad the offer includes a custom domain name and removal of all advertising, email and chat support.
3. The Premium package seems to be the most popular at $10.75 cad a month (billed yearly). This account offers more advanced design tools, more spae, css editing and of course, no adds.
4. The Business package is $32.42 per months (billed yearly) gives you access to unlimited premium theme templates, Google Analytics support, ultimate storage, and the ability to remove WordPress.com from branding.
You can check out the WordPress website for more info on the pricing. https://wordpress.com/pricing/
| 1. Wordpress.Com does not allow you to alter the PHP source code.
2. You do not have the freedom to upload any other plug-in; instead you are only free enough to choose from the limited number of available plug-ins on the platform.
3. While you can choose from a number of themes, you cannot upload your own. The customization options for the available themes are very limited.
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WordPress.org Pro’s and Con’s
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| WordPress.org is freely available to the public. It gives you thousands of plug-ins and you can additionally use premium plug-ins by paying for them. It basically caters to ‘do-it-yourself’ owners. It opens up vast options of forum support and ‘how-to’ knowledge. Site owners are at an excess of liberty to modify their sites as per their needs. The support that you need to begin is provided to you through a no-cost service. With accessibility to WP codex, you will have everything required to get WordPress- the software, spread out on your own domain. You needn’t pay for the removal of third-party ads, you can alter the PHP code, include jQuery elements, use whichever theme you like best, and install any plug-in you want. | In order for you to start working on Wordpress.org, you will require a web host for which you will need to pay. This web hosting cost in Canada varies according to the services offered. A hosting package for an average site will cost you approximately $99/yr. You will be paying a renewal fee annually for the domain name which is another $10-$25 a year.
The most outstanding thing about converting to WordPress is the learning curve. WordPress is a powerful tool for creating websites because of it’s ability to easily install and run various different extensions called plugins. These plug ins allow users to use and re-use different features that simply the user’s tasks. Just like plugins, new themes can also be installed and customized. Users have the option to use free themes as well as premium themes.
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You have the option of either use the basic themes, or pay to customize them according to your tastes. You can buy your own domain name, you can remove third third-party ads from your site by paying a price of $30/year, and you can get a ‘custom design’ package which will enable you to customize design in your chosen theme. But, as mentioned before, you still can’t make PHP or FTP changes. You can get this package at a price of $30/year. For extra storage options, you have to pay $20/year. Premium themes come with a price range of about $45 to $100. But these themes cannot be switched if you decide to shift to WordPress.org.
The most simple conclusion we can draw from the above information that wordpress.com may be perfect for the person who has the money, but doesn’t have a lot of time and doesn’t mind paying to have their website needs met.
