Hosting can also range from a few bucks a month to $100+ a year. I recommend Namecheap for purchasing domain names. Domains range from $0.99 – $10/15 depending on the domain name and where you buy it from. Īs this is self-hosted you would need to buy a domain and register with a hosting provider. (business)įor $240 a year you get all the personal and premium features and some additional features that are only available on the business subscription such as being able to upload third party plugins which allows you complete customization of your site. (premium)įor $84 a year you get access to premium features like being able to customize the CSS file of your theme. (personal)įor $36 a year you can have a personal domain and remove the ads from your blog but there’s still no customization options. WordPress also displays ads on your blog and there is virtually no option to customize your blog in any way other than changing between WordPress repository themes. The basic blogging platform is free but this means that you are limited to 3GB of storage space and using a sub-domain () as opposed to a custom domain. Free, premium and custom – giving you an even greater control and functionality. With self hosted you’re free to upload and use any and all the plugins you like. The only way you can upload and use plugins on the platform is to purchase the business subscription which will allow you to upload third party plugins. The alternative is to use their ‘plugin-like’ features. You cannot upload any free, premium or custom plugins. Plugins are non existent for free and premium users. You can change the CSS of a theme as well as the functions.php files to create an awesome and completely customized theme for your site without having to upgrade a subscription. Not only that, but you can also customize the themes to your heart’s content. You have access to all the free themes in the WordPress repository as well as the freedom to use third party, free and premium themes. Having self hosted allows you to have FULL theme support. Those with a business subscription to have the freedom to upload themes from third parties such as the Genesis & StudioPress. Premium users can customize the CSS of the theme and have access to some premium WordPress themes from the repository. However, you cannot customize the existing themes or upload custom themes which isn’t ideal if you want to be able to personalize your site with custom edits to the theme. This isn’t all bad as the WordPress core themes like Twenty Seventeen, Twenty Twenty and Twenty Twenty-One are really robust. With, you’re choice of themes is limited to the ones in the WordPress repository. I’m going to give you a run down of the pro’s and con’s of both and so you can decide which best suits your needs. Regardless of price, which platform you choose depends entirely on what you want to get from your site. Hold on a minute – we’ve only just scratched the surface of the differences between and. org, you’re probably thinking “ is free so I’ll chose that one!”. Now you know the technical difference between and. What Do You Want From Your WordPress Site? Most hosting providers have a one-click WordPress install function but for the purposes of explaining the difference, you can also manually install WordPress on your self hosted site by downloading the WordPress core files from. For a self hosted site, you need to purchase a domain name and host (I recommend SiteGround or FlyWheel all day long!). (Self-hosted)Īlternatively, if you visit, you can download a ZIP file that contains the WordPress content management system core files which can be uploaded to a self hosted site. However, if you want to ‘unlock’ more features from, you’ll have the option to pay $36/year for a personal subscription, $84/year a year for a Premium subscription, $240/year a year for a business subscription, or $432/year for an eCommerce subscription which all come with some added perks (but more on that later). You don’t have to purchase a domain or sign up for a hosting service because takes care of all that for you. If you visit you can set up a site in minutes for free. Let’s break this down and explain it a little more. There are a number of differences between the two platforms, but the main difference between them is that is self hosted and is hosted on their free hosting service.
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