Which Wordpress Should You Use?

This is often a subject of confusion…

What is the difference between a “WordPress.com” site and a “WordPress.org” site?

In a nutshell, if you host a blog at WordPress.com, you do have a “WordPress blog”. But you will be greatly limited in the types of themes (a blog’s look and feel) and plugins (little programs that add functionality) that you can use.

A “WordPress.org” blog, also called a “self-hosted blog” gives you all of the power that WordPress has to offer. Every theme and every plugin will be available to you.

Some folks will tell you that setting up a WP.com blog is far simpler than setting up a WP.org blog.

And that used to be true.

Enter page.ly

Page.ly is a great service that will have you set up on a full-blown WP.org/Self-hosted blog in a couple of minutes.

No, really.

You’ll also get a domain name based email address – [email protected] (like [email protected]) set up for you.

Essential plugins are already loaded up for you (but you can easily add more).

Ditto for a variety of themes.

And they take care of all upgrades. And the hosting.

The cost?

$14.98/month. No contract. Zero headaches.

El Cheapo hosting is going to cost you $5/month. Better hosting will cost you more.

For $15 a month, page.ly does all the heavy lifting. You can even get premium themes from page.ly for a very reasonable add on fee.

With the ease and cost effectiveness of page.ly, there is no reason not to start off with a full-blown WordPress.org blog.

This blog runs on page.ly.

Get there, post haste. It’ll be well worth it. Trust me.

Others Opine on WP.com vs. WP.org:
WordPress.org vs WordPress.com – Which One Should I Use?
From WP.com, a biased slant IMO: WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org
Self Hosted WordPress.org vs. Free WordPress.com [Infograph]

When reading these related links, keep in mind that page.ly eliminates virtually every “con” of using WP.org.

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Yes, the above links to page.ly are affiliate links. I get a small pittance for referring people.

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