WordPress.com Vs. WordPress.org

First let’s discuss WordPress.com and its advantages. The first advantage is the fact that WordPress.com is very easy to setup and maintain. In fact, you can be up and running with WordPress.com within just a few minutes. WordPress.com places your site on multiple servers. This helps protect your website in the event that anything bad happens to any one of the servers. Finally, and possibly most importantly, WordPress.com websites and blogs are entirely free as long as you are okay with a domain structure of domain.wordpress.com. For example, you might choose baking.wordpress.com or abcwidgets.wordpress.com. Now let’s discuss the disadvantages of using WordPress.com. First of all, if you wish to use your own domain instead of using the domain.wordpress.com structure, you will need to register that domain. WordPress.com does not allow you to install your own plugins. Plugins are like applications, or apps, for a smart phone. They allow you to add functionality to your website without the need to write any code. This might include adding a contact form, security programs, advertising programs, membership programs, social media connection buttons and more. While WordPress.com does have several popular plugins built in, you will still be severely limited. Another thing that you can not do with WordPress.com is add custom or third party themes. Themes are the framework that make up the look of your website. Every WordPress website, be it .com or .org, has a theme. With …