1-2: WorPress.Org vs WordPress.Com - Video Lecture Video Lecture | WordPress for Beginners - Software Development

hello and welcome back
chances are if you have googled
WordPress you would have seen the top
two results wordpress.com and
wordpress.org what is the difference
simply put wordpress.com is hosted for
you in wordpress.org is self hosted what
that means is if you sign up at
wordpress.com they host your blog for
you meaning you don't need to tinker
with anything so if you are less
technical savvy you can still have your
blog and not have to worry about any of
the technical stuff however there are
downsides to getting your blog hosted at
wordpress.com
if you're planning to use the free
service at wordpress.com your URL will
end with wordpress.com so if I wanted my
domain to be say I love cars instead of
the usual I love cars com it will be I
love cars dot wordpress.com if you're
wanting to start your own blog about
your hobbies then sure no problem but if
you are wanting a website for your
business
having wordpress.com at the end does not
look professional at all if you want to
have a custom domain without the
wordpress.com extension you will have to
pay
you cannot upload themes to
wordpress.com you can only use themes
that are provided to you on
wordpress.com some are free but if you
want premium themes you will have to pay
a one-off fee even if you do use one of
these themes you cannot customize it if
you want to customize CSS for the theme
you will need to pay as well now that's
not to say that there is a lack of
themes on wordpress.com in fact they
have over 200 themes to choose from
however if you are looking for a theme
that is not included in their themes
pack or if you want a custom theme built
just for you you are out of luck
the ability to extend its
functionalities using plugins is a huge
part of the reason why WordPress is so
popular and powerful if you want to run
an e-commerce site there are plugins for
that if you want to run a
membership-based website there are
plugins for that
however on wordpress.com you are not
allowed to upload plugins therefore
severely limiting the potential of your
blog slash website
popular way to make some income is by
starting a blog and run advertising
programs or Adsense on it this is not
possible if you're on wordpress.com as
it violates their Terms of Service
wordpress.com does have their own
advertising program called weird ads for
bloggers with moderate to high traffic
however you do need to apply for it and
there are criterias you have to meet if
the sole purpose of your site is to
generate some side income then
wordpress.com is not for you
perhaps your wanting to take it easy
maybe start a blog do some writing if
you have a big enough audience base
you'll start selling some merchandise
build a community by adding forums etc
this is not possible on wordpress.com
due to the limitations on themes and
plugins if you're planning on to expand
your site in the future wordpress.com is
not for you
so to sum everything up it's very
important to figure out what you want to
do if you just want to start a blog to
share photos or articles with your
family and friends but do not want to
worry about the technical stuff and then
wordpress.com is a good choice if you
want to do more with your blog for
example start a community sell
merchandise customize your theme
completely then WordPress org is a more
suitable option now that you know the
differences between wordpress.com and
wordpress.org let's talk about the
different types of web hosts
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