When starting out as a beginner, this question comes in everyone’s mind. Which one is better? Is it better to pick the Self Hosted WordPress.org, or is it better to go with Free WordPress.com? In this article we provide you with an infographic that compares both options side by side with list of pros and cons. We also tell you in the end which one is our pick. Click on the image to see the full version of the Infographic.
Note: We have updated this infographic because there was a huge debate about the comparison. The goal of this infographic is to compare Self Hosted WordPress.org vs. FREE WordPress.com*. We were called out by many folks saying, WordPress.com offers CSS upgrades etc. etc. But apparently, we were not clear enough in the title when we said we were comparing to only FREE WordPress.com. This new infographic indicates with a * all the upgrades that are possible. Another reason for the update was that the numbers used in the infographic were outdated.
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For webmasters is much better self hosted, for people who don't know anything of programming or design, or people who don't care about personalizations, the free hosted is the choice...
I have my self hosted wordpress with a personalized theme, and from wordpress.com (free hosted) i only envy the comment form with facebook, twitter, openid, avatars support, suscribe to comments/posts and the effects in the form...
Anyone know any tutorial for making something similar in a theme (without a lot of plugins)?
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