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WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

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WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

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- [Instructor] Did you know there are two forms of WordPress websites? One is available at wordpress.com, while the other is available at wordpress.org. What's the difference? Wordpress.org is the original WordPress. This is a piece of software you'll need to download, install and use with your own separately purchased web hosting. Wordpress.org has been around since 2003, so it's had a lot of time to grow and evolve into the powerful platform that it is today. The big, big advantage here is that there are tens of thousands of themes. That's the way the website looks, including its layout, and colors and so forth. And it has extra pieces of functionality called plugins that seamlessly integrate with WordPress. You can make it do whatever you want. E-commerce, event registration, blogging, contact forms, photo galleries and so much more. They're all possible with wordpress.org. And best of all the software is free to download and use. You can also add your own programming to it, since…

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