WordPress.com is a commercial website where you can host a free website with some restrictions, or pay an annual fee so you can work without restrictions, but beware, you can’t install WordPress plugins yet! This website runs on the WordPress software offered by WordPress.org. Since WordPress.com is a hosted service, you don’t have to worry about finding a web host or downloading and installing the WordPress software. That is all done for you.
How does WordPress.com?
Via wordpress.com you can create your own WordPress.com account and create a blog for free in seconds. These free blogs are widely used, but offer too little for professional users in terms of design, use and appearance. A free WordPress.com website is therefore often only used by the hobbyists among us.
What are the benefits of WordPress.com
The advantages of a free blog / website through WordPress.com is that you don’t have to pay attention to purchasing a hosting package and registering a domain name. This saves time and allows you to get started with your new WordPress.com blog right away. And of course it’s free. These are the only two advantages of WordPress.com.
What are the disadvantages of WordPress.com
There are a lot of disadvantages to using a WordPress.com blog. For example, you won’t get a unique domain name, so there will always be WordPress in front of your domain name, for example www.jouwdomeinnaam.wordpress.com. You cannot create e-mail addresses because you do not have your own hosting package. You don’t have access to the server, so it’s not possible to, among other things: make backups, install plugins (so no extra widgets), SEO options are very limited and integrating social media is very limited.
Overview of properties WordPress.com
We have listed all the specifications of WordPress.com:
- Free
- Website is ready to use immediately
- No own domain name but e.g. Uwnaam.wordpress.com
- No own IP number possible
- No own e-mail address
- No Control Panel
- No external plugins possible
- Javascripts are not allowed for pages, widgets and messages
- Flash is not allowed for pages, widgets and messages
- Iframes are not allowed for pages, widgets and posts
- Custom Themes are not allowed
- No access to the MySQL database
- No FTP access
- SEO options are very limited
- Social Media integration is very limited
