{"id":14160,"date":"2018-06-25T12:35:39","date_gmt":"2018-06-25T09:35:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/?p=14160"},"modified":"2025-07-24T14:03:31","modified_gmt":"2025-07-24T11:03:31","slug":"wordpress-com-vs-wordpress-org","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wordpress-com-vs-wordpress-org\/","title":{"rendered":"WordPress.com vs WordPress.org: Key Differences and Which One You Should Use"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WordPress is the most popular way to build a website, powering 42.5% of all the websites on the internet <sup>[1]<\/sup>. But despite its popularity, there&#8217;s one question that many new users still struggle with &#8211; <strong>what&#8217;s the difference between WordPress.com vs WordPress.org and which one should I use?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>If you search for &#8220;WordPress&#8221; on Google, the two websites will rank #1 and #2. And if you&#8217;re new to WordPress, you might not know which one to use. Trust us &#8211; you&#8217;re not alone, which is why we&#8217;re here to help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udcda <strong>This article, will explain the key differences between WordPress.com vs WordPress.org and help you pick the best one for your needs<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-wordpress-com-vs-wordpress-org-the-key-difference\">WordPress.com vs WordPress.org: The Key Difference \ud83e\udd1c \ud83c\udd9a \ud83e\udd1b<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The key difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org is who&#8217;s actually <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/web-hosting\/\">hosting your website<\/a>. With WordPress.org, you host your own site. WordPress.com, on the other hand, takes care of all of this for you (easier to start, less freedom). You just register for an account and you can start building. <strong>And that\u2019s the major difference.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We recommend hosting your own site with <strong>WordPress.org.<\/strong> You&#8217;ll <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/choose-wordpress-web-hosting-company\/\">purchase your own web hosting service<\/a> and then you&#8217;ll <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/how-to-install-wordpress\/\">install the WordPress software<\/a> on that hosting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nowadays, hosting companies, like <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/go\/bluehost\/?subid1=t-wordpress-com-vs-wordpress-org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bluehost<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/go\/siteground-sp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">SiteGround<\/a>, make it <em>almost<\/em> just as easy to host your own WordPress site as it is to sign up for a WordPress.com account, with the benefits of being cheaper and offering more freedom.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\t\t<div class='ti-tweet-clear'><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class='ti-tweet_wrapper'>\n\t\t    \t<div class='ti-tweet_text'>\n\t\t    \t\t<a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=%23WordPress.com+%F0%9F%86%9A+%23WordPress.org%3A+key+differences+and+which+one+you+should+use+%F0%9F%96%B1%EF%B8%8F&via=themeisle&related=themeisle&url=https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wordpress-com-vs-wordpress-org\/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>#WordPress.com \ud83c\udd9a #WordPress.org: key differences and which one you should use \ud83d\uddb1\ufe0f<\/a>\n\t\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    \t<div class='ti-tweet_sharebtn'>\n\t\t    \t<a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=%23WordPress.com+%F0%9F%86%9A+%23WordPress.org%3A+key+differences+and+which+one+you+should+use+%F0%9F%96%B1%EF%B8%8F&via=themeisle&related=themeisle&url=https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wordpress-com-vs-wordpress-org\/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Click To Tweet \n\t\t    \t\t<span><\/span>\n\t\t    \t<\/a>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-cost-comparison\">Cost Comparison \ud83d\udcb0<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress.com has several plans with different prices and features, while WordPress.org&#8217;s plans and prices are more closely tied to the hosting company you choose to go with. Let&#8217;s take a look at both of them below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-wordpress-com-plans-and-pricing\">WordPress.com plans and pricing<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress.com does allow you to set up a website entirely for free, but there are some big downsides to the free plan at WordPress.com:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You can only place your site under a subdomain<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You cannot remove WordPress.com&#8217;s own ads and branding from your site (probably the biggest downside of a free version)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You get limited disk space of 1GB (so, it\u2019s best to do some backups and prepare storage space elsewhere)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can&#8217;t <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/how-to-make-money-with-a-blog\/\">monetize your blog<\/a> or WordPress.com website<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You can&#8217;t install plugins or any free themes or premium themes that aren&#8217;t available on the platform by default. This means you&#8217;re missing out on one of the best parts of the service, being limited only to the default WordPress plugins and WordPress themes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Assuming you want at least a legitimate-looking website with a real domain name and no obstructive advertising, then you&#8217;d need to sign up for the WordPress.com Personal plan. That one isn&#8217;t terribly expensive at $4 per month if you pay up front for the year, but it still has <strong>significant limitations<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-limitations-of-wordpress-com-s-cheapest-plan\">Limitations of WordPress.com&#8217;s cheapest plan<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>There&#8217;s no option to monetize. You can&#8217;t upload videos. You can&#8217;t integrate Google Analytics. Installing plugins is also not allowed. Basically, there is a very long list of things that you cannot do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You&#8217;re essentially paying that money to get a real domain name and to remove the ads. That&#8217;s about it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you did actually want to install third-party plugins on your WordPress.com site, you&#8217;d need at least the Business plan. That plan would cost you $40 per month if paid monthly or $25 per month if paid annually.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For true ecommerce functionality, you&#8217;d have to pay at least $45 per month for the WordPress.com Commerce plan. That&#8217;s if you paid annually. If you paid month-to-month, it would set you back $70 per month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All in all, for a bare-bones minimum website with a real domain name and no intrusive ads &#8211; but that lets you do almost nothing else except write words &#8211; you&#8217;d be paying $48 per year + the cost of a domain after the first year. So about ~$65 in total.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:15px;border-color:#4267cf\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-wordpress-org-gives-you-more-bang-for-your-buck\">WordPress.org gives you more bang for your buck<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For roughly the same amount of money as the ultra-basic WordPress.com website, you could launch a new, <strong>completely functional website with no limitations<\/strong> using WordPress.org. It would cost you ~$35 for the first year and then ~$50 every year after that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If that sounds good to you, this is how you make it happen:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, you need to pick a web host. We have some <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/best-wordpress-hosting\/\">suggestions for you here<\/a>, but if you&#8217;re in a hurry, just go with <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/go\/bluehost\/?subid1=t-wordpress-com-vs-wordpress-org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Bluehost<\/a>. They&#8217;re a respected company with tons of options for WordPress. Here&#8217;s what&#8217;s good about Bluehost&#8217;s offering:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>You can get started at $3.79 \/ month<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You get a <strong>free domain name for the first year<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>WordPress installation comes for free and is automatic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>You get access to <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/bluehost-website-builder-review\/\">a WordPress website builder<\/a> (no PHP or CSS needed) if you want an even simpler experience<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>From a user&#8217;s point of view, Bluehost works similarly to WordPress.com &#8211; as in, you sign up, pick a hosting plan, tell them to install WordPress for you, finalize the purchase and you&#8217;re good to do.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus, what you also get is complete freedom over what you want to do with your site. As we mentioned, this is something that WordPress.com doesn&#8217;t give you.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:15px;border-color:#4267cf\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-cheapest-options-at-a-glance\">Cheapest options at-a-glance<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>For a quick recap of the differences between the free plan with WordPress.com vs WordPress.org using Bluehost&#8217;s entry-level plan, check out the table below:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-table su-table-responsive su-table-alternate\">\n<figure class=\"fancy-table\">\n<table width=\"100%\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th width=\"27%\"><strong>Cheapest Plan<\/strong><\/th>\n<th width=\"15%\"><strong>Cost<\/strong><\/th>\n<th width=\"15%\"><strong>Custom Domain<\/strong><\/th>\n<th width=\"15%\"><strong>Customize Features<\/strong><\/th>\n<th width=\"15%\"><strong>Can Monetize<\/strong><\/th>\n<th width=\"13%\"><strong>Unwanted Ads<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/go\/wordpress-com-pricing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">WordPress.com Free Plan<\/a><\/td>\n<td>Free<\/td>\n<td>Must use subdomain<\/td>\n<td>Very limited<\/td>\n<td>\u274c<\/td>\n<td>\u2705<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/go\/bluehost\/?subid1=t-wordpress-com-vs-wordpress-org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">WordPress.org on Bluehost<\/a><\/td>\n<td>$3.79\/month<\/td>\n<td>Your own custom domain<\/td>\n<td>Unlimited<\/td>\n<td>\u2705<\/td>\n<td>\u274c<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>If you need some more info before making up your mind, continue reading for a more in-depth look at the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-pros-and-cons\">Pros and cons \ud83d\udc4d\ud83d\udc4e<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Each version has its own pros and cons. (Although, I personally think the .com version has more cons than pros. But you can decide for yourself!)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-when-to-use-wordpress-com\">When to use WordPress.com<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>With WordPress.com, you don&#8217;t have to worry about purchasing hosting. What&#8217;s more, you also don&#8217;t need to worry about basic maintenance or security. This is one of the biggest perks of WordPress.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>WordPress.com also <em>can <\/em>be free, though there are paid plans as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The free plan limits you to 1GB of data and a subdomain (like <code>mywebsite.wordpress.com<\/code>). It also includes WordPress.com ads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Furthermore, you won&#8217;t be able to install your own plugins, templates or themes unless you pay for the expensive business plan. Plugins and themes are one of the most helpful things about the WordPress software because they make it easy to customize your site. This ability to use plugins to augment your blog or website is one of the main strengths of content management systems like WordPress. Not having easy or affordable access to that is a pretty big negative.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dedede;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f8f8f8;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n\n\n\n<p>If the thought of changing a domain name server (DNS) or backing up your website data sounds incredibly daunting, WordPress.com may be the way to go to create a basic blog\/website. <strong>But if you want any kind of flexibility, the ability to monetize, or want your site to grow in the long run, then WordPress.com can be very limiting<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-default\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:15px;border-color:#4267cf\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-when-to-use-wordpress-org\">When to use WordPress.org<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>A WordPress.org site has to be set up with a hosting provider of your choice. This is why it&#8217;s also often referred to as <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/self-hosted-wordpress\/\">self hosted WordPress<\/a>. In most cases, this is a simple one-click install, and is really easy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact, if you purchase your domain name from your hosting provider, you don&#8217;t even have to worry about changing DNS. It will be done for you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Plus, WordPress.org has much better customization options. You&#8217;re able to install plugins, use custom website themes, and do just about anything you want with your site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can also monetize your website however you want, which is great if you&#8217;re planning to make it a business.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-note\"  style=\"border-color:#dedede;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\"><div class=\"su-note-inner su-u-clearfix su-u-trim\" style=\"background-color:#f8f8f8;border-color:#ffffff;color:#333333;border-radius:3px;-moz-border-radius:3px;-webkit-border-radius:3px;\">\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you want full control over your site and the best possible options, go with the self hosted WordPress.org<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Even though there&#8217;s a bit more of a learning curve, in the long run you&#8217;ll thank yourself for making this decision. For more guidance, here&#8217;s our <a href=\"https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/how-to-create-a-blog\/\">15-minute step-by-step tutorial to starting a WordPress website<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"su-divider su-divider-style-dotted\" style=\"margin:40px 0;border-width:1px;border-color:#999999\"><a href=\"#\" style=\"color:#999999\">Go to top<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-create-your-wordpress-site-today\">Create your WordPress site today \ud83c\udfd7\ufe0f<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>It&#8217;s easy to get lost in details when you are not very familiar with something. Same goes here. If you&#8217;re still undecided which version of the WordPress platform is the best option for your next website, let&#8217;s make things even simpler.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n\t\t<div class='ti-tweet-clear'><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class='ti-tweet_wrapper'>\n\t\t    \t<div class='ti-tweet_text'>\n\t\t    \t\t<a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=%23WordPress.com+%F0%9F%86%9A+%23WordPress.org%3A+key+differences+and+which+one+you+should+use+%F0%9F%96%B1%EF%B8%8F&via=themeisle&related=themeisle&url=https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wordpress-com-vs-wordpress-org\/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>#WordPress.com \ud83c\udd9a #WordPress.org: key differences and which one you should use \ud83d\uddb1\ufe0f<\/a>\n\t\t    \t<\/div>\n\t\t    \t<div class='ti-tweet_sharebtn'>\n\t\t    \t<a href='https:\/\/twitter.com\/share?text=%23WordPress.com+%F0%9F%86%9A+%23WordPress.org%3A+key+differences+and+which+one+you+should+use+%F0%9F%96%B1%EF%B8%8F&via=themeisle&related=themeisle&url=https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wordpress-com-vs-wordpress-org\/' target='_blank' rel='nofollow'>Click To Tweet \n\t\t    \t\t<span><\/span>\n\t\t    \t<\/a>\n\t\t    <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udc49 So, is it WordPress.org or WordPress.com?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>WordPress.org<\/strong> is for website owners who want to self host WordPress and be more independent, e.g., SEO users, ecommerce stores \/ online stores. 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