Free WordPress V/S Self-Hosted Wordpres – See Who Wins

By: Karan Goel | 23rd September 2009

Ever heard of WordPress? I guess the answer will be “Yes”. Ever used it? I am sure you would now say “No”..The reason?…Well, you are confused which wordpress to use: Self-Hosted or Free WordPress. Just read through this post, and I hope your confusion will be solved!

WordPress.com provide you with a free WordPress blog with lots of limitations like:

* Theme selection
* Plugins
* Putting advertisement
* File Upload limit
* Limited Storage
* WordPress.com domain
* No FTP

Where as a Self hosted WP blog is more or less like a website which is hosted on your server where you are free to select any number of WordPress themes, plugins, Storage limit and advertisement.

Advantages of Self Hosted WordPress Blog
* Unlimited Plugins
* Unlimited Theme
* Unlimited Storage
* Unique domain name
* Advertisement
* Self hosted
* Complete control
* FTP access.

More over you will have your own domain like I have karangoel.in

Now, you have a list of all features and disadvantages in front of you. Make a wise decision and chose your favourite type.

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