- Costs of Hosting / Domains vs WordPress Fees
- Ease of access, “turnkey web development” – low barrier to entry
- Control of website files
- WordPress.org restriction free
- Hosting costs / finding a website host
- Domain costs / finding a domain name provider
- Developer Experience needed
- Custom Plugins and Themes
- WordPress support vs other hosting provider support
- Plugin library management
- Security concerns
- WordPress Upgrades
Personal ($4):
- 6 GB storage
- Unlimited pages, posts, users, and visitors
- Free domain for one yearGet a custom domain – like yourgroovydomain.com – free for the first year.
- Ad-free browsing experience for your visitorsUnlock a clean, ad-free browsing experience for your visitors.
- Dozens of premium themesSwitch between all of our Personal design themes.
- Support from our expert teamGet support from our expert, friendly Happiness team.
- StatsAccess full traffic history, filter by date, and see peak traffic times.
- Customize fonts and colors sitewide
Premium ($8):
- 13 GB storage
- Unlimited pages, posts, users, and visitors
- Free domain for one yearGet a custom domain – like yourgroovydomain.com – free for the first year.
- Ad-free browsing experience for your visitorsUnlock a clean, ad-free browsing experience for your visitors.
- All premium themesSwitch between a collection of premium design themes.
- Fast support from our expert teamPrompt support from our expert, friendly Happiness team.
- Premium statsUnlock all stats, including UTM tracking and device insights.
- Customize fonts and colors sitewideTake control of every font, color, and detail of your site’s design.
- Connect Google AnalyticsLink your accounts to gain more valuable insights in seconds. No coding required.
- Upload videos
Business ($25):
- Unlimited pages, posts, users, and visitors
- Free domain for one yearGet a custom domain – like yourgroovydomain.com – free for the first year.
- Ad-free browsing experience for your visitorsUnlock a clean, ad-free browsing experience for your visitors.
- All premium themesSwitch between a collection of premium design themes.
- Priority 24/7 support from our expert teamThe fastest 24/7 support from our expert, friendly Happiness team.
- Premium statsUnlock all stats, including UTM tracking and device insights.
- Customize fonts and colors sitewideTake control of every font, color, and detail of your site’s design.
- Connect Google AnalyticsLink your accounts to gain more valuable insights in seconds. No coding required.
- Upload videosUpload video files like mp4 and display them beautifully in 4K resolution, with picture-in-picture, subtitles, and without intrusive ads.
- Install pluginsPlugins extend the functionality of your site and open up endless possibilities for presenting your content and interacting with visitors.
- SFTP/SSH, WP-CLI, Git commands, and GitHub Deployments
Commerce ($45):
- Unlimited pages, posts, users, and visitors
- Free domain for one yearGet a custom domain – like yourgroovydomain.com – free for the first year.
- Ad-free browsing experience for your visitorsUnlock a clean, ad-free browsing experience for your visitors.
- All premium and store themesSwitch between all of our themes.
- Priority 24/7 support from our expert teamThe fastest 24/7 support from our expert, friendly Happiness team.
- Premium statsUnlock all stats, including UTM tracking and device insights.
- Customize fonts and colors sitewideTake control of every font, color, and detail of your site’s design.
- Connect Google AnalyticsLink your accounts to gain more valuable insights in seconds. No coding required.
- Upload videosUpload video files like mp4 and display them beautifully in 4K resolution, with picture-in-picture, subtitles, and without intrusive ads.
- Install pluginsPlugins extend the functionality of your site and open up endless possibilities for presenting your content and interacting with visitors.
- SFTP/SSH, WP-CLI, Git commands, and GitHub DeploymentsUse familiar developer tools to manage and deploy your site.
- eCommerce tools and optimized WooCommerce hosting
Enterprise ($25,000/year):
- all the features because they’re rich
Hosting/Domain vs. Fees
hosting/domain – .org
- free hosting
- have to set it up yourself
- could crash
fees – .com
- cost money
- set up is all done for you
- don’t have to worry about it crashing and then having to reboot the site yourself
- 24/7 protection of site
Ease of access, “turnkey web development” – low barrier to entry
wordpress.com
- makes it easier for people to use
wordpress.org
- has to host yourself
Control of website files
wordpress.com
- stored on server where site is hosted
wordpress.org
- in root directory where you have to sort and add them yourself
Restriction Fees
WordPress.org has a restriction. This means based on user roles or membership levels, users can view certain pages and have access to certain features. This is free for WordPress.org, but it has a fee for WordPress.com.
Hosting costs / finding a website host
wordpress.com
from $20 – $60 per month to host
wordpress.org
- free if you hosted it on your own computer
- $2-$10 to find a website host
Domain costs / finding a domain name provider
- domain costs – $0-$89 per month -.org
- domain name provider – less than $10 a month -.com
Developer Experience needed
wordpress.com
- knowledge of plugins + themes
wordpress.org
- HTML
- CSS
- JavaScript
- PHP
- Git
- knowledge of plugins + themes
Custom Plugins and Themes
wordpress.com
- can’t use plugins depending on plan
wordpress.org
- lots of free plugins
WordPress support vs other hosting provider support
wordpress support
- lots of guides
- different categories to choose from
- can search certain things
other hosting provider support
- responsible for own safety protection
- not many guides
- figure it out yourself
Plugin library management
wordpress.com + wordpress.org
- organized library and files
- provides tools to operate plugins more efficiently and easier
Security concerns
wordpress.com
- automatically has security precautions
- encryption
- daily scans
- regular backup
- recovery
- firewalls
- security team
wordpress.org
- gives steps to keeping site safe
- has software that helps against threats
- has team to resolve security issues
- auto updates
WordPress Upgrades
wordpress.com
- add extra features and capabilities to your website
- get extra features/capabilities by paying the different prices depending on the plan
- automatically updates
wordpress.org
- have to update it yourself
- backup all files
- upload new files to site
- reinstall everything
Jazzelle Wolverson 