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WordPress All-in-One For Dummies, 5th Edition
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WordPress All-in-One For Dummies, 5th Edition

by Lisa Sabin-Wilson
February 2024
Beginner content levelBeginner
608 pages
14h 45m
English
For Dummies
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Chapter 5

Discovering Different Versions of WordPress

IN THIS CHAPTER

Bullet Getting hosted with WordPress.com

Bullet Self-hosting with WordPress.org

Bullet Running a network of blogs with the Multisite feature

Bullet Exploring enterprise options and VIP services

Website publishers have a wealth of software platforms to choose from. You want to be sure that the platform you choose has all the options you’re looking for. WordPress is unique in that it offers two versions of its software. Each version is designed to meet the various needs of publishers.

One version is a hosted platform available at WordPress.com that meets your needs if you don’t want to worry about installing or dealing with software; the other is the self-hosted version of the WordPress software available at https://wordpress.org, which offers you a bit more freedom and flexibility, as described throughout this chapter.

This chapter introduces you to both versions of the WordPress platform so you can choose which version suits your particular needs the best.

Comparing the Two Versions of WordPress

The two versions of WordPress are

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