Domain hosting through WordPress.com
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I’m pretty new to the whole web design thing, and I’m confused about hosting my WordPress-built site through WordPress.
Can you actually host a full site through one of WordPress’ plans, or do you HAVE to go through a third party like Bluehost?
Right now what I’m trying to do is finish building my site, caitlinjohnson.com. The DNS is currently Google, and initially I used Bluehost to design the site the way it is now. But instead of using Bluehost to do that, can I just pay for a WordPress subscription and build it from there? Ideally I want my DNS and the hosting server to be the same. So, I was going to transfer my domain name to Bluehost, but Bluehost seems expensive. I like WordPress’s plans, but are those for hosting as well, or what exactly?
TL;DR: Can you host and build your website using only WordPress if you purchase/upgrade to one of the WordPress ‘plans’ (that isn’t the free one)?
I hope that makes sense and you’re not as confused as I am right now. Ha. Thanks in advance!
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Hi there,
Can you host and build your website using only WordPress if you purchase/upgrade to one of the WordPress ‘plans’ (that isn’t the free one)?
Yes, you can!
But, you can self host through Bluehost if you wanted. Doing so will give you more options, but it’s more of a “get your hands dirty with technical bits” sorta thing. You can read all about the differences between WordPress.com (hosting here) and WordPress.org (self hosting through Bluehost) here:
https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/”>Hope that helps!
Ross
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