download wordpress
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Do I need to download wordpress on my PC to make my website, and if so how do I do that.
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Hi there,
If you have not yet created your website, here is a link to begin that process. And here is great ‘getting started’ guide filled with resources for WordPress beginners.
Concerning editing your website, you can actually edit any WordPress site from your internet browser. Here’s a third-party article that recommends browsers for editing WordPress.
However, if you prefer, there are indeed both desktop and mobile apps that you can use to edit your site. You can download them for free here.
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Hi there,
You’re posting in the support forums for WordPress.com. WordPress.com is a hosting provider for the open source WordPress software, and is completely online, so there is no way to download WordPress.com onto your PC. The only way to make a website on WordPress.com is in a web browser, or using our desktop app, both of which require an active connection to the internet, and any changes you make to your site is live immediately.
If you want to develop a site on your computer, completely offline, you need to use the open source WordPress software, found on WordPress.org instead. To do this you’ll also need special software, like WAMP, to create a virtual server on your PC to “host” your site while in development. It’s not possible to upload a site created in this way to WordPress.com, so once you’re ready to take it online you’ll need to either set up your own web server, or purchase hosting from a provider like Bluehost or Pressable where you’ll be able to upload your site’s files directly to the server.
For instructions how to run the WordPress software locally on your computer, you can see the WordPress.org support documentation here:
https://wordpress.org/support/article/installing-wordpress-on-your-own-computer/
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