Educational support

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  damongautama · Member · Nov 22, 2017 at 12:26 pm

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  Hello,
  I am an English teacher in Korea looking to create a resource for my students. The blog will be a bunch of stories, some written by me and some by the students. To connect their reading and listening skills all of the stories will be both written and read aloud in an audio file. With WordPress this requires a monthly payment. Is there any form of educational support in the WordPress universe or do I need to look elsewhere for a free way to do this? Thank you!

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  timethief · Member · Nov 22, 2017 at 5:06 pm

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  There is no free means of running audio files on WordPress.COM hosted sites.

  WordPress.com provides free blogs and hosts them free of charge. There are no bandwidth charges. All WordPress.com blogs come with 3000 megabytes (~3 GBs) of space for storing uploaded files and images. Free features are listed here https://en.wordpress.com/features/

  We have 4 different plans: free, personal, premium and business. All hosting is free regardless of which plan you choose. You can view all wordpress.com plan features here https://wordpress.com/pricing/

  re: audio uploading audio to your site
  You can upload the files to your site if you have the Personal, Premium or Business plan. https://en.support.wordpress.com/audio/

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  timethief · Member · Nov 22, 2017 at 5:07 pm

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  With WordPress this requires a monthly payment.

  There are no trial upgrades, no discounts, no promo codes, no monthly payment plans, no bulk deal upgrades, and no multiple year upgrades. Also note that proforma invoices are not issued and purchase orders are not accepted.

  We are billed annually and we must pay for all upgrades in full at the time of purchase after selecting a plan.

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  timethief · Member · Nov 22, 2017 at 5:09 pm

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  Before you upgrade

  Make sure you read the comparison very closely do you know exactly what the restrictions and limitations on WordPress.COM blogging are: http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  Also read Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading

  See also: Moving to self hosted WordPress http://move.wordpress.com

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  damongautama · Member · Nov 23, 2017 at 8:54 pm

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  That’s what I was thinking. Thank you, timethief!! :)

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  timethief · Member · Nov 24, 2017 at 4:57 pm

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  You’re welcome.