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  sallybr · Member · Nov 16, 2009 at 7:16 pm

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  I stumbled on this post yesterday

  http://www.acatinthekitchen.com/?p=410

  and was wondering if this is something to worry about – how do I know if my version needs updating?

  thanks!

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Nov 16, 2009 at 7:38 pm

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  @Sally,

  We don’t have to worry about updating. WordPress.com takes care of all that for us. We could not update if we wanted to!

  People who have self-hosted blogs, which use WordPress.org software, have to worry about keeping their software up to date. WordPress.com seems to experiment with new things before they use them on the .com software.

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  leetgamer · Member · Nov 16, 2009 at 7:42 pm

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  That only applies for wordpress.org users. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/please-read-me-first-before-posting?replies=1

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  sallybr · Member · Nov 16, 2009 at 7:49 pm

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  @ leetgamer
  Thanks. I knew the difference (or I thought I knew… :-) , but I guess what confused me was that her blog’s name ends as …… com

  So, I guess all wordpress blogs that are not self-hosted have “wordpress.com” at the end of the name…. correct?

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  leetgamer · Member · Nov 16, 2009 at 7:56 pm

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  Well.. not exactly. People can buy a domain and rename the blog address. For example, my blog used to be http://leetgamer.wordpress.com/ but I bought a domain and renamed it to http://leetgamerblog.com/; but it’s still hosted at wordpress.com, not .org. So yeah, appearances can be deceiving :P

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Nov 16, 2009 at 8:38 pm

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  Sorry!!! WordPress.COM users don’t have access to update their software. But:

  Type alert in my post above.The second paragraph should be:

  People who have self-hosted blogs, which use WordPress.org software, have to worry about keeping their software up to date. WordPress.com seems to experiment with new things
  before they use them on the
  .ORG software.

  They experiment with us (.COM), then they can be sure their improvements will work for them (.ORG). We get the new stuff first.

  http://www.acatinthekitchen.com/?p=410
  That is a self hosted blog using wordpress.ORG software. Scroll all the way to the bottom and you will see, “A cat in the kitchen is proudly powered by WordPress”
  She is using wp.ORG software.

  You can also tell if you are logged in to your wp.COM account. If you see your grey administration bar (with your avatar, “my account,” “my dashboards,” and so on” then the site you are one is a wordpress.COM site.

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Nov 16, 2009 at 8:43 pm

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  @Sally,
  At the bottom of your blog it says:
  “BLOG AT WORDPRESS.COM. THEME: CUTLINE BY CHRIS PEARSON.”
  on mine, it says:
  “Blog at WordPress.com. • Theme: Unsleepable by Ben Gray “
  on leetgamer’s blog it says at the bottom:
  “Blog at WordPress.com • Freshy theme by Jide.”

  Here is what leetgaer has:
  Domain Mapping
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/?s=mapping

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  sallybr · Member · Nov 16, 2009 at 9:02 pm

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  I think I’m a little dizzy…

  :-)

  I don’t know who decided to call those two things such similar names, creating a ton of confusion – wouldn’t it be better to call one WordPress and the other Wordprint ? :-)

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  leetgamer · Member · Nov 17, 2009 at 1:20 pm

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  Cause wordpress is a company and naming one branch wordpress and the other wordprint would make it appear as two companies