web hosting and wordpress website

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  rachelkapustka3913 · Member · Dec 18, 2018 at 7:05 pm

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  If I use, for ex., bluehost for the website hosting but want to use wordpress to build my website, do I need to purchase a plan also with wordpress?

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  qfqbdy · Member · Dec 18, 2018 at 7:10 pm

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  Hi!

  If you want to use Bluehost, you’ll need to use the self-hosted version of WordPress, WordPress.org. Note the difference: WordPress.com and WordPress.org

  If you want your self-hosted WordPress.org site to ‘connect’ with WordPress.com, you’ll need to install Jetpack as well.

  If you want to use WordPress.com, you can either keep your Free plan or buy an upgraded plan to take advantage of advanced features and use a custom domain – https://wordpress.com/pricing/ (all upgraded plans include a free domain for one year).

  Hope this helps. 🙂