Should You Really Move to Self-Hosted WordPress Blog?

Should You Really Move to Self-Hosted WordPress Blog?

Self-Hosted WordPress Blog

Many people wonder if they should go with a Self-Hosted WordPress blog. WordPress is the most widely used and popularly loved Content Management System (CMS) based open source blogging software. The use of WordPress themes and templates make the site building very easy and visually pleasing. It is best suitable for the personal blogs. When it comes to hosting, there are two types the user comes across with:

  1. Free WordPress Hosting: WordPress.com
  2. Self-Hosted WordPress: WordPress.org

Free WordPress Hosting Blog

Free WordPress Blog

In simple words, a Free WordPress Hosting means you need not pay for your web hosting monthly or yearly. Around 3GB of disk space is allotted free for your website hosting. In this case, your domain name will contain wordpress.com. The web developer who targets to create a basic blog having no much future expansion or heavy growth prefers free hosting on WordPress. It’s free, easy, quick, optimized, maintained and convenient. On the contrary, never forget that ‘Nothing is free in this world’. The biggest downside of free hosting on WordPress is your blog’s life span is in their hand i.e. if your blog violates any of its terms then it can be deleted without seeking your permission. Another limitation is that your site gets occupied by numerous ads posted by WordPress. You will have to pay yearly amount for your site to be ads-free.

Upgrade CSS: refers to upgradation of the CSS files or what is simply called as design upgrade. To upgrade your blog theme and alter the CSS files you will be asked to pay 30 USDs per annum. Note that, you cannot completely change the design rather just upgrade the color, images, etc., but definitely, addition of new custom theme is restricted. This is the only way in which you can get rid of those common templates and themes used by maximum of freely hosted WordPress sites.

Self-Hosted WordPress Blog

Self-Hosted WordPress Blog

A self-hosted WordPress blog is the one hosted by a web hosting company rather than WordPress itself. Hence, to make your blog a success, you need to choose the best web host that satisfies all your requirements. However, the webmaster needs to be alert about: from keeping the backups and the update news regarding the blog aspects to paying the domain registration fee yearly. The site performance and maintenance is entirely his responsibility.

  • WordPress Plugins: WordPress is known for its wide range of plugins, be it free, paid or custom and the self-hosted blogs come up with the facility of these plugins which makes the blog more user-friendly.
  • WordPress Themes: There is a complete flexibility regarding usage of the available WordPress themes. This encourages the web developer to enrich the creativity in their design and customize the look the way they want.
  • Monetization: The free hosted blogs do not permit publishing ads on the site unless a target of 25,000 page views per month is not achieved. Whereas the self-hosted blog has the provision of publishing any kind of ad service the site owner wishes to and only he has the authority on the credits earned.

Conclusion

You now got a clear idea about the provisions and features of both free hosting and self-hosting on WordPress. Should you really go for a Self-Hosted WordPress blog depends basically on the topic or subject of your blog and its aimed future. The decision making is similar to having a chocolate ice-cream if you feel vanilla flavor is too sweet to eat and doesn’t satisfy your taste! We would suggest large-scale projects such as commercial and business blogs on WordPress be self-hosted whereas small scale projects such as personal or temporary event blogs on WordPress be freely hosted. Rest is your decision, enjoy blogging!

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Ryan Jacob

Ryan Jacob has 9 years of rich experience in Integrated Marketing Communications and Server Management. He has lead teams of professionals in his career and built online and offline reputation of organizations.

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Ori

I am using a three-domain shared hosting plan at $15. My websites are really slow at the moment and I think it is time to upgrade to VPS. I did a research on the Internet about Linux VPS and found few reliable hosts that suits well in my budget. RoseHosting sounds well I think. Do you recommend something? Thanks.

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    Ryan Jacob

    Frankly speaking I haven’t tried RoseHosting yet.

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Lori Rutley

What actually is a blog and how do i start one?

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Ryan Jacob

It is OK to post on Twitter, and please share with your clients looking for web hosting solutions. Thanks!

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Lanny Cilfone

I love your blog.. very nice colors & theme. Did you make this website yourself or did you hire someone to do it for you? Plz respond as I’m looking to construct my own blog and would like to know where u got this from. many thanks

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    Ryan Jacob

    Lanny,

    Hello. Thanks for the kind words. I created the website using WordPress. It takes a little bit of time and effort to do it yourself, but it is fairly straightforward once you get started. Good luck with your new blog.

    Thanks,

    Ryan

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Duane Larabell

Nice Article. I will come back often!

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    Ryan Jacob

    Duane,

    We appreciate your comment. Come back and check out our new posts. You can also Like us on Facebook.

    Thanks,

    Ryan

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April Yasurek

hi this is a great website that you have, thank you 4 sharing it with us.

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Lauren

Great post by the way

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