WP.COM vs URL.ORG

  • Resolved tuftz

    (@tuftz)


    11 years, 4 months ago

    Hello All,

    I am currently responsible for supporting 141 WP Websites ALL of which were set up using WP copies to a URL.ORG and then activated and supported at no charge (this is a nonprofit organization). The organization is using a 5 year old Custom Theme developed by some folks who are no longer available. You can probably imagine the problems I am having keeping this clunky heard working.

    I am anticipating 100 – 150 new applications for new sites this coming year.

    So, my question: Should I consider offering new applications the WP.COM version with the option of changing to the URL.ORG version AFTER they proved that they are going to actually use and keep updated their sites? I am not really too versed with the .COM version except that I have heard that it is very limited in its offerings even though it is free of charge for the basics.

    You thoughts, opinions?

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  • Matt

    (@mzak)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    Is any functionality besides basic content publishing/social sharing required?

    WPyogi

    (@wpyogi)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    This explains some of the differences between WordPress.COM hosted sites and WordPress.ORG self-hosted sites:

    http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

    Thread Starter tuftz

    (@tuftz)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    Hi Matt, WPyogi,

    Thanks for your reply.

    All of the supported sites are basically Clubs with content being added regarding meetings, local issues, etc. So, I suspect that this would fall into the ‘basic functionality’ category.

    Thanks for the link. That went a long way to giving me some background. But, I still don’t really see the advantage of the URL.ORG sites over the WP.COM sites EXCEPT where the possible limitations might apply. We use a lot of different plugins based on a particular sites desires for instance.

    Larry

    Larry

    Matt

    (@mzak)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    If the sites only need basic functionality as you describe (pages/posts with text and images), starting off with a .com site might be a good way to go until the owners prove that they’re invested in maintaining/updating their sites.

    The only thing they’ll lose out on is use of your domain name.

    LyleChamney

    (@lylechamney)

    11 years, 4 months ago

    We use a lot of different plugins

    Plugins on .COM are limited to these:

    http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/

    Thread Starter tuftz

    (@tuftz)

    11 years, 3 months ago

    Thanks for the replies. After a lot of consideration and a lot of conversation within the organization we are going with the .org sites since they have so much to offer. The .com is just too limited for our needs.

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