Title: wordpress.com and wordpress.org
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# wordpress.com and wordpress.org

 *  [KPiG](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kpig/)
 * (@kpig)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-and-wordpressorg/)
 * Hi there
 * I am a newbie here and I am trying to create an online shop with WordPress.
 * I was attracted to WordPress because the perosn who will be updating / maintaining
   the content on the site once it is up and running isn’t very techie and I like
   the easy user interface on WordPress.com, but now I have started looking not 
   this I am getting a bit confused.
 * Can anyone explain the difference between the two WordPresses to me and let me
   know whether, if I create a site in WordPress.org, it can be administered online
   rather than the user having to download WordPress to their machine?
 * Thanks
 * KPiG

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 *  [Len](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lenk/)
 * (@lenk)
 * [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-and-wordpressorg/#post-995860)
 * WordPress.COM is a host that hosts WordPress-powered blogs.
 * WordPress.ORG is the place where you download the WP software and host it yourself.(
   or pay a webhosting company if you don’t have your own server)

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 * In: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/)
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 * Last reply from: [Len](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lenk/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-and-wordpressorg/#post-995860)
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