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

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# wordpress.com before wordpress.org?

 *  [genepjennings](https://wordpress.org/support/users/genepjennings/)
 * (@genepjennings)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-before-wordpressorg/)
 * I’ve been blogging on blogger for 4 years and I’m ready to improve my site with
   wordpress. WordPress.org seems a little intimidating to me with all of the coding
   and stuff – even though I eventually want to use it. Should I start with wordpress.
   com to get a feel for wordpress then go to wordpress.org or just jump right in
   to org?

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 *  [wendel-brume](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wendel-brume/)
 * (@wendel-brume)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-before-wordpressorg/#post-865698)
 * You’ll get both opinions on that, because it depends on what you want to do. 
   WP.com comes with similar limitations to Blogger in terms of style choices and
   limited commercialization ability, but it is a relatively painless way to learn
   WP. With WP.org there are more options, and in addition to more responsibility
   for maintaining it, you have to select and pay for your own hosting.
 *  Thread Starter [genepjennings](https://wordpress.org/support/users/genepjennings/)
 * (@genepjennings)
 * [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-before-wordpressorg/#post-865954)
 * I bought WordPress for Dummies. I think I’ll just dive in to wp.org. thanks!

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 * Last reply from: [genepjennings](https://wordpress.org/support/users/genepjennings/)
 * Last activity: [17 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-before-wordpressorg/#post-865954)
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