Can I use one of your themes on WordPress.com? Novice Novice tutorials require no prior knowledge of any specific web programming language.
No because on WordPress.com you can’t run a custom theme and can’t upload plugins. With our theme you’ll need you own hosting not the one WordPress.com provides. Some WordPress.org and WordPress.com advantages and disadvantages:
Self hosted WordPress advantages
- You can install and use our themes
- You have full control on your website data. You don’t have any strict terms of service imposed by someone
- You can use plugins any type of plugins: free, paid, custom
- You can customize and modify themes
- You can use any ad service on your website and you are free to sell as many ads as you want
- Custom Analytics are possible
Attention
The theme upload method is available only for self-hosted WordPress users, since the WordPress.com system does not support this option!
Self hosted WordPress disadvantages
- You should find a host, install the custom theme by yourself
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WordPress.com advantages
- They provide hosting and backups
- It gives the possibility to integrate your social networks
- There’s no need to install plugins. It provides such features as: comments, sharing, stats, etc.
- Support and WordPress.com forums access.
WordPress.com disadvantages
- You are not allowed to sell ads on your site unless you have a specific number pageviews per month
- You are restricted to use plugins
- You are not allowed to use custom analytics software
- You cannot use our themes. You follow their choice of themes which are used on lots of websites. Thus, it somehow affects your uniqueness
- You should always abide their Terms of Service