5. How WordPress.com Is Different Than WordPress.org

This chapter covers the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org—similarly named, but rather different parts of the WordPress family.

In the Introduction, I told you that WordPress.com and WordPress.org are related, but different, versions of WordPress. In Chapter 2, “Installing WordPress on Your Own Server,” I talked about the WordPress.org side of things—that is, downloading and installing WordPress on your own web hosting account to run and manage yourself. In this chapter, I’m going to cover WordPress.com, how it differs from installing WordPress yourself (let’s call it DIY WordPress), when it is a good choice over DIY, and how to tweak and tune your WordPress.com blog to work ...

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