What Is WordPress? - How To Build Websites With It?

What Is WordPress? How To Build Website With It?

WordPress is a Content Management System (CMS) that allows users to create dynamic websites. WordPress contains plugins & templates systems by which you can easily customize the website without any coding experience.

WordPress is World's most used and powerful Content Management System that allows you to create a business, blog, portfolio, e-commerce, and many other dynamic websites with a drag-and-drop facility. You can use WordPress to build almost any kind of website that you can imagine. 

Many small business owners, bloggers, entrepreneurs, and beginners use WordPress to start their online carrier as it is one of the most convenient ways to build and run a website without any technical knowledge.

WordPress has divided into two parts.

1. WordPress.org
2. WordPress.com

WordPress.org and WordPress.com are likely similar to each other. The only key difference in both is Who is hosting your website.

1. WordPress.org comes with full control over your website. To use WordPress.org, you'll have to purchase your hosting package, and then you'll have to install WordPress on that hosting.

2. On the other side, WordPress.com itself will take care of all the above for you. You just have to sign up an account and you can start building your website. It's good for experimental & learning purpose but, it is highly recommended to use WordPress.org to start your online carrier professionally.

How to Build a Website With WordPress.com

Well, you can start using WordPress with its free version. Create a free WordPress website by following the below method.

• Visit WordPress.com and create a new account. You can also log in to your existing one if already created.

• Type your email, username, password, and hit the Create your account button. You can also sign up using your Google account or Apple account.

• After successfully signing up, you'll be redirected to the WordPress Dashboard page from where you can easily create blog posts, customize the theme, edit or delete the theme, manage admins, and many others.

How To Build a Website With WordPress.org

• WordPress.org gives you the full independence from hosting your website to any Web Hosting Provider to harden your website's security. WordPress.org gives you full freedom and below are some of the major benefits of using it.

• No need to work with subdomains in compulsion. You can connect your desired TLD domain with wordpress.org which will boost your website's trust value.

• You can add free or paid custom themes on your WordPress website with the wordpress.org version.

• You'll have full control over your website and no one can take your website down until you do something wrong.

• You can customize your website as per your need. 

• You can earn a handsome amount of money by monetizing your website, and you don't have to share revenue with anyone else.

Many other premium benefits will be waiting for you with the WordPress paid version. However, you can use wordpress.com if you're new in this field and want to learn before starting with WordPress.

Why WordPress.com Isn't Recommended For Professionals?

Wordpress.com helps you create a website freely but, here are some big disadvantages of using a free version of WordPress.

• Your website will always be under a subdomain.

• You'll not be able to remove WordPress.com ads & branding from your website.

• Only 3GB disk space is available in the WordPress free version. You'll have to upgrade your plan by paying a lavish amount later.

• You cannot monetize your blog or website.

• You can install only default WordPress themes.

These are some of the major disadvantages of using a free version of WordPress. However, you can still use it if you're totally new in this field and want to learn something before entering the WordPress & blogging field.