If you’ve been around the blogging world for awhile, you’ve probably heard of self-hosted WordPress. However, I’ve noticed there is a lot of confusion about exactly what that means. Many of my fellow bloggers have switched to WordPress from Blogger or other platforms, only to be frustrated when they don’t find all the options.

  There are tons of free blogging platforms out there, but Blogger and WordPress are the most popular. Both make it fairly easy to pick a design and start blogging within minutes. After using both, however, I strongly recommend that you start on WordPress. Many people choose Blogger first. Blogger is owned by Google. When you.

When I set up a new blog on WordPress, one of my first concerns is getting all the plugins installed. Plugins are ways to improve the look and functionality of a website without manually putting in a bunch of code; for instance, I use a plugin for nearly everything in the sidebars, as well as one.

blog [blawg, blog]: noun, verb noun 1. a website containing the writer’s or group of writers’ own experiences, observations, opinions, etc., and often having links to other images or websites. verb 2. to maintain or add new entries to a blog. There are millions of blogs online, on platforms like WordPress, Blogger, Joomla, TypePad, LiveJournal,.