Title: Hosting question for WordPress
Last modified: January 30, 2017

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# Hosting question for WordPress

 *  Resolved [damonsh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/damonsh/)
 * (@damonsh)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-question-for-wordpress/)
 * _[ Moderator note: [moved to Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wheres-my-topic-gone?replies=1&view=all).]_
 * Hi,
 * I am new to WordPress. Want to know about how to host.
 * When you register with WordPress you can sign up online and create a site, either
   free or paid for depending on what package you want.
 * If you do it this way, is the WordPress site hosted on WordPress’s own servers?
   If you have important/confidential data on there, is this secure?
 * Also, if you don’t want to use WordPress’s servers, can the site be installed
   on your own servers? Are there any special requirements? Are automatics updates
   still sent out if you host it yourself?
 * Thanks a lot!

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-question-for-wordpress/#post-8714946)
 * > When you register with WordPress you can sign up online and create a site, 
   > either free or paid for depending on what package you want.
 * That’s with [https://wordpress.com/](https://wordpress.com/) not [https://wordpress.org/](https://wordpress.org/)
   🙂
 * To clear up any confusion, WordPress.com and WordPress.org are two different 
   entities: [https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_vs_WordPress.com](https://codex.wordpress.org/WordPress_vs_WordPress.com)
 * > If you do it this way, is the WordPress site hosted on WordPress’s own servers?
 * If you do go with WordPress.com, then your site is hosted with WordPress.com 
   on their servers.
 * > If you have important/confidential data on there, is this secure?
 * I recommend contacting them about that: [https://support.wordpress.com/](https://support.wordpress.com/)
 * > Also, if you don’t want to use WordPress’s servers, can the site be installed
   > on your own servers?
 * Yes, that’s what this place is. 🙂
 * Here, we develop and support the WordPress software that you install on your 
   own server with a hosting provider, like the ones recommended at [https://wordpress.org/hosting/](https://wordpress.org/hosting/)
 * > Are there any special requirements?
 * Yes: [https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/](https://wordpress.org/about/requirements/)
 * > Are automatics updates still sent out if you host it yourself?
 * Unless purposefully disabled, minor updates (security and bug fixes) are done
   automatically, while major updates (new features and functionality changes) are
   still done manually (via a simple one-click interface).
 * I also recommend reading through [https://codex.wordpress.org/New_To_WordPress_-_Where_to_Start](https://codex.wordpress.org/New_To_WordPress_-_Where_to_Start)
 *  Thread Starter [damonsh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/damonsh/)
 * (@damonsh)
 * [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-question-for-wordpress/#post-8714974)
 * Thanks a lot that’s helpful!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [damonsh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/damonsh/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/hosting-question-for-wordpress/#post-8714974)
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