Title: WordPress.org Vs WordPress.com
Last modified: April 21, 2019

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# WordPress.org Vs WordPress.com

 *  [tjones9163](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tjones9163/)
 * (@tjones9163)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-org-vs-wordpress-com-3/)
 * I am very new to web hosting and from what I understand when it comes to WordPress,
   there are 2 different sites WordPresss.com- with this you are only responsible
   for the content and they do all of the hosting and setup.
 * With WordPress.org- you get the open-source WordPress software, you are responsible
   for finding your own host or hosting it yourself and setting up the installation,
   security ect…
 * I have also heard that with wordpress.com you dont get all the customization 
   and plugins that you would have with your own host like (hostgator) and wordpress.
   org.
    Is this true?

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 *  [Davood Denavi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/binarywc/)
 * (@binarywc)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-org-vs-wordpress-com-3/#post-11450838)
 * Org is self hosted and a bit more flexible than com. Self hosted means you have
   to pay a third party host provider for server space.
 *  Moderator [t-p](https://wordpress.org/support/users/t-p/)
 * (@t-p)
 * [7 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-org-vs-wordpress-com-3/#post-11450949)
 * > [WordPress vs WordPress.com](https://wordpress.org/support/article/wordpress-vs-wordpress-com/)

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