Title: wordpress.com Vs wordpress.org
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# wordpress.com Vs wordpress.org

 *  [femisantos](https://wordpress.org/support/users/femisantos/)
 * (@femisantos)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-vs-wordpressorg-4/)
 * Hello everyone
 * WordPress virgin here!
    Only second week trying to develop something credible.
   I read an article about how to set-up a photographic blog using Graphpaperpress
   Themes. I thought I was pretty savvy and could do it; wasn’t aware of difference
   between wordpress.com Vs wordpress.org! I have simulated server on laptop with
   WordPress.org and created website with WordPress.com. Can I salvage the situation
   and redefine site to work under WordPress.org?
 * Help
 * WordPress virgin

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 *  [ulyssesr](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ulyssesr/)
 * (@ulyssesr)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-vs-wordpressorg-4/#post-2254924)
 * WordPress.com gives offers you a free platform to work on, while WordPress.org
   gives you a bit more freedom, but you have to provide your own hosting. Once 
   you decide which direction to take, you can use Tools > Export and Tools > Import
   to transfer your blog from one blog to the other.
 *  [RichardWPG](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richardwpg/)
 * (@richardwpg)
 * [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-vs-wordpressorg-4/#post-2255034)
 * wordpress.com doesn’t allow you to install plugins. They have like certain pre-
   built in plugins but wordpress.org, is total freedom for you. You can do whatever
   you want

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 * [wordpress.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wordpress-com/)

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 * 2 replies
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 * Last reply from: [RichardWPG](https://wordpress.org/support/users/richardwpg/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpresscom-vs-wordpressorg-4/#post-2255034)
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