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    WordPress: free hosting vs own hosted blog

    I love WordPress – it’s not just a blogging platform, it’s a full featured CMS (that’s Content Management System). I’ve been using it for years now – firstly as an installation on my own server, then as a free service at WordPress.com, and now, once again hosted on my server. The advantages of hosting it yourself are the ability to use javascript (really good for tracking hits etc.) and a multitude of plugins and themes (yes, you have these on the hosted platform, just not as many). The only downside is I have to update plugins etc. manually (my host […]

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