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Wordpress.org is free.
by southwesterly 3y ago
Wordpress.org is free.
- lolinder 3y agoWordPress.org doesn't offer hosting, and once you install it on a $5/mo VPS you're way past $29/yr.
- withinboredom 3y agoIf you already have a server, it's essentially free.
- lnenad 3y agolol, what does this even mean as an argument? The software is free yes but he's not selling software he's selling SaaS.
- lolinder 3y agoMost of the people who are interested in WordPress or Ghost don't already have a server. This is the classic HN Dropbox reaction. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8863 > you can already build such a system yourself quite trivially by getting an FTP account, mounting it locally with curlftpfs, and then using SVN or CVS on the mounted filesystem
- withinboredom 3y agoI wouldn't say it is quite that extreme. Though you do make a fair point. (I was thinking about businesses, who usually have at least one server, somewhere.)
- lolinder 3y agoNo, you're right, it's not that extreme. I wrote the comparison before going back and actually finding the quote, and the quote was much worse (better?) than I remembered!
- QazCetelic 3y agoThere are plenty of managed Wordpress hosts that cost less than $29/yr, often including email too.
- KomoD 3y agoPikaPods.com, managed and only like ~$1.60/mo for Wordpress depending on how you spec it. I also host my Ghost blog there for basically nothing
- x3sphere 3y agoWordPress itself offers managed hosting plans on wordpress.com. They have a free ad-supported plan, and the cheapest paid starts at $48/year. That's what they are competing against.