The whole WordPress.com vs WordPress.org thing is really confusing. For everyone.
First off, and it needs to be said right away, WordPress.org and WordPress.com are two entirely different websites / organizations / web solutions.
In other words, one is going to give you an entirely different *thing* than the other.
I know this is weird. There are not many cases in which a brand’s “.com” domain is totally separate from its “.org” domain. We’re just used to seeing the same thing under every domain extension that a brand might have.
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Karol Krol is a writer, content strategist, and WordPress figure-outer with over 20 years of experience rooted in website building and web technologies. With his expertise underpinned by a master's degree in computer science, he authored "WordPress Complete" - the ultimate WordPress handbook for newbies. His work has been published across numerous industry websites. He leads the editorial team at WPShout.
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How to identify in which my website is hosted? .Com or .Org?
Great write-up. I never recommend WordPress.com to my clients, as you don’t actually own your website – wordpress.com owns it. They have the right to disable your account, if they see fit. In that event, that means the associated site(s) gets turned off. It’s better to own your own domain and purchase your own hosting (hopefully that includes back-ups). It’s more work, but that way there’s never any doubt as to who can do what to the site.