Birçok kişi en popüler web sitesi platformu olan WordPress’in ücretsiz olduğunu öğrenince şaşırıyor. Yazılımın kendisi için ödeme yapmadan herkesin kullanabileceği güçlü bir araçtır.
Bu makalede WordPress’in neden ücretsiz olarak sunulduğunu, bir WordPress sitesi çalıştırırken nelere para harcamanız gerekebileceğini ve herhangi bir sorun olup olmadığını inceleyeceğiz. Yıllara dayanan WordPress deneyimimizi, herhangi bir karışıklığı gidermek ve basit bir açıklama sağlamak için kullanacağız.
WordPress ile ilişkili maliyetleri anlamak, web siteniz için daha etkili bir bütçe oluşturmanıza yardımcı olabilir. Barındırma ücretlerinden isteğe bağlı yükseltmelere kadar her şeyi inceleyeceğiz.
Amacımız, web siteniz veya blogunuz için WordPress kullanma konusunda bilinçli kararlar vermeniz için gereken bilgilerle sizi donatmaktır.
WordPress açık kaynaklı bir yazılımdır. Özgürlük anlamında özgürdür, bedava bira anlamında değil. Bu ikisi arasındaki farkın ne olduğunu sorabilirsiniz.
Açık kaynak kodlu yazılım, herhangi bir ücret ödemeden yazılımı istediğiniz şekilde kullanma, değiştirme, üzerine inşa etme ve yeniden dağıtma özgürlüğü ile birlikte gelir.
Ancak, diğer alanlarda maliyetler söz konusu olabilir. Açık kaynak WordPress yazılımını kullanmanın maliyetini bu makalenin ilerleyen bölümlerinde tartışacağız.
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WordPress’i Neden Yazılım Olarak Satmıyorlar?
Bize sık sık WordPress’in arkasındaki kişi ve şirketlerin neden onu satmadıkları soruluyor. Eğer WordPress herkesin söylediği kadar iyiyse, o zaman satarak çok daha fazla para kazanacakları açıktır.
Sonuçta, WordPress internetteki tüm web sitelerinin %43 ‘ünden fazlasına güç veriyor.
WordPress’in sahibi tek bir şirket ya da birey olsaydı bu mantıklı olurdu.
WordPress, on binlerce yetenekli insanın katkıda bulunarak bugün olduğu gibi harika bir yazılım haline getirdiği açık kaynaklı bir topluluk projesidir.
Çekirdek bir geliştirici ekibi proje geliştirmeye öncülük eder, ancak herkes yamalar, hataları düzeltme, özellikler yapma, özellikler önerme vb. konularda katkıda bulunabilir.
Ayrıca, proje liderleri bir sürümden diğerine değişmektedir. Topluluğa derinlemesine dahil olursanız, WordPress’e de temel katkıda bulunanlardan biri olabilirsiniz.
Açık Kaynak Kodlu Yazılımın Arkasındaki Felsefe
Açık Kaynak yazılım hareketinin felsefesi, yazılımın diğer somut ürünlerden farklı olduğudur. Yazılım bir kez oluşturulduktan sonra düşük bir maliyetle defalarca kopyalanabilir.
Bir oyuncak fabrikası örneğini ele alalım.
Üretilen her oyuncağın, her birinin bir maliyeti olan farklı parçaları vardır. Fabrika, ürün için makul bir kar marjına karar vermek için bu parçaların üretim maliyetini hesaplayabilir.
Öte yandan, yazılım yaratmanın ve kopyalarını çıkarmanın maliyeti aynı değildir. Bazı gruplar satılan her kopya ile yazılımın kar marjının daha adaletsiz hale geldiğine inanmaktadır.
Açık kaynaklı yazılım idealleri hakkında daha fazla bilgi edinmek için GNU’nun Felsefesine göz atın.
İnsanlar WordPress ile Nasıl Para Kazanıyor?
Herhangi bir açık kaynaklı yazılımın iki ana karlı parçası, aynı açık kaynaklı yazılıma dayanan ürünler ve hizmetlerdir.
İnsanlar genellikle WordPress’i WordPress.com ile karıştırır, ancak aslında ikisi farklı şeylerdir. WordPress (genellikle kendi kendine barındırılan WordPress veya WordPress.org olarak adlandırılır) ücretsiz bir blog platformu ve web sitesi oluşturucusudur.
WordPress’in kurucu geliştiricisi Matt Mullenweg, WordPress.com adresinde “kısıtlı” ücretsiz blog barındırma hizmetleri sunan Automattic adlı bir şirket kurdu ve özelliklerin kilidini açmak ve reklamları kaldırmak için ödeme yapabilir / yükseltme yapabilirsiniz.
Ancak WordPress’in tüm özelliklerinden faydalanmak için ücretli bir WordPress.com planına geçmeniz gerekir. Örneğin, aylık 22,50 dolardan başlayan e-Ticaret planı için ödeme yapmadığınız sürece WordPress.com ile çevrimiçi bir mağaza açamazsınız.
Automattic 985 milyon doların üzerinde fon topladı.(Kaynak)
Diğer geliştiriciler de ticari eklentiler ve ticari temalar oluşturarak ve hatta WordPress barındırma hizmeti sunarak WordPress etrafında başarılı multi-milyon dolarlık işletmeler kurmaya devam ettiler.
Başarılı multi-milyon dolarlık WordPress şirketlerinden bazı örnekler şunlardır:
- WP Engine – 400 milyon dolardan fazla kazanan ve şu anda StudioPress ticari temalarının da sahibi olan yönetilen bir WordPress barındırma şirketi.
- Awesome Motive – Syed Balkhi tarafından yönetilen, WordPress temelli bir başka multi-milyon dolarlık şirkettir. Şirket WPBeginner, OptinMonster, WPForms, MonsterInsights, SeedProd, AIOSEO, Smash Balloon ve 25 milyondan fazla web sitesi tarafından kullanılan diğer popüler WordPress eklentilerini yönetmektedir.
- ElegantThemes – Popüler sürükle ve bırak sayfa oluşturucu Divi ve diğer birçok eklentinin arkasındaki multi-milyon dolarlık tema şirketi.
İlgili: En iyi WordPress şirketleri listemize bakın.
İyi WordPress geliştiricileri ve danışmanları da müşterileri için WordPress etrafında özel web siteleri, uygulamalar ve eklentiler oluşturarak rahat bir tam zamanlı gelir elde ederler. Birçoğu yıllık kazançlarını altı haneli rakamların üzerine çıkarıyor.
WordPress Telif Hakkı Ücretsiz mi?
Hayır, WordPress telif hakkından muaf değildir. Herkesin kullanmasına izin verecek şekilde lisanslanmıştır, ancak yazılıma yapılan her katkı telif hakkına tabidir.
GPL (Genel Kamu Lisansı) altında yayınlanmaktadır. Bu, kodu kullanabileceğiniz, değiştirebileceğiniz ve yeniden dağıtabileceğiniz anlamına gelir. Yazılımda yaptığınız değişikliklerin telif hakkına sahip olacaksınız, ancak kodun tamamının değil.
GPL, yayınladığınız veya dağıttığınız herhangi bir türev çalışmanın GPL altında lisanslanmasını gerektirir. İstediğiniz her şeyi yapmak için telif hakkına sahip olabilirsiniz. Ancak, türev çalışmanız otomatik olarak GPL lisansını devralır, böylece diğerleri kodunuzu istedikleri şekilde kullanmakta, değiştirmekte ve yeniden dağıtmakta özgürdür.
Tüm Premium WordPress Temaları ve Eklentileri GPL Lisanslı mı?
WordPress.org’daki resmi bir blog gönderisine göre, temalar da GPL‘dir. Temaların ve eklentilerin içinde kullanılan resimler, CSS ve JavaScript hariç tutulabilir, ancak temaların ve eklentilerin tüm PHP ve HTML bölümleri WordPress işlevselliğini kapsamlı bir şekilde kullanır. Bu nedenle, bunlar türev çalışmalardır ve GPL altında lisanslanırlar.
Bazıları buna katılmasa da, güvenilir WordPress işletmelerinin çoğu topluluk kurallarını takip eder ve bunlara uyar.
WordPress ile Yayınlanan İçerik de GPL’i Devralır mı?
Hayır, içeriğinizi istediğiniz şekilde lisanslama hakkına sahipsiniz. Yayınladığınız içerik aslında WordPress’in veya GPL lisanslı başka bir çalışmanın türev çalışması olmadığı sürece.
Örneğin, blogunuzda makalelerinizi, fotoğraflarınızı veya diğer sanat eserlerinizi paylaşıyorsanız, bunların tüm telif hakları size aittir.
Ancak insanlara bir WordPress işlevinin nasıl kullanılacağını örneklerle gösteren bir blog yazısı yazıyorsanız bu blog yazısı farklı şekilde lisanslanabilir. Örneklerde kullanılan kod, türev çalışmadır ve otomatik olarak GPL lisansını devralır.
WordPress Ticari Markası
WordPress’in bir yazılım olarak kodu GPL altında yayınlanır, ancak WordPress, WordCamp kelimeleri ve WordPress logosu WordPress Vakfı’na ait tescilli ticari markalardır.
Daha fazla ayrıntı için WordPress Vakfı’nın Ticari Marka Politikası‘na bakın.
Vakıf, resmi veya topluluk tarafından işletilen bir site veya kaynağı ayırt etmek için, kullanıcılardan alan adlarında “WordPress” kullanmamalarını istiyor.
Sitemizin WordPressBeginner yerine WPBeginner olarak adlandırılmasının nedeni budur. Alan adında WordPress olan herhangi bir web sitesi, eğitim kursu veya kaynak muhtemelen WordPress hakkında yeterince bilgisi olmayan biri tarafından yönetiliyordur. Bu da muhtemelen onlara para ödememeniz gerektiği anlamına gelir.
WordPress etrafında kurulan yasal işletmelerin çoğu ticari marka politikalarının farkındadır ve kurallara saygı duyarlar.
WordPress Kullanmanın Maliyeti
WordPress indirmeniz ve kullanmanız için ücretsiz bir yazılımdır. Ancak WordPress’i web üzerinde kullanmak için WordPress hosting‘e ihtiyacınız olacaktır.
Ücretsiz bir blog oluşturmak için WordPress.com’u kullanabilirsiniz, ancak bazı farklılıklar olduğunu unutmayın. Daha fazla ayrıntı için WordPress.com ve WordPress.org karşılaştırmamıza bakın.
WordPress kullanmanın maliyeti nispeten düşüktür ve diğer web sitesi türlerini çalıştırmak için de geçerlidir. Tek gerçek maliyet web barındırma (aylık 7,99 $) ve alan adıdır (14 $ / yıl).
Ancak WPBeginner kullanıcıları ücretsiz bir alan adı ve Bluehost‘tan %77’ye varan web barındırma indirimi alabilirler, bu da aylık 1,99 $ gibi düşük bir fiyata bir web sitesi başlatabileceğiniz anlamına gelir.
Bluehost, resmi olarak önerilen bir WordPress barındırma sağlayıcısıdır. Güvenilirdir, tek tıkla WordPress kurulumu ile gelir, 7/24 müşteri desteği ve daha fazlasını sunar.
İlgili: WordPress Blog Nasıl Başlatılır (Nihai Kılavuz)
Ek maliyetler, premium WordPress temaları olarak da bilinen ticari WordPress temalarıyla ilgili olabilir. Ancak, bunları kullanmanız gerekmez çünkü kullanabileceğiniz 10.800’den fazla ücretsiz WordPress teması vardır.
İnsanlar genellikle ticari eklentiler kullanır, ancak bunları da kullanmanız gerekmez çünkü 59.000’den fazla ücretsiz WordPress ek lentisi mevcuttur.
Bir WordPress web sitesi kurmanın gerçekte ne kadara mal olduğuna dair ayrıntılı bir kılavuz oluşturduk ve bir web sitesine nasıl bütçeyle başlayıp tasarruf edebileceğinize dair talimatlar verdik.
WordPress Ücretsiz mi SSS
WordPress’in ücretsiz olup olmadığına ilişkin en sık sorulan sorulardan bazıları aşağıda yer almaktadır:
WordPress ne için ücret alıyor?
WordPress.org, indirmesi ve kullanması ücretsiz olan açık kaynaklı bir platformdur. Ancak WordPress sitenizin web üzerinde yayında olmasını istiyorsanız bunun bir maliyeti vardır. Ana maliyet WordPress barındırma ve Bluehost ile aylık 1,99 $ gibi düşük bir fiyattan başlayan bir alan adıdır.
WordPress sitenizin özelliklerini ve işlevselliğini premium temalar ve eklentilerle de genişletebilirsiniz. Ancak ücretsiz eklentiler ve temalar kullanarak maliyetleri daha düşük tutabilirsiniz.
WordPress web sitemin sahibi ben miyim?
Evet, açık kaynaklı WordPress.org yazılımını bir web barındırma sağlayıcısına kurarak %100 size ait bir web sitesi oluşturabilirsiniz. Bu, sitenizi nasıl çalıştıracağınız konusunda size tam kontrol sağlar.
WordPress.com gibi diğer çözümlerde durum böyle değildir. WordPress.com’da siteniz hizmet şartlarını ihlal ettiği takdirde her an kaldırılabilir. Ayrıca sınırlı özelleştirme ve para kazanma seçenekleri vardır.
WordPress’ten para kazanabilir miyim?
Evet, WordPress sitenizden birçok farklı şekilde para kazanabilirsiniz. Örneğin, bir üyelik sitesi oluşturabilir, bağlı kuruluş pazarlamasına başlayabilir, Google AdSense ile reklam verebilir, dijital ürünler satabilir ve çok daha fazlasını yapabilirsiniz.
Ayrıca Stripe aracılığıyla çevrimiçi ödemeleri ve bağışları doğrudan web sitenizde kabul etmek için ücretsiz WPForms eklentisini kullanabilirsiniz.
Bu makalenin WordPress lisansı, bir WordPress sitesi çalıştırmanın maliyetleri ve WordPress ile ilgili iş dünyası hakkındaki sorularınızı yanıtladığını umuyoruz. WordPress ‘ te yapabileceğiniz popüler web sitesi türleri hakkındaki rehberimizi ve en iyi küçük işletme web sitesi oluşturucuları hakkındaki uzman seçimimizi de görmek isteyebilirsiniz.
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Amogh Agrawal
Such a awesome article and very well crafted!
Vince
Thank you for this information! I just started my own WP blog and this filled in many gaps of my knowledge that I didn’t find in my initial research of blogging platforms. This is definitely a great reference to pass along to others!
hope
I really learned alot from this website today and it is not the first time I wanted to compare WP.org and WP.com…I really liked everything about WP.org but my question is that what are host payment methods, im from south Africa PayPal and other methods are not easy for me…but bitcoins are always easy and cheap, is there any bitcoins payment method?
Brittany S.
Hello, I’m sorry to bug you with this question, but I tried asking it on the WP forums and got no response. Since this post mentions the costs of having a WP account, I hope this is an ok place to ask this.
I currently have a free wordpress.com account. I simply want the .wordpress gone from my domain name.
Every place I look in the help docs or forums, it states to look at the plan pricing, and of course, when you look at the plans, you see that a custom domain is free with any plan. Ok, got it.
However, this is why I’m confused. The site lets me go in and add a custom domain and private domain registration to my cart for $18/year and $8/year respectively. So $26/year total. It says nothing about having to buy a plan.
Now, if you stop and think about this for a sec, it doesn’t make sense. If you MUST have a plan in order to have a custom domain, and if a custom domain is FREE with a plan, then why would the system show pricing for a custom domain? See how that doesn’t make sense?
Essentially, I’m not brave enough (yet) to just say screw it and try to pay the $26 bucks and see what happens. I just wondered if anyone here knows. Any time pricing and such is mentioned on the WP forums, the same link to the plans is given and that’s the end of the conversation.
Thanks in advance!
WPBeginner Support
Please see our guide on the difference between self hosted WordPress.org vs free WordPress.com blog.
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Tonomoshia
I bought the domain for the $26. It is separate from the plans. The plans have monthly costs (paid yearly I think) and include certain upgrades for each level. I did not get those upgrades, just the domain name and private registration for the $26 per year. You can definitely get the domain without worrying about a plan.
Sneha
Thank you so much for this information.
I have a query.I am meaning to shift from wordpress.com to wordpress.org in order to run an e-commerce store.I already had bought the personal plan from wordpress.com.While exporting,will my plan and the subsequent amount go down the drain?
Regards
WPBeginner Support
Plans and other purchases on WordPress.com can be canceled and refunded with in 30days of purchase. Domain registrations can be canceled and refunded during 48 hours after purchase. Please contact WordPress.com support for more help.
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Azam ali
There are wordpress free themes, I want to know that how much permission are we having to use them freely
WPBeginner Support
Most WordPress themes are GPL Licensed, you may want to contact your theme developer for terms of service and support.
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ilayaraja
i bought one copy of wordpress theme license(per user). can i apply it on my friend site?
WPBeginner Support
Contact theme developer to learn more about their licensing terms.
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Adebayo idris
How can I create free website with wordpress?
Shazia Kausar
Thanks for great post.
Elyse Sokoloff
True beginner, semi-luddite here. I thought I had things figured out but now I’m confused again. I started a blog through Wordpress and I’m assuming it was wordpress.com. I bought my domain name, so does that mean I’m self hosted? If I upgrade my blog to a Genesis or Headway site, how does that change how I’m hosted, or does it? Your site has been very helpful thus far, thanks for all your work.
WPBeginner Support
Please see our guide on the difference between self hosted WordPress.org vs free WordPress.com blog.
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Elyse Sokoloff
Ah, got it. I had read it but was still confused. Re-reading I think I get it, I’m NOT self hosting. And if I want to do something like Genesis or Headway I’ll need to become self hosted, say on Blue Host for example. Correct?
Mahesh Rajamani
yes! you are right!!
Pete
Nice read. I am currently a duda pro but costs are becoming too high. I have 30 websites and pay £330 per month to duda. I do charge my clients a monthly fee but would rather keep the £330 by using wordpress instead. Can even use that saving for themes or plugins.
Am i correct in thinking that I can construct 30 websites on wordpress and host it with godaddy for around £6per month? Or am I missing something?
Unfortunately we cannot transfer websites from duda to another platform but where there’s a will there’s a way??
Joel Silverman
Great article! Thanks for helping me understand some of the things to consider. The article on the differences between wordpress.com and wordpress.org was good too.
WPBeginner Support
Glad you found it useful.
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Chidi Anslem
Great and useful post. I found this very enlightening. It’s cleared most of my misconceptions.
Oge Brenda
Hi Chidi. I need your help please, I want to launch a fashion blog on a free host. Which of the word presses do I use? I have read through and in all honesty found it hard to understand the terms and I don’t really know how you go about it. Can you break it down for me?
WPBeginner Support
Hi Oge Brenda,
You may want to see our step by step guide on how to start a WordPress blog.
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one
very informative post. It’s helps me to understand the difference between wordpress.com and wordpress.org.
Christian
Yay! I hate TF too I really enjoyed how the article “missed” mentioning TF heheh
Victoria
I am about to head off on an amazing holiday overseas & wish to keep a blog to email to family & friends of all the highlights & experiences of our trip. WordPress was recommended by a friend who has a blog through you. I just wanted to double check that what I set up will be free, that I will be able to email what I write & that I can do all this from the Macbook Air (running Mac OSX 10.9.5) that we will take with us? Thanks.
Willow
If you don’t use WordPress on the web will people still be able to view your blog?
rayan
Tell me about famous e-commerce websites using wordpress. I am a web designer using wordpress, and i want to convince my customers that wordpress is good enough to have your online store running perfectly.
Nina
I am starting a blog and was wondering if it is a good idea to start with the free Wordpress as I gradually add content. Right now I have zero content.
Since it is possible to transfer to Wordpress.org in the future, is it worth it to take advantage of the traffic that the free Wordpress provides in the meantime? Or would it be too much of a hassle/inconvenience to my future readers to transfer over?
I read that Wordpress.org does not help you gain traffic… what do you suggest? I want to do everything right from the beginning so I can establish a good foundation for my blog/business. Please help! Thank you!
WPBeginner Support
Please see our guide on the difference between self hosted WordPress.org vs free WordPress.com blog.
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Daniyal Ahmed
Thank you so much for this great article. I need to ask, is WordPress plugin author (free plugin those available on wordpress.org) also consider as WordPress contributor or not ? Actually you didn’t mention about those in article as a contributor.
WPBeginner Support
Basically anyone working and sharing the work with rest of the WordPress community is considered a contributor. One can contribute by answering support requests on forum, helping with documentation, organizing WordPress meetups and WordCamps, and so on. However, only those users who contribute to the development of the WordPress core are credited as core contributors.
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Saloni
I am a beginner. I created my site in hubpages few days ago. Now I am bit confused. I want to know which is profitable wrt making money online. It’s self hosted(myname.com) or like the one I am currently having.
Secondly, if I create a website in Wordpress(myname.com) will It be entirely self hosted by me or will that be hosted by others and not me?
Can you plz suggest which one I need to create? How much I need to pay yearly fee? Also, can you plz provide link to create?
Monir
How good is wordpress for multi-vendor e-commerce site?
WPBeginner Support
There are already many such sites built with WordPress, and they are doing great.
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jalil khan
this is best site for information about Wordpress..I want your advice about my plan that is I wanted to run a video site not self hosting and which Host is best for me in low Cost..
Thanks
WPBeginner Support
Please see our WordPress hosting guide.
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Sacha
WordPress is truly is amazing!
Letala
Thanks. This article was very helpful.
Serouj
My entire business is based on Wordpress. I can only say thank you!
Adeel Sami
Hey WPBeginner guys,
Now I know what involves to run a self-hosted WordPress blog.
No doubt this is the best blogging open-source software who gets contribution from hundreds of developers who are good at making WordPress a free software for the people like me.
Being said, I love it over any other software that give ability to run a blog or a forum. And being free is just our good luck.
Thank you once again!
~ Adeel Sami
Darshan Gajara
Hey WPBeginner, thanks a ton for sharing such insightful information about WordPress guidelines.
elisa
How will other people be able to see my blog??Can I use facebook to attract traffic for my blog?Is it allowed? If no then can u suggest otjer ways to attract readers for my wp blog??please help i am totally a newbie
WPBeginner Support
Facebook does allow promotion of your blog using your Facebook page. But it also limits the reach of your page’s posts so you will have to boost each post for more reach. You can also use Twitter and other social platforms to promote your blog.
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eileen f
Hi I am very new to blogging not new to writing but the entire blog thing. I successfully downloaded the android version of wordpress to my note 3 but I wanted it on my laptop. I downloaded wordpress from wordpress.com to my laptop and opened up a plethora of malware and other applications that obviously weren’t expected. I finally cleaned my pc of the infection but still really want to find the safest wordpress app to run on my laptop. Can you let me know where I can find such an app or from the correct website to find the true free uncompromised version? Just the application not the extra apps that came tumbling down like before. I would greatly appreciate
WPBeginner Support
There is no official WordPress app for desktop. There are plenty of third party blogging clients that you can use, like Windows Live Writer.
Ali Khan
You can begin from wpbeginner
Syed Balkhi
You would need to follow this tutorial:
https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-properly-move-your-blog-from-wordpress-com-to-wordpress-org/
Nsquared
Help! I just paid $18 on Wordpress.com for my own domain thinking I was self-hosting. After reading this article…apparently I am not. How do i self-host even i’ve already bought my domain on Wordpress.com?
Afzoon Rampal
I am a learner about wordpress. But dont know lots of places to learn about it. Here i found just a discussion about it. Anyone know where should i begin?
bri
excellent explanation…. i didn’t get it til now thanks WPBeginner!!
Debra
I don’t know anything about code or themes or much of anything else you spoke about — GNUs, which I assume aren’t animals, and other acronyms—– I just want to write about what I want to write about and make some honest money as I go. If WordPress has the tools and I can easily understand how to use the tools, and I don’t have to pay a lot of money upfront to use the tools, I’m overjoyed. Somebody told me that if I used web hosting at WordPress, I’d have to shell out a couple thousand dollars a month minimum. I’m guessing now that I have read what you’ve written here and found out that I can understand what in blue blazes you are saying enough to stumble through the process without screwing up too badly, that it really won’t cost be a couple thousand up front to get started?
WPBeginner Support
The costs of hosting your own WordPress site depend on how popular your site becomes. Hosting could be expansive but there are plenty of options available to choose from. We would recommend you to take a look at our list of recommended WordPress hosting providers.
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ahsan karim
You are a great man. bundle of thanks
Shane Chambers
Very helpful article! My concerns have been exploring how viable WordPress would be for an initial startup product. I’d like to potentially take a WordPress Theme, modify it for an initial launch of my web startup, and integrate custom code from there as I go along. I’ve been concerned about scalability, etc. of WP as an overall platform. After reading your article, I’m now concerned about this GPL under GNU. It sounds like any innovations I built on top of a theme or code I inherit from WordPress would not necessarily be protected under my IP? If so, that’s a huge problem for me and would completely rule out me using WP as a platform. What would be the point if my competitors or anyone can just take all the hard work I’ve done and replicate it immediately? Obviously, I need to research this myself.
More details: my startup is initially building a niche job board with all the modern features (profile, job match, applicant mgmt., social integration/authentication, xml job pull, etc.), and eventually integrating future innovations which might include things like integrating another open source functionality like CRM or recruitment tech. Having “open source” availability is important to me so that I can modify algorithms if need be (such as the job matching), integrate new code features as I scale, and so I can have access to the underlying customer database for analytics, etc.
I would appreciate any helpful feedback. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!!
Jessica Santos
Editorial Staff,
I’m currently using Blogger right now but I have recently been informed that the material I submit onto my current blog is not neccessarily mine. I have read that WordPress is a better site for a blog because it is not only free but I have full ownership and full abilitiy of what to do with the material published on my blog. However, I am still questioning whether or not it is safe for me to post/submit my work onto a blog from WordPress. I am a writer, poet and photographer and I would not appreciate the knowledge of someone, even a blog site, to take my material from me, alter it or claim it as their own. Do I have full ownership? If so can I post/submit material/content with reassurance that it will not be taken and considered someone elses or considered to belong to WordPress?
Jessica
WPBeginner Support
Content you create on your website, on your own, is yours and you have complete ownership of it. However, if the content you are posting is someone else’s work then they can claim the copyright infringement. In that case they can file a complaint with search engines to deIndex your content, or contact your web hosting service provider to take down infringing material.
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chris
im none the wiser-what a load of waffle.is it free or not????
its still impossible to know how to log in to word press and impossible to get help. i have no time to spend days siftting through hours of forums to find out hhow to sign in or some other stupid simple thing
is this the level of inane stupidity humanity bhas come to? Everyones time is being stolen by computer inanitys. Everyone reading this would be far better off going out and buying a typewriter. Within second syour awy- no impossibly complicated systems,silly anal codes or password-just words on a page. Better still, pick up a pen and write on a piece of paper
WPBeginner Support
Yes it is free. However, WordPress needs WordPress hosting service, like a typewriter needs paper, a desk, and ink. You can always pick up a pen and paper, but it will not make your written word instantly accessible to everyone in the world. Signing in to WordPress is not difficult type your website address with a /wp-admin to access the adminstration area. Like if your web address is example.com you would go to http://www.example.com/wp-admin to login. As for help, you can search WPBeginner Archives for help and you are always welcome to post your questions here. You can also join us on Facebook and Twitter and ask your questions there.
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Grace
Great post! I arrived at this article after reading a comment you made elsewhere on the site that you don’t recommend Themeforest because they “do not follow the spirit of GPL”. Could you explain what you mean? I thought reading this post might help me understand what you meant, but it didn’t.
So happy I discovered your site, Syed!
Editorial Staff
Grace,
Up until recently, Themeforest forced their authors to sell their themes under a proprietary license. I’m not going to explain what GPL is, you can read about it on GNU Public License page. But long story short, Themeforest has recently gave their authors the freedom to sell their work under the GPL license.
However that wasn’t the only reason I don’t recommend them. The quality of most themes there are not very good (at least from the best practices standpoint). The themes might look great aesthetically, but usually cause a lot of bugs with numerous plugins.
-Syed
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Adrian
Many thanks for this article Syed – incredibly useful. I’ve been using Weebly Pro for a good year now and, while there have certainly been benefits for me in terms of time to launch, I have always found it very restrictive, sometimes painful and invariably I’ve ended up having to massage the code anyway – although the “free” hosting certainly helps (and it’s great for very small businesses to launch quickly).
I’ve been planning to make the jump to WP for some time now, and you article has inspired me to finally put some time into it -especially as I am confined to bed for the next 10 days – perfect opportunity.
Thanks again, please keep up the great work!
– A
Ian Dunn
“WordPress is an open source software. It is free in the sense of freedom not in the sense of free beer.”
Actually, WordPress is free-as-in-speech AND free-as-in-beer. The two concepts aren’t mutually exclusive.
Editorial Staff
Free doesn’t refer to the price, it refers to freedom. You can read more about it here:
http://codex.wordpress.org/License
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Ian Dunn
Free can refer to both the price and freedom, see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gratis_versus_libre. When you say that “WordPress is not free in the sense of free beer”, you’re implying that people have to pay in order to obtain a copy of WordPress, which isn’t true. WordPress is free-as-in-speech because the GPL gives you the freedom to modify it, but it’s also free-as-in-beer because you don’t have to pay for it.
Editorial Staff
Thanks for the clarification. I went and re-read the entire article to make sure that it reflects an accurate meaning and it does. It says there might be costs involved somewhere while using WordPress, and there is. We never implied that you have to pay for WordPress. If you read the whole article, then you will see under the section Costs of using WordPress, it says “WordPress as a software is free for you to download and use. However, to use WordPress on the web, you will need WordPress Hosting.” << which costs money.
Ian Dunn
I think maybe the problem is just in the way that sentence was phrased.
“WordPress is an open source software. It is free in the sense of freedom not in the sense of free beer.”
I’m guessing you meant to say something like, “WordPress is an open source software, which means that it is free. ‘Free’ primarily refers to freedom to modify the software, as opposed to obtaining the software without payment, although it is also free in that sense.”
But the way it was worded, it literally says that WordPress is not free-as-in-beer: “…not in the sense of free beer.”
And that’s where the problem is. WordPress IS free-as-in-beer, in addition to being free-as-in-speech.
Antonio Casella
How refreshing to find a person actually replying. That’s certainly a plus. I also like the philosophy/ethics that appears to be behind the WordPress concept. Thanks, Syed, for posting the training video above. I’m about to launch into the blog/website, partly to promote my novels. I’ll start with the free package at first to see how it works out.
Editorial Staff
Let us know if we could be of any help in your journey with WordPress
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Keller Coleman
Great post, I love my WordPress site
Igor P.
It is great to know that such an open community like Wordpress powers millions of sites and feeds thousands of professionals. According to the WP survey conducted in 2012, around 74% of respondents where making their living from Wordpress. It is noble what this open source software can offer.
Editorial Staff
Yes Igor, it is truly remarkable what WordPress has done for so many.
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Caspar Hübinger
This article gives a great overview on the monetary costs to run a WordPress site and on why and how WordPress as a software can be used free of charge.
There is, however, a “hidden” cost implied in running a WordPress powered site successfully, and that would be the gaining of knowledge (resp. the time and energy required to gain knowledge).
As with all great tools, WordPress won’t do the magic for you alone. You will have to learn how to use it right. Which themes and plugins are safe to use and abide the WordPress Coding Standards, so they won’t mess up your installation? How to test new plugins to make sure they behave well? (Ever tried WP_DEBUG true in a test environment?) How to backup your site and restore it from a backup if something went wrong.
All of that could be named a cost, too, because in order to succeed you will either have to do it yourself, or hire an expert (or service) to do it for you.
Editorial Staff
Caspar, you are correct. Time is very valuable, and you can/should put a dollar value on it. Despite the learning curve, anyone with dedication and motivation can totally accomplish what they need to do without spending $$$ on someone. There are sites like WPBeginner here to help. There are tons of amazing folks in the forums who are answering questions on a regular basis. WordPress StackExchange also has a great community.
Rest assured, experience is one of those things that you cannot buy. Gotta play the game like the rest of us.
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Paul
Excellent post. This should be required reading for anyone who is considering or has already started a wordpress.org blog or site. The question about why wp is free was always in the back of my thoughts? Now I know.
Paul
Editorial Staff
Thanks Paul. Glad this article was able to help. It is making the rounds in social media. Share it with your audience and spread the knowledge
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Austin Gunter
Great post. I get a lot of questions from larger companies who are using WordPress for their sites, and still more who are doing research into whether they should be using WordPress or another CMS. Having this post as a resource will help answer their questions
Imran Hunzai
Hala GPL! Hala Wordpress!
Haseeb Ahmad Ayazi
These were also in my mind. Thanks to Syed Balkhi for this great information