A friend told me a couple days ago that she moved her blog to a different platform that she felt was easier for her to manage. And even though I understand why she made the move, I tried convincing her to use wordpress.
Because I freakin’ love wordpress.
My awesome graphic skills and nerdy humor, used to convince you that I'm right.
It’s been almost two years since I made the big jump from Blogger to self-hosted WP. And even though I’ve had a few “break it ‘till you make it” moments, I wouldn’t go back for a million bucks.
Okay, that’s a slight exaggeration. But we’ll go with it since I highly doubt anyone’s interested in paying me to switch back. I mean . . . if you are . . . call me.
Anywho,
There are a lot of posts on the internet about the WP vs. Blogger debate, but in case you’ve been thinking about making the switch, here’s why – in the least technical terms ever – I think you should:
All the cool kids are using it. And by that I mean me.
Google won’t own your soul content Yes, I pay for the right to own my shit. Considering Blogger (one among many of the Google owned sites) blog owners are constantly dealing with blogs being shut down from TOS violations and Spam-preventing robots, I’m happy to keep my domain and hosting fees on auto-renewal.
Post urls accessible before going live While Blogger uses some sort of format with post urls, the only way to really guarantee an accurate url is to hit publish. For anyone who’s ever worked in social media marketing or tried to schedule tweets and other post promotions early, this can be a major pain. So if marketing your site is anywhere on your to-do list, you should consider WP.
Plugins are cool. Most of what (I think) makes WP as great as it is, comes from the wide-variety of plugins that are available. Plugins help your SEO, social media impact, reduce spam, and make your blog pretty.
Ability to make your blog public and private, at the same time. On WP, you can keep adjust privacy settings on individual posts – even requiring a password to access certain material.
It’s really not that different, in the long run, especially if you hire a designer to transfer your content and set you up with a gorgeous design. While this route is considerably more expensive, it does give you the option of just focusing on content.
Do you love WP as much as I do? Tell me why (or why not!)
(First, appropriate header image because it’s Star Wars Day today!
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I recently made that switch and I have to say that the plugins are 100 times easier to use than Blogger’s widgets, there’s a better selection, and I like the idea of not being able to be shut down if Google gets sand in it’s digital vajayjay.
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The Star Wars connection was a seriously awesome accident, but hey . . . I’ll take it!
And yes – I think (most) plugins are super easy to learn and use!
I’ve just recently made the switch myself as well as so far I’m liking it. I’m still getting used to it some because I’ve used blogger for so long, but I’m learning
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Great graphic & great post! I agree with everything you said! I never started on blogger (well just for a practice run at transferring) but otherwise I started on WP from the start..and would never look back.
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I’m seriously considering the switch, but funds are a bit low right now. As soon as I can afford it, I’ll definitely be switching. Now to figure out graphic design so I don’t have to pay someone else to do it! lol
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I do like WordPress, but wish i knew how to do more with code.
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In the process of converting because I had worked on a post for over an hour and Google kept losing part of the post when I tried publishing it! I am so glad I made the switch and if I had not converted already, your post would make me change!
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