Some Facts About WordPress.Com
- You are not allowed to edit the CSS of your blog theme… unless you pay
- You are not allowed to use Google Analytics on your blog… unless you pay
- You are not allowed to use any other polling service… except PollDaddy
- You get a Gravatar account with your WordPress blog… whether you like it or not
- You don’t get customer support from WordPress… unless you pay
- You can’t turn off the infinite scroll feature for real… unless you pay
- You can’t add a copyright link to your blog… unless you pay
Some Things That You Can’t Get or Do on WordPress.Com Even if You Pay:
- You are not allowed to edit the HTML of your blog theme
- You are not allowed to upload your own theme to WordPress
- You are not allowed to add ads to your blog (unless you get WordAds, but you only get a shot at this if your blog gets lots of traffic)
Update: if you're on the WordPress.com Premium or Business plan, you get access to WordAds. If you're on a Free or Personal plan, your blog needs to have high traffic in order to get the option to apply to the WordAds program
- You are not allowed to remove the attribution credit links on your blog (the ones that say “powered by WordPress” and “theme made by [theme maker’s name here]”)
- You are not allowed to add or use Google Fonts on your blog
- You are limited in what you can do in terms of customizing your blog even with the Custom Design Upgrade, which only lets you edit the CSS of your theme (for example, you can’t import files)
Your Thoughts and Opinions
So, is the WordPress.com blogging platform restrictive? You tell me. What do you think? What are your thoughts and opinions about this? Feel free and welcome to share your thoughts and opinions by leaving a comment below.*Notes:
- First image is by 27707 (Public Domain) from Pixabay
- Second image is by pixelcreatures (Public Domain) from Pixabay
- This was previously published elsewhere on Tuesday, November 8, 2016 at 11:33 AM
- Info presented above was true when it was written, but everything is subject to change without notice like if WordPress decides to change their rules, etc.
Sources:
- https://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/
- https://en.support.wordpress.com/infinite-scroll/
- https://store.wordpress.com/plans/
- https://en.support.wordpress.com/custom-design/custom-fonts/
- https://en.support.wordpress.com/code/
- https://en.blog.wordpress.com/2015/01/29/google-analytics-for-wordpress-com-business-sites/
- https://en.support.wordpress.com/google-analytics/
- https://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/
- https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/add-copyright-to-footer
- https://en.support.wordpress.com/polls/
- http://support.polldaddy.com/using-wordpress-com-connect-to-sign-into-polldaddy-com/not-interested-in-signing-up-for-wordpress-com/
- https://en.support.wordpress.com/no-ads/
- https://en.support.wordpress.com/advertising/
- https://en.support.wordpress.com/contact/
- https://en.support.wordpress.com/help-support-options/
- https://en.support.wordpress.com/live-chat/
