![]() ![]() Initially, Wordpress is free - this is how they get a lot of people signed up and onboard.īut you have to pay for Hosting, a Domain name, a theme if you’re DIYing and usually some Plugins (we talked about earlier).Īnd a big one is, unless you want to spend time learning Wordpress, you will probably need to be paying someone to make updates for you and maintain your website. Low maintenance = less cost, less stress, happier clients. This is where Wordpress and Squarespace are the most different, and probably the main reason I choose Squarespace for my clients. You could literally create your site, and not touch it for 5 years, come back and it would still be there, breathing on it's own, just as you left it.Īll in all, Squarespace will give you pretty much everything you need for a simple and professional website, and you don’t need all of those extra bells and whistles that come with Wordpress. All you have to worry about is what your website looks like and what’s on it, they take care of the hard, techy stuff. The Squarespace team is constantly working behind the scenes to make sure your website is updated and free of any problems, making it so easy for the user. And when it crashes (this happens occasionally on any platform) you know that the Squarespace team is busy doing everything they can to fix it (unlike Wordpress, where you’re left all on your own to figure anything out). This ensures that your website will be conflict-free. But it’s a quality over quantity situation. The downside is that there isn’t as many options, as there’s probably only a handful of professionals working on these. This is fantastic, because you know everything you use on Squarespace is completely safe and conveniently integrated with the platform. This means that only the head honchos at Squarespace can design any sort of fancy functions. You may have guessed it, Squarespace is a closed source platform. Squarespace: high security, low flexibility It’s so flexible because it’s open-source, which means basically anyone can get in there and design add-ons and other bells and whistles, so you really have to know what you’re doing and pick and choose these add-ons wisely, as they can be dangerous. So basically what I’m saying it, Wordpress is extremely flexible, you can essentially create ANYTHING you could ever imagine with Wordpress. What you’d probably find is something much worse in its place. You couldn’t create a Wordpress website, not touch it for 5 years and expect it to still be standing. Wordpress is high maintenance, and any updates and security problems have to be updated and fixed manually, and regularly I might add. I’m not using that word lightly, either, there’s some really shady sh** that goes on in the back of hacked Wordpress websites, and it happens way more than you could imagine. You also have to make sure these are constantly updated, otherwise your website will be much more prone to hackers. So you really have to know what you’re downloading and be careful. This is great, because it means there are thousands of different plugins you can choose from to enhance your site, but the downside is that most of these plugins are non trustworthy, not secure or could actually do more damage to your site than good, like create bugs or crash your site. This basically means that it’s an open system, where every man and his dog can go in and design their own tools and plugins which anyone else can use. Wordpress: high flexibility, low security. If you want the shortened (TLDR) version, head to the bottom of the page where I’ve done a summary of the main points! The following is an easy-to-understand, this vs that, where I explain the main differences between each platform and how you should be considering these when you’re deciding which platform to use. But if you're not happy with Wordpress and are considering changing, this is the article that may fuel your fire even further. ![]() And if you're perfectly happy with Wordpress and have never experienced any problems with it, I'm not here to bully you into using Squarespace. But, disclaimer, I do realize there is a place for both of these platforms, and Wordpress may suit your needs better. I did a lot of research and read a lot of blogs comparing them both, and of course tried both of them out to see which I preferred, and which would be best for my business and clients.Īfter doing my own experimenting with both platforms, I ended up choosing Squarespace to specialize in. As a website designer, I have used both Wordpress and Squarespace to build websites, and I remember when I was first starting out, trying to decide which one to specialize in. ![]()
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