SINCE my blog has switched from a politics blog to a technology blog I have decided that some further changes are needed. The main being where to host it.
Currently this blog is hosted for a tidy sum each year, and it’s a great deal at £45 per year. However, WordPress are willing to host it for free, but with limitations.
If I choose WordPress to host it for free I lose access to various plugins and themes, and right now my blog uses quite a few plugins. I’d also have to ditch the current theme, which would be a mighty shame as I like it.
From what I can tell, these are the pros and cons:
Pros:
It’s completely and utterly free, unless I want my own domain name, and then it’s about £10 a year.
It’s low maintenance – WordPress do the backups, the upgrades and whatnot for me.
If I somehow ever get on the frontpage of Digg, my blog won’t crash.
Cons:
Almost all plugins and themes are off-limits.
I think I’ll give it a try as a test and see how it goes. £50 a year for hosting the domain name is a little pricey when my blog is still only a baby.
