WordPress.org vs WordPress.com vs WordPress VIP: What’s the Difference?
One of the most common questions we get asked is, “What is the difference between WordPress and WordPress VIP?”
The truth is WordPress VIP is WordPress plus so much more.
But before we get to that, let’s start at the beginning.
What is WordPress.org?
WordPress is the world’s most popular content management system (CMS). It powers more than 40% of the web, and is used for everything from personal blogs to small business websites to some of the biggest digital properties in the world. As you might expect for something that can cover that many different use cases, WordPress is extremely flexible and can be set up, configured, and used in many ways.
WordPress isn’t a company. It’s an open source project, some might even say a movement. This project, as opposed to commercial services built on top of WordPress, is often referred to as WordPress.org—the website where anyone can download the WordPress code. There are many contributors to the project and a plethora of plugins, themes, and other extensions built on top of WordPress.