Before we discuss an overview, I hope you are familiar with the difference between self hosted WordPress and wordpress.com. I have mentioned above as an important alert because it is very important concept to clarify. [You can read the difference in WordPress Beginner’s Guide].
What is WordPress?
Do you know about 35% of the websites over internet are powered by WordPress? Yes, that’s true and not only that, there are many popular blogs that use WordPress for their sites. It is considered as the No. 1 best blogging platform in the World. Ask any professional blogger and he’ll recommend you to use WordPress. I personally love WordPress and have used it for blogging. It’s highly customizable, pretty simple to create a blog and have 55K plugins. It is really easy to install WordPress plugin real quick with WP dashboard.
WordPress is free and an open source software that supports modern drag and drop builders. Millions of people use Elementor, and Divi to build their blogs. Most of the hosts offer 1-click WordPress install which is too easy and does not need any technical background.
However it can take a couple of days to build a perfectly looking blog using WordPress for a beginner. It includes theme installation, how to select the right plugins and using drag and drop builder to build landing pages.
So if you aim to become a professional blogger and want to create best blog websites , go with WordPress
What is Wix?
Now a days, whenever I get on Youtube, there is an ad of Wix to create a website or make a logo. You might have watched the ads too and their great marketing strategies are making people falling in love with Wix. People look for ease and their drag & drop and ready to use features are boosting Wix’s popularity among non-techie bloggers, it’s among best top 10 blogging platforms.
Wix has hundreds of templates and you can sign up for free to create a blog. Wix is an ideal blogging platform for beauty, fasion and travel blogs. No steeper learning curve is needed to build a website with Wix, even Moms can use Wix to launch a blog. It’s a best blogging platform for poetry.
You can completely change the layout of your website as Wix is highly flexible and versatile blogging platform. Building a website is pretty faster on Wix as compared to WordPress. Wix is managed by the technical experts, everything is pre-installed, just sign up and launch your site with drag and drop capabilities.
20 Comments
Marjie Mare
Thank you for sharing this. I need to revamp my blog and will use all great ideas like those you shared.
Faisal Rehman
You are welcome, glad to hear that 🙂
Nadia Malik
I totally agree with you on this. WordPress is great with its drag and drop feature and I have designed couple of my personal websites and have never had problems with it. The comparison that you did in this post is great for someone who is beginning with the process of website building.
Faisal Rehman
Thank you so much for your kind words.
Ashley
Love this! When I was first starting as a blogger, this was such a huge debate. Personally, I prefer WIX just because it’s a little easier to navigate. WordPress has so many components and I feel like it deals more with coding, which I’m not great with at all!
Faisal Rehman
Yeah as I said Wix wins when we talk about Ease of Use
Ruth
WordPress is most definitely superior especially if you want to start making an income from your blog one day. Such a great and informative post which I’m sure will help people make the right decisions depending on their needs and goals 🙂
Faisal Rehman
Yeah you can see the last sceenshot of w3techs, WordPress is dominant
Heather Ritchie
Thanks for this amazing post! I wish I’d had it when I started my blogging journey. I was lucky that the bloggers I followed all said hands down use WordPress. It was a steep learning curve in the beginning because I’m so tech-challenged but now I work in it easily and it provides amazing results and more control over your website.
Faisal Rehman
It took me 2 to 3 weeks to setup my theme and plugins, I did all myself, so I learnt much about WP
Elizabeth Elkassih
Great job for this wonderful content. Very easy to follow and comprehend.
Faisal Rehman
Thank you, please share in your network 🙂
Kimberlie
This is the most comprehensive analysis I have seen comparing Wix and WordPress. In the past, it has felt like people blindly pushed WordPress due to their own agenda, but you painstakingly addressed all the factors that are important to bloggers and for that, I’m appreciative.
Faisal Rehman
Thank you, 35% of the internet is using WordPress, that is enough to prove WordPress is great.
Joe Dayvie
Very nice article. I think you were fair across the board but it is obvious WordPress reigns supreme 🙂 Granted I use it myself, but still. Your article is well thought out and honest.
Faisal Rehman
Honestly, I check professional and top blogs what CMS they are using and at the end, I find WP.
Brooke
I have been seeing a ton of ads for Wix. Glad that you put this post together. I am happy with WordPress and staying with it.
Faisal Rehman
yeah WP is for professionals like you 🙂
Sourav
Wix is perfect for anyone looking for a no-hassle blog setup. I personally would always prefer WordPress.
By the way, I like the page loading animation of your blog.
Faisal Rehman
yeah WordPress is great and thank you 🙂