How to Write Better Which Blogging Platform Should I Use?
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Oct 25, 2023 A bestselling author explains why he prefers WordPress over Squarespace. Listeners hear about flexible theme options and expansive plugin choices. The conversation covers full ownership and exportability of your content. SEO tools like Yoast and version control benefits are highlighted. Growth and custom scalability for serious blogs are also explored.
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Longrunning Blogging Experience With TheMinimalists
- Joshua Fields Milburn started TheMinimalists.com over a decade ago and learned lessons that inform his platform choice.
- He frames the Squarespace vs WordPress question from that decade-long blogging experience and says every serious blogger he knows uses WordPress.
Theme Variety Outclasses Squarespace
- WordPress's open-source ecosystem supplies tens of thousands of themes, giving far more design choices than Squarespace templates.
- Joshua emphasizes theme variety as a core advantage for satisfying every possible design need on a blog.
Plugins And Built In Version Control
- WordPress offers an immense plugin library (over 54,000 free plugins) and built-in version control that Squarespace lacks.
- Joshua highlights version control as a failsafe that lets him revert posts and draft, edit, and publish within WordPress.