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Daryl Diaz
Daryl Diaz
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Posted by Daryl Diaz
Daryl Diaz
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Is it necessary to pay a hosting site, like WebHostingforStudents, in order to use WordPress?

I had already purchased a domain in WordPress. Is hosting payment also needed?

3 Answers

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
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Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

If you want your website to be live to the world, then yes, you will need a host. If you just want to follow along with the videos, than no. You can install a software package like Xampp or MAMP/WAMP that will give you the software needed to run a wordpress site locally on your computer. To be very clear, when I say locally, it means only that one computer can see the site, but that's perfect for development.

When you say you bought a domain, do you mean a public domain name from a registrar like namecheap.com or something?

Daryl Diaz
Daryl Diaz
6,747 Points
Daryl Diaz
Daryl Diaz
6,747 Points

Kevin Korte Thanks for the kind kind response!

Yes, I got the domain from namecheap.

Wentao Liang
Wentao Liang
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Wentao Liang
Wentao Liang
1,535 Points

You could try on AWS, which offers one-year free host.