Just before I went on a three-week holiday, I thought I’d change my plan with WordPress.
Big mistake.
With three weeks of sporadic internet service, I was unable to check-in with my blog on a regular basis. But on one of the few days I was able to connect, my favorite ape let me know the Reblog & Press This buttons had vanished from my blog. Thanks Chris!
Holy crap!
Now that I’m back home and done a little research, I discovered those buttons aren’t part of the plan I’d selected. Seems that WP assumes if you are a business blog, readers will not be interested in sharing your posts.
How to know which WordPress plan is right for you
When the new GDPR requirements came out, I thought upgrading to Business Plan would avail me of more automated information for my readers. Wrong!
I don’t know about you, but complying to this new law was a bit confusing. Sigh…
I contacted WordPress through the live chat/help link and was able to cancel the business plan and back down to the premium. Took a lot of patience on my part and most of the day, but success. Well, sort of. Unfortunately, when they republished my blog under the Premium Plan WP also doubled several of my blog posts. More work to delete the duplicates. 
So which WordPress plan is right for you?
That depends on what you hope to accomplish with your blog. However, here are a few things to think about…
- Cost doesn’t equate with better. Unless we’re talking shoes.
- More “Plugins” aren’t helpful if you don’t need them. Just adds more clutter.
- Each plan is different. What you gain with one you may loose with another.
- Make a mistake? WP will help you change your plan.
Now that the Reblog and Press This buttons are back, don’t forget to share!
I do get tired of learning stuff the hard way. LOL
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Oh no, what a hassle….thanks for the heads up..I’ll certainly keep this in mind.
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You’re welcome. Glad you got a tip or two.
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Reblogged this on Writer's Treasure Chest and commented:
Jean M. Cogdell recommends to make sure which WordPress plan is good for us and our work. Thank God I can re-blog her post now. Thanks a lot for the advice Jean!
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Thanks for the reblog! 🙂
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Ouch! Welcome home sis.
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Big fan of the dot org, self-hosted option Jean, where you own the blog outright. Lots more bells and whistles. But good to know for dot com users of course.
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I haven’t figured out all the bells on dot com yet. LOL
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Instead of upgrading with WordPress, I just went with self-hosting through HostGator. I’m still able to use WordPress as my blogging platform so the transition was fairly easy. I’ve been happy with it. I’m not sure what the pros would be to go directly through WordPress vs HostGator
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Not sure I’m ready to self-host. Gonna just leave well enough alone for now. Thanks for the info, HostGator is a new one to me.
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Thanks for sharing 🙂
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🙂
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What would we do without Chris??? He always has posts that help or introduce up to other authors! @v@ ❤
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Yeah, he keeps me on my toes. LOL
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Reblogged this on Viv Drewa – The Owl Lady.
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Reblogged this on Chris The Story Reading Ape's Blog and commented:
Sound Blogging advice from Jean 😎
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