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Add to SafariWhen comparing WordPress vs Quora, the Slant community recommends WordPress for most people. In the question“What are the best solutions for a personal blog?” WordPress is ranked 7th while Quora is ranked 22nd. The most important reason people chose WordPress is:
If you set up WP on your own server, you can change every single aspect of it as you see fit.
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Pros
Pro Complete control if needed
If you set up WP on your own server, you can change every single aspect of it as you see fit.
Pro Widely used
According to some statistics, WP powers a fifth of the Internet. It means there are resources for everything. Community support, tutorials, extensions and a plethora of customization options.
Pro Self-host & WP-host options
For free WordPress can be hosted by yourself on your own server, or as a subdomain of wordpress.com. You can also pay to use a custom domain with WP hosting.
Pro Open source
Anyone can view the code of WordPress since it's under a libre/open source license.
Pro RSS feeds for everything
Including tags and categories.
Pro Post-level privacy controls
Each post can have a different access level.
Pro Tags help promote your content
When you tag your blog post, it will show up in feeds of people following that topic.
Pro Community interested in learning
Quora has a built-in audience interested in learning new things.
Cons
Con A bit of bloat and complexity
WP has grown past being just a blogging platform and as such it's not as lightweight as it used to be. It also considerably more complex due to many more customization options compared to other solutions.
Con Dated
The code is a mess, uses dated conventions, and relies on dated technology.
Con No customization options
There is no way of making your Quora blog different from any other Quora blog. It is only an extension of your Quora profile.
