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Add to SafariWhen comparing WordPress vs Pixpa, the Slant community recommends WordPress for most people. In the question“What is the best website builder for a portfolio site?” WordPress is ranked 2nd while Pixpa is ranked 9th. 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 Unlimited storage and bandwidth
Pixpa offers unlimited storage and bandwidth for your photographs on all the plans.
Pro Beautiful themes for professional photographers
Pixpa has more than 20 pre-built multipurpose themes for creative pros.
Pro Allows password-protected galleries
Pro Integrated blogging
Pro DIY pagebuilder for creating custom pages
Pixpa offers drag-and-drop functionality for creating custom pages. There are more than 300 pre-built, ready to use content blocks for building a custom webpage on a site.
Pro 12 gallery layouts
Choose from multiple gallery layouts to showcase your work the way you want.
Pro Responsive websites for mobile
Works on all mobile devices.
Pro No coding required
Drag-and-drop interface makes it easy to build a professional website.
Pro Cost-effective
All plans allow unlimited images and bandwidth.
Pro Fast and secure
All websites are hosted on secure and scalable cloud infrastructure ensuring up-time and fast delivery.
Pro Easy WYSIWYG editor
The PageBuilder offered by Pixpa is very easy to use and has custom content blocks which can be incorporated in any custom page you build for your website . The Drag and Drop functionality is helps here as well.
Pro Client proofing
Pixpa allows you to create private galleries for clients. It gets pretty easy for clients to select images and give feedback. The service allows easy workflows.
Pro Brilliant SEO capabilities
Supports automatic sitemap.xml generation, automatic robots.txt generation, meta data for each page or sub-page on website, SEO friendly URLs, optimized images with proper alt tags and description.
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 The web builder currently supports desktop only
Pixpa websites are responsive and work well on all mobile devices. The website builder though is optimized to work on desktops.
Con Third-party account required for commerce
Unlike many other solution, there's no built-in commerce solution.
Con Inconvenient website building
No drag and drop or WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) editor is available for building the website. All properties have to be set and saved in the backend before it's possible to view the result that in and of itself has to be viewed in a separate browser window. Getting a site just right takes a lot of back and forth between refreshing the preview window and editing details in the backend.
Con Expensive
Pricing starts at $10 per month for the Starter Package up to $20 per month for the Plus Package. Yearly billing offers a discount of 20%.
