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We are currently using .org sites to manage 5-10 sites. Would it make more sense to move these to .com to manage them? We are an agency and are looking to scale up the amount of sites we host/build. I know cost wise it is cheaper but seems like it is more time efficient to be able to manage all sites in one place. Thank you for any help with this in advance!
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I think that’s the opposite of where a professional agency should be headed.
Not sure what kind of hosting you are using, but VPS hosting that can hold many WordPress sites and perform well is the sweet spot I find. The hosting features can all be managed from your hosting panel, and if you start adding your sites to MainWP you can start managing all of your WordPress sites(updates, backups, reporting, etc) through their interface.
If you want to be really hands off for hosting, but pay a lot more, you can look into some of the managed WordPress hosting offerings out there. Those tend to be for non technical customers though.
I’d go with something like ManageWP or Multisites to manage all of those sites. You lose a lot of control what can be done with .com hosting. Have multiple VPS and move your clients accordingly.
.org is what an agency should be using.
If the sites are related and share content then you should look at the multi-site version of WordPress. If they are not directly related then leave them separate.
In either case a management tool like ManageWP or MainWP will help you handle updates, security and other things across a number of sites quickly and easily.
I use MainWP for over 70 sites.
If you’re an agency then you should be staying as far away from [wordpress.com]) as possible. Even if you weren’t an agency I’d be telling you to avoid them like the plague. Absolute bullshit service that forces users to pay for the most basis WordPress features (like the ability to use themes, plugins etc…). Check the pinned post for the differences between .org/.com.
As others have said, something like ManageWP, MainWP etc… can be used to manage multiple sites (in terms of backups, plugins, core updates and more) pretty easily.
You can use WordPress.com to host your WordPress (WordPress.org) websites. But do not do it. I recently had to host a clients site through WordPress.com and it’s terrible. Stay away. Look into WPEngine instead if you want a similar environment.
No! Go with a reseller account on something like SiteGround so you can have all the wp-admin access links in one place. There’s also multsite options, but that’s not the route I’d go.
No
I use a few fairly small linode/digitalocean vps’es to run 40-50 sites, some smaller some fairly big, and use managewp for updates and such. And of course its .org.
Unless you are a blogger with no tech skills and such I dont see any reason to use .com
No. [WordPress.com]) is for bloggers, Amateurs and non-commercial sites. When it comes to your business website, cheaper isn’t ~~always~~ EVER better.