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Posted by Mark Geylikman
Mark Geylikman
32 Points

What if I don't want to pay for a custom domain at this time?

On the first step of the wordpress video series and the video automatically takes me to one of treehouse's partner sites where I can create a custom domain name; however, I do not want to pay 35 bucks for that at this time and would prefer to continue with just a basic, free wordpress domain. How should i proceed?

3 Answers

Logan R
Logan R
22,989 Points
Logan R
Logan R
22,989 Points

The domain won't really matter in this case. You do not need a custom domain.

Custom domains just look nice though :) I am not sure why it costs $35 though >.> .coms only cost $11 on NameCheap lol.

lukebiggerstaff
lukebiggerstaff
27,534 Points
lukebiggerstaff
lukebiggerstaff
27,534 Points

I don't believe you need a domain at all to do Wordpress development. Look at the course on how to set up a local environment to develop in wordpress and you can continue on with the course.

Lewis Davidson
Lewis Davidson
694 Points
Lewis Davidson
Lewis Davidson
694 Points

It is more difficult to do local server wordpress development, but it is the more professional way. The other way is to install it on a domain you already have in a folder. Usually because wordpress is a powerful real time CMS system you install it directly to the domain that you want to have a functional final website running on. For learning purposes if you have access to a domain you can install wordpress in a folder, but the developer way is to run build and test locally and then you can put it wherever you want, when it'd done. This method allows you to finalize a site locally and not have it hosted.