HTML and WordPress Templates: What's the Difference?

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HTML and WordPress Templates: What's the Difference?

You can buy website templates for both WordPress and HTML online, but what do I choose and why? Let's go through the differences and benefits of both versions.

HTML and WordPress

Let's start with the basics; what is WordPress and HTML?

What is WordPress?

WordPress is a very popular Content Management System (CMS) that is free of charge to use on your own web hosting. You can use the WordPress CMS to build websites and write blog posts without knowing how to code HTML. WordPress generates HTML to show your website visitors.

What is HTML?

HTML is the code that builds the website itself, regardless of the CMS "behind" the website. The abbreviation "HTML" stands for HyperText Markup Language and is a tag based programming language.

What is a CMS?

The CMS abbreviation stands for Content Management System, and that is the system that allows you to manage the content (blog posts, structure, informational pages, contact pages, etc) on your website. The most popular CMS is WordPress, but there are also plenty of other options available, such as Joomla.

Website Templates

A website template is a pre-made product that you can add to your hosting service in order to make a website look a certain way. A HTML template differs greatly from a WordPress template, and here's why.

HTML Template

The HTML template is the raw code with basically no functionality in of itself. It does not give you a way to publish articles and it can't show custom information until you modify the code to make it happen.

The main benefits of HTML templates are:

  1. The ability to customize it and suit your own needs perfectly. This doesn't come without work, since you have to do it manually.
  2. Another benefit of HTML templates is the fact that they're much cheaper than WordPress templates (since you have to adapt them to your hosting manually)

WordPress Template

A WordPress Template, on the other hand, is a complete product that is ready to use on your WordPress install. You need WordPress to use this template, and you also need to build your website according to the manual provided with your WordPress template. It's harder to customize a template that is already built for WordPress, but the great benefit of buying a more expensive WordPress template is that you get a complete solution right away.

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What do I need?

There are several different options available for you, and it all depends on your individual needs.

Shared Resources

Shared Hosting

Shared Hosting fits beginners very well; it's easy to get started and you can't go wrong when using auto install for WordPress, Joomla, etc.

  • Get started fast
  • Suits most people
  • Most affordable
Dynamic resources

Virtual Server

If you need more performance than share hosting offers, a virtual private server (VPS) is an excellent choice.

  • More performance than share hosting
  • Bigger possibilities
  • Dynamic Performance
Dedicated resources

Dedicated Server

The next level is your own server — meaning, a dedicated server for just your needs.

  • Guaranteed performance
  • No performance hits from other users
  • Configure it by yourself
Domains

Domain Services

If you only need help with domain management, there are also services for just that.

  • DNS Settings
  • Your own server
  • Protects domains
Your own hardware

Co-Location

If you have your own server hardware, you can use Co-Location services to get it properly installed in a Data Center.

  • Your own hardware
  • Cooling and power from the Data Center
  • Physical security
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