The whole WordPress.com vs WordPress.org thing is really confusing. For everyone.
First off, and it needs to be said right away, WordPress.org and WordPress.com are two entirely different websites / organizations / web solutions.
In other words, one is going to give you an entirely different *thing* than the other.
I know this is weird. There are not many cases in which a brand’s “.com” domain is totally separate from its “.org” domain. We’re just used to seeing the same thing under every domain extension that a brand might have. Well, it’s just different for WordPress.
But before we discuss the differences of WordPress.com vs WordPress.org, let’s get the most important piece of the puzzle out the way: …