As a blogger, I have now written some close to 1600 posts in just under 4 years, for three websites including this one.
For much of the time I used Wix and then more recently, also WordPress. Both having positives and negatives, when using their desktop and app creation tools to write.
Online, WordPress is quite well thought of so after years of exclusively using Wix, I wanted to try WordPress. The majority of blogs appear to run from WordPress.
In truth, I had tired of Wix sometime ago but I am tied to it as I have created a lot of content using it for my Magic Seats website. However, after creating this brand new everything else blog, I set it up with WordPress. So now I am using both companies for different blogs/purposes.
Starting with Wix, I have used the app and desktop app since 2020. They are great for website developing using templates but the blog creation tools are more questionable. While they have some good features such as scheduling posts and social media connections, the app is not the best and delivers a reduced service compared to the desktop app.
When writing blogs, it is important the app is reliable and fully formed, supporting all main requirements. The Wix app is at best frustrating. The amount of app updates that break features is so frustrating that I have lost count. A constant headache. Today when creating a scheduled post, everytime I attempted to change the upload time, the app crashed . I do recall a similar issue that prevented uploads of pictures a year ago which effectively stopped me blogging via the app. It took them an age to fix as well.
I love blogging on the go, so a reliable and effective app is crucial. Therefore I often felt let down by the Wix app as the desktop app is much better. Positives of the app are the analytics but it can be slow. When creating posts, you are supported by a fairly good range of tools to format and create your blog post.
I have enjoyed blogging on Wix and writing. The biggest issue I have though is they make it hard for you to export or move what is your created content. Possibly not an issue if you have a small website or blog but a big issue as the size of your website grows.
This is where WordPress has an advantage. Allowing you more freedom. Thankfully WordPress has a button that even allows to to capture content from elsewhere on the internet and start forming a new post.
While I have not used WordPress for long, I am familiar with blogging tools and quickly grasped the principals. WordPress has an app called Jetpack to support creation.
So in part, I feel confident using Jetpack as I have a lot of experience with similar blogging tools.
I found post creation really straightforward with the Jetpack app. I worked through all options and functions a couple of times to make sure all was set as I needed. It is a well designed app and has so far been very reliable.
Regardless of whether using the WordPress desktop or Jetpack app, the system appears to fully support all options.
When using something new for the first time, it takes a little while to discover some things and correct ways of work but I quickly found solutions. Then it’s just a case or remembering certain things that you need to do prior to publishing e.g SEO. So Jetpack and Wix both have similar things to check before posting such as selecting categories, main post image and SEO.
While the website I created with WordPress is more simple and straightforward, it was quick to achieve as just a blog with WordPress.
If I create any more blogs, I think that the natural choice has to be to use WordPress. If I was to build another website, requiring many pages, I would consider WordPress and perhaps other options. I would probably avoid using Wix again though. While good to create, it is like I say difficult to move your content from them and their servers.
