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Shopify Blog vs Wordpress
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We are moving our Ecommerce site to Shopify. Currently we run our blog on Wordpress and I'm wondering if anyone has an opinion on using the Shopify blog vs Wordpress?
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I know it's possible depending on your host, but in the case of a Shopify-hosted website if they're saying in their own forums that it can't be done then they can't (or won't) do it. At that point either using Shopify's blog or subdomain (not recommended) are your choices. If you have an existing blog and need to import the posts to Shopify you can use: https://apps.shopify.com/blogfeeder .
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Hey Everett,
Do you know if you can actually install Wordpress in a subdirectory blog? Reading through this forum, it seems like you can't but that's also from 3 years ago...
We're considering moving our blog from within Shopify to WordPress so we can take advantage of the the more robust toolset that WP offers, but have serious concerns about the SEO implications of doing so. What you're suggesting would really help quell those concerns!
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A WordPress developer should be able to help you get your blog looking more like the rest of your site, yes. I would definitely recommend having your blog at sininlinen.com/blog rather than at blog.sininlinen.com - if your blog is a subdomain, Google will have a harder time telling that it's part of your overall site and not its own, separate site.
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I recommend using Shopify for the eCommerce portion of the site, but using Wordpress for the blog. Ask Shopify support if you can install Wordpress in a subdirectory /blog/ instead of a subdomain blog.yoursite.com. To Ruth's point, don't change any of the blog URLs if you don't have to.
I wouldn't use WooCommerce if you're going to have a serious online retail brand. Wordpress is about as good at eCommerce as Shopify is at blogging.
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Ok , that's good to know. It's certainly easier to keep the blog where it is. Though I'm a bit concerned that the design of the blog is different than our shopify site. But maybe that's an easy fix for a Worpress developer.
Do you think it's better (or does it matter) to have the blog address at blog.sininlinen.com or at www.sininlinen.com/blog?
THanks so much for your input!
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Ok, that's good to know. Currently the Header of our Shopify store looks drastically different from our Wordpress blog. How important do you think it is to match Headers when people click from one to the other?
Here's our Shopify store (under construction: pass is gietar)
https://sin-in-linen.myshopify.com/
Here is our wordpress blog:
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Thanks for the resources, Alick!
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I find WordPress' blogging functionality a lot easier to use and a lot more customizable. Not only that, if your blog is currently a significant driver of organic rankings/traffic for your site, I would recommend against moving your blog if you have the option to keep it where it is, especially if moving it would mean an overhaul in URLs/URL structure.
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I've personally used the Shopify and WordPress for both e-commerce and their blogging tool within each platform. Shopify allows you to easily add blog posts and include relevant meta data, author info and categorize each page accordingly. However, I believe wordpress is a lot more intuitive to use.
If you already have your blog on Wordpress I would not bother putting everything on Shopify. I did find a good forum with some additional information about Shopify and Wordpress you may find helpful.
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Hi Glaze,
Please check comparison here @ https://www.quora.com/Shopify-versus-WordPress-what-is-the-comparison-between-each-one
@https://www.shopify.in/compare/shopify-vs-wordpress-ecommerce
I didn't share my opinion because I didn't use Shopify but above articles could be helpful for you.
Thanks
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