There Are Times When I Think About Blogger

Despite WordPress being a superb place to blog, there are those moments when I think about Blogger.

The first blogging platform that I was ever on was Blogger (I made sure that I deleted my blog on Blogger before I made my way here to WordPress).

Anyway, Blogger keeps popping up in my mind and I believe that I have a few theories on why that is happening.

I Miss The Full Control Of Using Any Theme That I Desired And Customizing It To My Liking

A lot of people are under the misconception that they need to stick with Blogger’s default dated-looking themes.

The truth is that you also have the option of creating your own from scratch (which requires a bit of skill) or using a third-party theme by someone or some company that specializes in Blogger themes.

I always liked using those third-party themes (In my opinion, they were on par with those themes that were available for WordPress at that time).

In regards to fonts, I was free to use any kind that I liked and adjust the size of those fonts in a precise manner.

Hey, not bad at all for a free blog on Blogger, right?

There Is Very Little That Users On The Free WordPress.com Plan Can Do With Their Themes

Here on WordPress, those of us who are on the free plan, are losing more and more control over the way in which our blog looks.

I clearly remembered that in the earlier days of WordPress, those of us on the free plan were able to customize the theme to some degree; for example:

• Changing a few accent colours.
• Changing the size of our fonts.
• Changing our font from one type to another.
• Changing the colour of the links.

At the time, it was still limited. However, we had more freedom to alter the look of our theme than we do now.

A few months back, I noticed that the images on the newer WordPress themes appeared oversized and that one was unable to customize the fonts on those themes.

Why is WordPress doing that to its users that are on its free plan?

My educated guess is that WordPress wants to frustrate its users into upgrading their plans (They know that WordPress users want to fully customize their theme and the only way to get them to do that is to slowly take away whatever little freedom that they have to do so).

Blogger Provided Users With 15 GB Of Storage

Truthfully, I do not think that I would have been capable of using up all of my storage space on Blogger (Once the photos were less than 2048 pixels in height or width, I had nothing to worry about; it felt as though I had infinite storage).

I have been away from Blogger for years; therefore, I am not in a position to say whether or not things have changed in regards to storage space .

Up to this day, I still think about the storage space that I turned my back on by leaving Blogger.

The 3 GB Of Storage Space On The Free WordPress Plan Is Reasonable

If your blog is one that is based on photography, 3 GB of storage is going to run out quickly.

The best thing for anyone who wants to run a photography-based blog on WordPress is to upgrade their plan (Preferably one that provides them with the amount of storage that they would need).

I started Renard’s World back in 2018 and so far, I have managed to utilize 0.5% of my 3 GB of storage.

How did I manage to keep my storage space so low?

I did it by resizing my images and compressing them afterwards; which reduces the size of them.

Also, I do not think that I am going to be using the entire 3 GB of storage space anytime soon.

I Never Had Any Issues With Scheduling Posts When I Was Over On Blogger

Yes, it is true. I never had any issues with scheduling posts when I was over on Blogger.

The blog posts were always published on the date and time that they were set to launch.

The truth is that I never once expected Blogger’s scheduling feature to fail on me (It probably had to do with me knowing that Blogger is run and owned by Google).

Scheduling Posts Can Be A Hit Or Miss On WordPress

The funny thing is that scheduling my blog posts on WordPress via my laptop computer has worked flawlessly for me.

However, when I schedule my blog posts via the WordPress Mobile App, I run the risk of not having my scheduled blog post published (It is a strange occurrence that happens once in a while).

Now, what about those people who do not own computers and have to rely on using the WordPress Mobile App to schedule their blog posts?

Apparently, mobile users would be doomed; one day into the future, one of their scheduled blog posts may end up remaining unpublished.

Final Thoughts

I believe that it is only natural for me to reminisce about Blogger when WordPress is making changes for the worst or is behaving in a glitchy manner.

The God’s/Goddess’s truth is that the only thing that is truly keeping me here on WordPress is its wonderful community (If WordPress did not have that, I would have been out of here faster than a bat out of hell).

Also, it is hard to deny the fact that Blogger is impressive for a blogging platform that provides a free service.

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