Understanding the WordPress application
In this chapter, you will use Helm to deploy WordPress on Kubernetes. WordPress is an open source Content Management System (CMS) used to create websites and blogs. Two different variants are available—WordPress.com and WordPress.org. WordPress.com is a Software-As-A-Service (SaaS) version of the CMS, meaning the WordPress application and its components are already hosted and managed by WordPress. In this case, users do not need to worry about installing their own WordPress instance as they can simply access instances that are already available. WordPress.org, on the other hand, is the self-hosted option. It requires users to deploy their own WordPress instances and requires expertise to maintain.
Since WordPress.com is easier to start with, it may sound like the more desirable option. This SaaS version of WordPress, however, has many disadvantages over the self-hosted WordPress.org:
- It does not provide as many features as WordPress...