205 – The Showdown: WordPress vs. Rainmaker
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Is there a plugin for that?
With more than 50,000 plugins in the WordPress repository, it’s hard to find the perfect one. Each week, I will highlight an interesting plugin form the repository.
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Stop Media Spamming is a plugin that deactivates the ability for media attachment pages from being commented on.
The Showdown: WordPress vs. Rainmaker
In today’s episode, we take a look at another one of WordPress’s competitors, Rainmaker.
Rainmaker reminds me a lot of a enhanced version of WordPress.com. The create a post screen looks nearly identical.
At a Glance
- 27 Mobile Responsive HTML-5 Genesis Child Themes
- At-a-glance Google Analytics reports built in
- Convert traffic into business with attractive landing pages
- Sell and protect digital content with membership access
- Managed High-Performance Hosting
- Uptime Management
- Daily Backups
- Malware Scans
- Free Malware Removal
- 24/7 Support
- Accelerator Caching Support
- Server Side Scanning by Sucuri
- SSL Support
- Money-Back Guarantee
Only one plan available, $95 per month or $950 per year. Set up is simple and they offer a 14 day free trial, just like Squarespace. Only with Rainmaker, you have to enter a credit card that will automatically be charged in 14 days.
Once you sign up, you have the ability to download a quick start guide to walk thru the process of setting up a site. This 12 page PDF walks thru the steps of setting up a site, complete with checkboxes when you’ve accomplished the task.
First, set your site URL, site name, and time zone.
When loading the admin section of your website, you first see the Dashboard. This again, looks much like WordPress with draggable widgets.
It’s so close to WordPress, that I needed to view source code and sure enough, Rainmaker is built on WordPress.
After investigating the entire interface, Rainmaker is an online service that makes it easy to use WordPress. It does a great job with it’s custom overlay and built in features, so you don’t need to add plugins.
There are also no updates necessary, so all software is kept up-to-date for you.
Rainmaker would be perfect for someone who needs a lot of functionality of their site, without wanting the hassle of purchasing multiple plugins, keeping software updated and all of the information of their site in one dashboard, like A/B tests, analytics, etc.
Call To Action
Don’t switch to Rainmaker 🙂
