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Showit + Basic Starter Blog Subscription
Showit + Basic Starter Blog Subscription

The perfect plan for someone starting or developing a new blog

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Written by Kylen Downs
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Our Showit + Basic Starter Blog subscription is perfect for someone starting or developing a new blog. Blog posts support: text, images, Youtube & Vimeo embeds, and the plugins below.
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Basic Starter Blog Limitations:

  • Blog media files are limited to 8mb per file when uploading images or content to your blog with this subscription plan.

  • For security reasons, custom embed code (such as Javascript) is automatically removed from all Basic blog posts. Custom embed code is possible on our Advanced Blog plan.

  • Migrations are not supported

  • Custom plugins are not available - see the list of included plugins below.

The Basic Blog Subscription Plan Includes


  1. Showit - Access to the Showit platform for designing your website and blog

  2. Hosting - Website and WordPress blog hosting

  3. Basic WordPress Blog - Posts support text, images, Youtube & Vimeo embeds, and the plugins below (Custom embed codes not supported on Basic)

  4. Showit theme - The ability to use your custom Showit blog design inside WordPress

  5. One blog user account (additional users - Advanced Blog subscription)

  6. Approved WordPress plugins only - (additional plugins - Advanced Blog subscription)

What plugins are currently available with the Showit + Basic Starter Blog subscription?

  • Anti-Spam by CleanTalk - Protects against comment spam

  • Advanced Responsive Video Embedder - Maintains correct aspect ratios for YouTube and Vimeo videos embedded in your blog posts

  • Classic Editor - Enables the WordPress classic editor and the old-style Edit Post screen with TinyMCE, Meta Boxes, etc.

  • Contact Form 7 - Generate custom contact forms to include in your blog posts

  • Kit - Enables Kit integration with lead capturing forms

  • Jetpack - A bazillion extra options for marketing and security

  • Modula Image Gallery - Options for adding custom, unique and responsive galleries to your blog posts.

  • Narrative Publisher - This plugin connects your website with your Narrative account allowing you to publish your Narrative posts directly to your website.

  • Quick Featured Images - Quickly set and edit featured images

  • Weblizar Pin It - Pin it Button On Image Hover And Post

  • Redirection - Easily manage URL redirects to improve user experience and SEO

  • Secondary Title - Adds a custom field for blog post subtitles

  • Simple Author Box - adds a responsive author box at the end of your posts, showing the author name, author avatar, and author description 

  • WP Smush Pro - Resizes, optimizes, and compresses images

  • Yoast SEO (Free version only) - #1 WordPress SEO plugin

⚠️ Retired Plugins

These plugins are no longer installed on new setups due to their lack of support or a change in technology.

**Available plugins may change over time. Plugins are created by third-party developers.

Migrating from your own WordPress setup or looking for more blog features?

Self-hosted WordPress migration, FTP Access, Custom Plugins & additional blog users are available on our Advanced Blog hosting plan.

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