Extremely customizable with thousands of themes and plugins.
Can fully brand your site to match your style.
Supports blogs, portfolios, and e-commerce in one place.
- Large support community and tutorials.
Learning curve for beginners setup can be more technical.
You’re responsible for hosting and maintenance if using WordPress.org.
Can be overkill if you just need a simple gallery at first.
Wix
Pros
Highly customizable drag-and-drop builder.
Offers free plan and paid plans with your own domain.
Can showcase both visuals and text-heavy case studies.
- Has built-in SEO tools to help people find your portfolio via Google.
Can become time-consuming to design and maintain.
Free plan shows Wix ads and uses a Wix-branded URL.
- Performance can be slower if overloaded with media.
Sleek, modern templates that look professional with minimal tweaking.
Mobile-friendly designs automatically.
All-in-one hosting, domain, and design platform.
- Great for mixing design portfolio with other content like a blog.
Monthly cost after free trial no free permanent plan.
Slight learning curve if customizing beyond the template.
Less community visibility compared to Behance.
Overall what best suits me as a recent graphic design graduate building my professional presence would have to be Squarespace.
As a new graduate I will likely want something that looks polished immediately without spending weeks learning web development. It’s professional and clean, which builds trust with potential employers and clients. You can easily upload projects, write short case studies, and update it as your portfolio grows. Best of all later, if you want more advanced customization or to add complex features, you could always migrate to WordPress when I am more established.
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