Of course I read what you wrote. Otherwise I wouldn't comment. None of these issues which you listed as pro Wordpress exist on the Steem. Let's see:

• hosting affordability - well on Steem you host the content for free and plus you get paid for it if there is any good value in it
• developing ease due to the availability of plugins and themes - producing content on Steem doesn't require developing any additional software and users can consume it through lots of different gateways (steemit, partiko, etc.)
• easy maintenance of the site - well, obviously there is no maintenance needed if you are a content producer on Steem
• and to access the Steem Press curation service - not needed if you post directly on Steem.

And not forget the fact that you are trying to promote Steem on a completely different platform. That behavior possibly can signal to some potential new users that Steem and its apps is not worth enough to post blogs and articles on it.
I was trying to be objective and constructive as much as I can. Nonconstructive would be to say that promoting Steem and writing Steem tutorials on Wordpress is oxymoron.