Are there people who can customize my site for me? I'm scared to do anything.

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  adventuresofalabornurse · Member · Jan 1, 2015 at 4:10 pm

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  I want to change some things about my site, but I can’t. I want to be able to do plugins, but I went through WordPress for my domain, so it wont let me. I’m thinking about going through a 3rd party, but when I changed to my own domain it reset all my counters and I was sad! Is there someone who can customize my site for me? Can you recommend anyone? I want a Follow Me Facebook plugin on each post.

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Jan 3, 2015 at 4:33 pm

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  Hi!

  Plugins are only available on self-hosted sites, not WordPress.com. You can read a bit more about the distinction here:

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

  You could add a Facebook widget to your sidebar following the instructions here:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/facebook-integration/

  That would not require a plugin. Would that work?

  If you would like to go the plugin route, you would need to move to a self-hosted site. We have some instructions for doing that here:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org

  We also offer a Guided Transfer upgrade. In that upgrade, a Happiness Engineer would help you get your site up and running on your self-hosted platform. Please note, this would not include customizations, just moving your content and getting your site up and running.

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/guided-transfer/

  If you’re looking for more of a customized approach for building your self-hosted site, one of our Automatticians Joey has some awesome recommendations here:

  http://jkudish.com/recommendations/

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  adventuresofalabornurse · Member · Jan 4, 2015 at 6:24 pm

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  Ok, so how can I find out if my Premium Theme can be purchased at the self hosted site? Is there a way to decide that? I want the Facebook plugin on each post.

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Jan 5, 2015 at 3:24 pm

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  Are you referring to the Opti theme? That particular theme is available for self-hosted sites here:

  https://creativemarket.com/BinaryMoon/9918-Opti-Responsive-WordPress-Theme

  Let me know if you’re referring to another theme, and I’ll be happy to do some digging for you!