Can I add a forum of my own in my blog

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  pwatel · Member · Jun 16, 2015 at 5:33 am

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  Hello
  I read that
  WP Forum Server : A complete forum system for your wordpress blog. The forum is a plugin, so no additional work is needed to integrate it into your site.
  How do you install it please – I looked on all my settings
  no plug-in
  thank you

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  megz0114 · Member · Jun 16, 2015 at 3:32 pm

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  WordPress.com doesn’t allow plug-ins. Here is a bit more about plug-ins and WordPress.com: https://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/

  You have a WordPress.com blog. If you would like to install plug-ins you will need a self-hosted WordPress.org blog. You can read a bit more about the differences here: https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  As @timethief mentioned in this older thread, you could set a forum up and link to it from your blog.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 16, 2015 at 3:34 pm

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  For your WordPress.COM blog you have three free workaround forum options: http://onecoolsitebloggingtips.com/2012/04/23/wordpress-com-forum-options/
  One approach is to register a forum on the internet and then create a custom menu in your blog and include a custom link to the forum in it.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#adding-custom-links

  The Tlk.io widget allows you to embed a web chat in your WordPress.COM hosted blog. http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/tlk-io-widget/ There are no other chat options I know of that work on WordPress.COM blogs at this time.