can i use wordpress plugins but use my html pages

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  markyouplayz · Member · May 2, 2022 at 9:36 pm

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  so I was wondering if I can use WordPress plugins BUT use the .html pages that I have uploaded to my provider? because the whole theme thing is super annoying and all I want is to use some plugins

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  markyouplayz · Member · May 2, 2022 at 9:38 pm

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  just realized this is for wordpress.com and not wordpress.org sorry

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  kokkieh · Staff · May 3, 2022 at 6:51 am

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  Hi there,

  WordPress plugins can only be used on a WordPress site – plugins are add-ons to extend the functionality of the open source WordPress software. So you won’t be able to use any WordPress plugin on a static HTML website, as there won’t be anything for the plugin to “plug into”, as it were.

  It is possible to use WordPress as a headless CMS, i.e. where your back-end is powered by WordPress, but the front-end is something custom-coded, just pulling the data you need from the WordPress database via the REST API, but that’s a more complex way of using WordPress.

  If that’s what you’re looking for, you can ask for advice in the advanced forum over on WordPress.org:

  https://wordpress.org/support/forum/wp-advanced/