cant find "plugins" menu after domain purchase

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  safiyay · Member · Mar 30, 2013 at 9:21 pm

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  I recently changed my blog address from http://www.styleafropolitan.wordpress.com to http://www.afropolitanblog.com. Now I’m trying to instal some plugins but cant seem to find the plug in menu in my dashboard. pls help!!!

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  airodyssey · Member · Mar 30, 2013 at 9:27 pm

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  Please read: http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading (under “Same terms of service”)

  Which plugin were you looking to install? (In case there’s an alternative for WordPress.com)

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  timethief · Member · Mar 30, 2013 at 9:27 pm

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  Purchasing a domain does not provide the ability to use plugins. See the second paragraph here > Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgrading

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  timethief · Member · Mar 30, 2013 at 9:27 pm

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  @airodyssey
  Yo! So good to see you here. Happy long weekend to you. :)

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 30, 2013 at 9:30 pm

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  And why would you expect to find plugins on a WordPress.com blog? Changing the domain name doesn’t change it from being a WordPress.com blog to a WordPress.org blog. Only WordPress.org blogs on paid hosting are able to use plugins.

  If you decide you MUST have plugins, don’t ask for a refund of the domain name: just buy hosting somewhere else and change where the domain points. If you give it up and ask for a refund, you might never be able to get that domain again.

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  timethief · Member · Mar 30, 2013 at 9:34 pm

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  If it proves that running plugins is a deal breaker for you then you can hire a web host and set up your own WordPress.org install.

  WordPress.com provides a 30-day refund on all upgrades except Domain Registrations, Domain Renewals, and Guided Transfers. Provided you are logged in under the same username account that purchased the upgrades, you can request a refund yourself directly from the Store section of your Dashboard
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/upgrades/#refunds

  See: http://en.support.wordpress.com/bundles/#canceling-a-bundle

  Note: It takes from 1 – 2 weeks for the refund to be received.

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  safiyay · Member · Mar 30, 2013 at 9:37 pm

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  I now understand. But is there a way I can move my current site to wordpress.org while keeping the same url and if not, are there any alternatives to plugins on wordpress.com? I am trying to download a plugin that will allow me to feature social media icons on my header/sidebar

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 30, 2013 at 9:41 pm

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  You can do it yourself or you can buy the Guided Transfer http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org

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  timethief · Member · Mar 30, 2013 at 9:42 pm

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  I am trying to download a plugin that will allow me to feature social media icons on my header/sidebar

  We can have social media icons below our posts and in our sidebars on free hosted WordPress.com blogs. Is that the only plugin you are after?

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  timethief · Member · Mar 30, 2013 at 9:47 pm

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  @safiyamohammad
  re: wordpress.com free hosted blogs
  At the bottom of each post and page we can include sharing buttons for readers to share your content across a range of social networks/services. http://en.support.wordpress.com/sharing/
  Facebook integration http://en.support.wordpress.com/facebook-integration/
  Twitter http://en.support.wordpress.com/twitter/
  Publicize http://en.support.wordpress.com/publicize/
  Social networking icons are images and we can display theme in text widgets > http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/text-widget/

  Here is a comparison of WordPress.com blogs to WordPress.org installs http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/