Forum plugin

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  dearnewday · Member · Nov 29, 2016 at 6:36 pm

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  Is it possible to get a forum plugin?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  themagicrobot · Member · Nov 29, 2016 at 7:08 pm

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  Yes, if you want to start again and move to a self-hosted WordPress.org install. There are costs involved in doing that. This is WordPress.com where we are not able to install our own plugins.

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

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  dearnewday · Member · Nov 29, 2016 at 7:14 pm

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  Thanks for the info!

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  timethief · Member · Dec 1, 2016 at 7:45 pm

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  At present there is no FTP access and no blogger installed plugin capability on any free hosted WordPress.COM blogs and there is no upgrade you can purchase here that changes that reality.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/

  For your WordPress.COM blog you have three free workaround forum options http://onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/wordpress-com-forum-options/
  See https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/p2-breathe/
  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

  We also have a chatbox widget. 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.