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  karrendell · Member · Oct 24, 2015 at 6:45 pm

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  I need to have a conversation to see if WordPress can do what I need or how to get plugin for group forum

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

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  auxclass · Member · Oct 24, 2015 at 6:50 pm

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  No phone support

  No Plugin’s / No FTP access

  You can link to an outside forum

  Any other questions?

  Most of the support is handled in the forum

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  timethief · Member · Oct 24, 2015 at 8:04 pm

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  As auxclass stated 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 (two of which are referred to above)<: http://onecoolsite.wordpress.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 may be useful for your group. It 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.