How do I upgrade my wordpress.com blog to 3.0?

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  drericbunge · Member · Sep 2, 2014 at 4:23 pm

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  I want to use this video player on my site. I need to upgrade to 3.0? How does that work?

  http://bungeclinic.com/

  ://codecanyon.net/item/ultimate-video-player-with-youtubevimeohtml5ads/7316469

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Sep 2, 2014 at 10:13 pm

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  Hi Eric,

  You will not be able to use that video player at WordPress.com as it requires the use of plugins, which aren’t allowed as explained here:

  Plugins

  However, we do have several methods of uploading videos that are listed here:

  Working With Video

  We offer embeds of the most common players like YouTube and Vimeo as well as a paid upgrade called VideoPress that lets you upload videos directly to your blog:

  VideoPress

  Would any of those options work?

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  drericbunge · Member · Sep 2, 2014 at 10:21 pm

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  No, I’m looking to upgrade from what I have to WordPress 3.0 so I can install the video player I mentioned. I can already put videos on my site. I want to install a video player, so multiple videos can be stored and viewers can select the one they want to watch. Does videopress do that?

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Sep 2, 2014 at 11:25 pm

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  Hi Eric!

  I’m not sure what you’re referring to by WordPress 3.0. All blogs at WordPress.com are running the same version. We handle all of the upgrades for you so there’s no need to upgrade.

  I want to install a video player, so multiple videos can be stored and viewers can select the one they want to watch. Does videopress do that?

  Yep! VideoPress allows you to upload videos to your site and embed them directly on your blog for viewers to watch. I’m not quite sure what you mean when you say “select the one they want to watch”. It cannot create a few like this:

  http://codecanyon.net/theme_previews/7316469-ultimate-video-player-with-youtubevimeohtml5ads?index=3&url_name=ultimate-video-player-with-youtubevimeohtml5ads

  Is that what you’re after?

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  drericbunge · Member · Sep 2, 2014 at 11:33 pm

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  Yes, I’m after what’s in the link. I can already put videos on my site. We now need to use a video player. It requires 3.0 version. My site is not compatible with that. How do I make it compatible?

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  jeremeylduvall · Member · Sep 3, 2014 at 3:57 pm

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  Hey Eric,

  There are no versions of WordPress.com. Everyone at WordPress.com runs on the same version. There are versions of the self-hosted software, WordPress.org, which is completely different. You can read more about the difference here:

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

  If you would like to use the plugin you mentioned, you will need to switch to a self-hosted site as WordPress.com does not allow plugins. Info on moving to a self-hosted site can be found here:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org

  Does that help to clarify?