How to access plugins?

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  jacka99 · Member · Feb 22, 2016 at 2:37 pm

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  I am designing a website for my local football club. To do this I would like to use the following plugin: https://wordpress.org/plugins/sportspress/

  My question is how do I go about upgrading my wordpress account so I can download this plugin?

  Do I need to upgrade to a ‘premium’ account for $99? For this I get a domain name, powerful customization options and space for video. But does this include the ability to download plugins? in particular the sports press plugin?

  Any help is appreciated!

  Thanks,

  Jack

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

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Feb 22, 2016 at 3:05 pm

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  Hello.
  Thank you for providing your site name. This is a WordPress.com hosted site.

  This is the WordPress.com forum.
  You have created a WordPress.com account.
  WordPress.com and WordPress.org are 2 different things. Here is a comparison of the two. https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  This is helpful for getting started on WordPress.com https://en.support.wordpress.com/video-quick-start/

  Upgrading your WordPress.com account to Premium will not allow you to add a WordPress.ORG feature such as plugins. Again, these are two separate entities.

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Feb 22, 2016 at 3:07 pm

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  I forgot to include this https://wordpress.org/
  It is the WordPress.org site.

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  jacka99 · Member · Feb 22, 2016 at 3:54 pm

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  Hi there,

  Thank you for such a quick reply!!

  I will transfer my site across to a .org site in that case. One very very quick question before I do. Would you know the cost of doing this? i.e setting up a .org website to be able to use plugins?

  I understand I am asking .org questions on this .com forum – im sorry for but im new to this game and dont know where to start!

  Thanks,

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Feb 22, 2016 at 4:21 pm

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  WordPress.org (the software) is free. You will have to find and pay for your own hosting. Cheap hosting can be as low as $5/month but typically you get very little support assistance.

  This is the support page for moving your site to WordPress.org https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/

  There is also a Guided Transfer option. Learn more here. https://en.support.wordpress.com/guided-transfer/