How to add plugins?

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  dwickenden · Member · Nov 3, 2011 at 7:01 pm

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  Hello

  I am creating a site and I need to use plugins, but on my dashboard there is nowhere to add my plugins for my site. How do I get it?

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  supportbot · Member · Nov 3, 2011 at 7:01 pm

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Nov 3, 2011 at 7:14 pm

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  We don’t allow plugins on WordPress.com for security reasons. Plugins are a feature only available for self-hosted blogs provided through WordPress.org.

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  For more information on the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org, please see:

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org