how to get plugin in the dashboard

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  assisstant · Member · Jul 10, 2014 at 5:41 pm

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  Hi, i try to add in plugin for mailchimp and other widgets into my wordpress. But i could not find the plugin category at the dashboard. I see that others wordspress have this plugin category..Hope you can assist me. Thank you so much!

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  assisstant · Member · Jul 10, 2014 at 5:42 pm

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  please help.thanks..

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  thatrobyn · Member · Jul 10, 2014 at 7:00 pm

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  Hello there! Third-party plugins cannot be added in your WordPress.com site due to security issues. Those reasons are explained here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/

  However, you can integrate MailChimp into your WordPress.com site, by creating a sign up page on MailChimp and creating a widget/link to it from WordPress.com.

  MailChimp Instructions:
  http://kb.mailchimp.com/article/how-to-add-a-mailchimp-signup-form-to-your-wordpress-blog

  Creating a WordPress.com widget:
  en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/create-your-own-widget/

  If there are other widgets you were hoping to integrate, perhaps I can help with those. If you must include non-WordPress.com-supported plugins to your site, you may want to consider self-hosting a site via WordPress.org. The differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org can be read here:

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

  I hope this helps! Let me know if you have any other questions.