How to install plugins for WordPress Premium account

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  quiltdata · Member · Jan 6, 2016 at 6:59 am

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  Plugin section currently asks me to upgrade for e-commerce plugins. But I simply want to install a shortcode plugin for buttons. /wp-admin contains no plugin section either.

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  staff-happychia · Staff · Jan 6, 2016 at 7:28 am

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  Only plugins that can be added externally are the eCommerce plugin you see on that page.

  Most of the other popular plugins are included automatically within all the site hosted on WordPress.com. Other plugins can’t be added to WordPress.com regardless of the upgrade.

  If you are keen on having buttons on your site, then perhaps you may want to consider self-hosting WordPress where you will have complete control over your site.

  For your information, here is the difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org (self-hosted WordPress site): https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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  plognploy · Member · Feb 14, 2016 at 8:38 am

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  How to manage the wordpress plugins with the premium plans then?

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  staff-happychia · Staff · Feb 14, 2016 at 5:15 pm

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  @plognploy

  Most popular plugins are automatically available to WordPress.com users. This is why plugins are not allowed on Premium plans either.

  Only three eCommerce plugins are allowed on Business plan; which is what the Plugins menu in the dashboard states as well:

  Support for Shopify, Ecwid, and Gumroad is now available for WordPress.com Business.