I have no Plugins in my dashboard

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  pernillerosenkilde · Member · May 26, 2015 at 9:33 am

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  Hi, I’ve read that it’s only when you are hosted by WordPress, you have this promlem. But I did the domain mapping and everything (I’m hosted by HostGator) – But I don’t have the plugin option. Please help…

  Best Regards, Pernille Denmark.

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · May 26, 2015 at 5:43 pm

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  Domain Mapping is the upgrade you would purchase if you wanted to use a domain registered elsewhere (GoDaddy or 1and1 for example) with your WordPress.com site.

  If you have a self-hosted site, you would want to point your domain to your webhost, not to WordPress.com

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  pernillerosenkilde · Member · May 27, 2015 at 11:24 am

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  I’m registered at HostGator… So as I understand, there is nothing to do about my “missing plugin situation?”

  Best Regards

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · May 27, 2015 at 3:42 pm

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  While plugins are common on self hosted WordPress sites, due to security concerns, they are not available on WordPress.com. There is more info regarding WordPress.com and plugins here:

  Plugins

  However, we do have several built-in features that were inspired by many popular plugins. You might find what you want by searching for it at http://en.support.wordpress.com/

  What feature are you looking to add with a plugin?

  Also, for more information on the differences between WordPress.com and self-hosted WordPress sites, please see:

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

  Please let me know if you have further questions or if anything is unclear.