I purchased a domain from wordpress.com, how to install plugins?

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  officialzhen · Member · Dec 27, 2011 at 8:00 am

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  I purchased a domain from wordpress.com, how to install plugins? I can’t seem to find the plugin menu in my dashboard. How to resolve this?

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  justjennifer · Member · Dec 27, 2011 at 8:23 am

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  There is no connection between buying a domain name and the ability to install plugins. See here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/#important-notes-before-upgrading

  If you really need the ability to use plugins, you might want to consider self-hosting.

  Read here to understand better the difference between the different kinds of WordPress:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  Also, do let us know what it is you want to do with a plugin and maybe we can suggest a workaround.