I thought that my blog was a wordpress.org site, but it is apparently operating under wordpress.com.

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  thepriceypauper · Member · Feb 24, 2015 at 1:07 am

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  I thought that my blog was a wordpress.org site, but it is apparently operating under wordpress.com. I discovered this when I needed to install a plugin and was unable to. I own the domain name, and my blog does not include wordpress in the domain name. How can I get it to work as a wordpress.org site?

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  alexjgustafson · Member · Feb 24, 2015 at 3:18 pm

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  Yes, your site thepriceypauperblog.wordpress.com is hosted here at WordPress.com, but you also purchased a domain upgrade so that readers only see thepriceypauperblog.com , not the free URL with WordPress.com included.

  To move your site to a self-hosted environment (running the free WordPress.org software) you can do it yourself with the instructions here:

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org

  Or we have a Guided Transfer service where we do the transfer work for you for a one-time fee:

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/guided-transfer/

  Or, let me know what kind of plugin you were looking to use and I might be able to find a workaround here on WordPress.com.