Install Search & filter in WordPress.com

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  hgsok2 · Member · Sep 25, 2014 at 10:18 am

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  I want to install Search & filter in my wordpress.com blog, but i cannot find the Plugins menu. How can i do that?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  kokkieh · Staff · Sep 25, 2014 at 10:41 am

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  We cannot install plugins on WordPress.com and there is no upgrade that will give you that ability. http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/

  If your theme does not have a search bar built in to the menu, you can add the search widget to your sidebar or footer, depending on your theme. This is the ONLY search option that is available for your blog: http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/search-widget/

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  hgsok2 · Member · Sep 26, 2014 at 1:33 am

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  Thanks a lot Kokkieh for explanation. There guidance in the website below said Search & Filter can be install via WordPress admin. How to do that?

  http://docs.designsandcode.com/search-filter/

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  The quickest installation is via the WordPress admin section of your site, alternatively grab a download before proceeding.

  Via WordPress Admin: Head to the Plugins menu, select add new and search for Search & Filter. Ensure the plugin is by Designs & Code and press Install Now.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Sep 26, 2014 at 4:47 am

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  The website you link to only applies to self-hosted WordPress.ORG webistes. WordPress.com and WordPress.org are completely separate and different: http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  This support forum and the support pages at http://en.support.wordpress.com/ is the only place for reliable information on WordPress.com blogs. Most other resources talk about WordPress.org, and the advice you get there simply won’t work on WordPress.com.

  On this platform we can’t install plugins, period. The only search option that is available here is the one I linked to above.