Installing Plug-Ins

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  rockyf98 · Member · Aug 20, 2014 at 9:16 pm

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  Can someone give me a step-by-step analysis of how to install plug-ins? I have looked all over the internet and can’t find one way that works. I don’t have the plug-ins tab on my dashboard so I can’t do it through there. How am I supposed to do it?

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  raincoaster · Member · Aug 20, 2014 at 9:27 pm

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  1) get a WordPress.org blog with paid hosting, at a cost of about $120 a year.
  2) Buy and install a theme
  3) Buy and connect a domain name.

  Now you can use plugins.

  Plugins cannot be used on WordPress.com blogs for security reasons.

  Also, we have answered this question at least five times today. Always do a search of the forum before asking something.

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  rockyf98 · Member · Aug 20, 2014 at 9:44 pm

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  Haha sorry for asking then. Ok thank you so much for answering!!

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  raincoaster · Member · Aug 20, 2014 at 10:08 pm

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  No worries. For some reason we’ve had this question six times today alone.

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  rockyf98 · Member · Aug 20, 2014 at 11:14 pm

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  Very simple answer to this – it’s summer, no one has anything better to do.

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  raincoaster · Member · Aug 20, 2014 at 11:26 pm

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  Ha! Probably correct. They should all go read our blogs then, right?

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  rockyf98 · Member · Aug 20, 2014 at 11:31 pm

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  Exactly. I just started a blog yesterday and I got over 100 views today. This is probably the reason.

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  raincoaster · Member · Aug 20, 2014 at 11:44 pm

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  That’s a pretty big debut, congratulations!

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  rockyf98 · Member · Aug 20, 2014 at 11:46 pm

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  Thank you, thank you. I hope to keep it up.

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  rockyf98 · Member · Aug 20, 2014 at 11:48 pm

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  I have a question about my earlier though, how do make a blog on WordPress.org I don’t see the option to do that?

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  raincoaster · Member · Aug 21, 2014 at 12:29 am

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  WordPress.org isn’t a web host. You have to buy hosting elsewhere, then install software from WordPress.org. Then blog.

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  rockyf98 · Member · Aug 21, 2014 at 12:33 am

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  O I see, so I could by a WordPress.com domain and just download the software from .org

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  wjatmk · Member · Sep 7, 2014 at 1:34 pm

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  I have paid for my own domain, do I still not get to use plug ins? I am trying to use paypal.
  Sorry if this is an obvious question, I am really struggling to figure this out.