My .com blog uses a wordpress.org theme. Can I add non-wordpress pages?

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  mulberrygrrl · Member · Mar 24, 2014 at 11:19 pm

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  I have a wordpress.com blog, but it shows up on my own website that has a .com address. Can I add non-wordpress.com pages or plugins to my site? Can you tell me how, or direct me to instructions?

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  thatrobyn · Member · Mar 26, 2014 at 3:35 pm

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  Hello there, you cannot install plugins on WordPress.com sites, even if you have a custom domain.

  If it’s important to you to upload these outside pages and third-party plugins, you can transfer to a self-hosted WordPress site. You would do this through WordPress.org:

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

  If you choose to make the move, this guide will step you through the process of transferring your site to a WordPress.org instance:

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

  As we only support sites hosted here at WordPress.com, all issues with the new site – including the importing of the file – must be taken to the WordPress.org support community:

  http://wordpress.org/support/

  If you’d like assistance moving your WordPress.com site to WordPress.org, we have a service called Guided Transfer that does all the work for you. Check it out to see if it’s right for you:

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

  Please let us know if you have any other questions. Cheers!