My dashboard looks different

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  whatsblack · Member · Jan 8, 2021 at 4:55 pm

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  Hi my dashboard looks different from all the online tutorials Im trying to follow. I am new to wordpress, & was lead to believe it was free. Could someone explain why my dash is different please?

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jan 9, 2021 at 9:36 am

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  Hi there,

  Most online tutorials you’ll find are for the open source WordPress software made on WordPress.org.

  WordPress.com uses that software, but our own, modified version of it, with our own admin interface. So those tutorials don’t apply to our version of WordPress.

  For a detailed overview of how WordPress.com works, you can find our tutorial site at https://wordpress.com/learn/

  You can also find our Getting Started guide at https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-started-with-wordpress-com/