News Aggregator on my WordPress.com site

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  haroldnicoll · Member · Jan 23, 2014 at 9:02 pm

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  How can I put a news aggregator on my site? I want the news to go there without me needing to curate is. Thanks.

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

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Jan 24, 2014 at 12:27 pm

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  Hi Harold,

  It looks like you would add this via a plugin. But please note that it is not possible to install plugins on WordPress.com, for security reasons. Plugins can only be installed on self-hosted WordPress blogs. If you are wondering how WordPress.com differs from WordPress.org, this support article explains the distinction:

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

  If you want to add this another route, please let me know and I can see if it’s possible!

  Cheers!

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  haroldnicoll · Member · Jan 24, 2014 at 11:29 pm

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  Thank you for your prompt reply. Is it possible to convert this site to a WordPress.org site? It seems like the .org sites have a lot more flexibility.

  Thanks.

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Jan 27, 2014 at 8:53 am

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  Hi Harold,

  Yes, you’re right. The self-hosted .org sites do have more flexibility. If that’s what you’re looking for, this guide will step you through the process of moving 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/

  Cheers!