no plugins, no deal.

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  stilettostew · Member · Jan 1, 2013 at 9:08 am

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  I am very new to wordpress and just discovered that I cannot use plugins with a wordpress.com domain name which i already paid for. So, i would like to switch to a wordpress.org domain name to use plugins but keep all my content. How do I do this?

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  notawoodpecker · Member · Jan 1, 2013 at 10:52 am

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  Read this:

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

  Note that the Guided Transfer discussed is a ‘for cost’ option and is not necessary if you can handle the task(s) yourself.

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 1, 2013 at 11:29 am

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  KEEP the domain name,just change where it points.

  Export your existing content, buy paid hosting, install software from WordPress.org, and Import the content. Carry on from there.