No Plugins on left nav

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  crazyhorsebangkok · Member · Apr 15, 2014 at 10:07 am

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  I can’t see some of my blogs because they require akismet upgrade, which I did. But I don’t see “Plugins” tab on the left nav, so i can’t access akismet.
  Why can’t I see “Plugins”?
  thanks.

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

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  theradiocrytic · Member · Apr 15, 2014 at 8:07 pm

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  You don’t need to worry about upgrading Akismet or any other plugin here because the wordpress.com staff takes care of all that for us.

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  encontrovirtual2014 · Member · Apr 16, 2014 at 5:55 pm

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  I also can’t see the plugin tab in my blog. And don’t know why. Can anybody help?

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  timethief · Member · Apr 16, 2014 at 6:45 pm

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  @encontrovirtual2014
  If you want FTP access and to install plugins or third party themes into a site then you will have to hire a web host http://wordpress.org/hosting/ and set up your own WordPress.org install.

  There is no FTP access and no blogger installed plugin capability on any free hosted WordPress.com blogs.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/

  See here for a full comparison WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org
  http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  There is no upgrade you can purchase here that provides FTP access and the ability to install plugins and or any third party themes.