Plugin – bbPress

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  calligraphyucc · Member · Apr 4, 2017 at 7:22 pm

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  Hello, I am trying to add the bbPress plugin to my WordPress to create a discussion forum for my website. However, whenever I go to my dashboard there isn’t an option to add new plugins. I would greatly appreciate any assistance. Thank you. Trisha

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  timethief · Member · Apr 5, 2017 at 2:49 am

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  There is no FTP access and no blogger installed plugin capability on any free hosted WordPress.COM blogs and there is no upgrade you can purchase here that changes that reality.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/

  For your WordPress.COM blog you have three free workaround forum options http://onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2012/04/23/wordpress-com-forum-options/

  See: https://theme.wordpress.com/themes/p2-breathe/

  One approach is to register a forum on the internet and then create a custom menu in your blog and include a custom link to the forum in it.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/#adding-custom-links

  We also have a chatbox widget. The Tlk.io widget allows you to embed a web chat in your WordPress.COM hosted blog. http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/tlk-io-widget/ There are no other chat options I know of that work on WordPress.COM blogs at this time.

  See: Moving to self hosted WordPress http://move.wordpress.com