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  tombo68 · Member · Feb 23, 2013 at 4:35 pm

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  Why when self host cant i use the plugin tab, the site is as important as any hosted site?

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  timethief · Member · Feb 23, 2013 at 4:48 pm

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  WordPress.org installs are stand alone installations. If you upload a bad plugin on a self hosted install the only risk is to that single site.

  WordPress.com blogs over 35 million are all on the same blogging platform. The blogs share a common architecture. Once incidence of bad script could bring down many blogs.

  Read > http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  There is no FTP access to WordPress.com free hosted blogs. We bloggers cannot install any plugins. Those are for WordPress.ORG installs which run on different software.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/

  There is no upgrade that you can purchase from WordPress.com that provides FTP access , the ability to install plugins, third party themes and software into free hosted WordPress.com blogs. If your require plugins you must hire a web host and set up your own WordPress.org install. http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/