Plugins

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  balancedcarend · Member · Aug 16, 2013 at 9:35 pm

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  I would like to install Plugins, but do not see a tab that allows me to do that under my “dashboard”?

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

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  kraftbj · Staff · Aug 16, 2013 at 11:29 pm

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  Howdy,

  Currently, 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: http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  What are you wishing to do? We may already have a feature that could work for you.

  Thanks for using WordPress.com!

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  balancedcarend · Member · Aug 17, 2013 at 3:03 pm

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  I see, someone helping with my SEO suggested Yoast. Is there something like that for the .com sites?

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  kraftbj · Staff · Aug 19, 2013 at 2:20 pm

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  Many of the features of Yoast are already built-in to WordPress.com (such as the XML sitemap available for your site http://balancedcarend.com/sitemap.xml ).

  Here are a couple of our articles about what we’ve done with SEO that takes care of the need for a separate plugin: http://en.blog.wordpress.com/2013/03/22/seo-on-wordpress-com/ and http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/04/11/seo-and-your-blog/

  Thanks for using WordPress.com and hope you had a great weekend.