Plugins ????

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  carlspeight36 · Member · May 9, 2015 at 9:06 pm

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  Hi

  I just finished a new installation and do not see plugins. Does anyone have any input in regards to their whereabouts?

  Thanks

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

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  thatrobyn · Member · May 9, 2015 at 11:13 pm

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  Hi there!

  Third party plugins cannot be installed on WordPress.com sites. This is a security risk as we cannot vet all outside code and it puts our users, their sites, and our servers at risk.

  Plugins are only usable on self-hosted WordPress.org sites.

  I know the difference between .com and .org can get confusing, so here’s a breakdown of the benefits of each:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  Sometimes, even without the installation of a plugin, we can help you gain the function you’d like here at WordPress.com. If you let me know your goals, perhaps I can help further.

  Please let me know! Cheers.

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  carlspeight36 · Member · May 9, 2015 at 11:54 pm

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  Hi

  How do I do this:

  *** Sometimes, even without the installation of a plugin, we can help you gain the function you’d like here at WordPress.com. If you let me know your goals, perhaps I can help further.

  Thanks I’d like that

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  thatrobyn · Member · May 11, 2015 at 5:35 pm

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  Hi there,

  *** Sometimes, even without the installation of a plugin, we can help you gain the function you’d like here at WordPress.com. If you let me know your goals, perhaps I can help further.

  You have to let me know what your goals are, and I can tell you if they’re possible here at WordPress.com!

  Thanks again.

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  missy2two2 · Member · May 14, 2015 at 10:18 pm

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  I have the same question, Robyn. I want to be able to add a threaded discussion forum to my site where people can ask questions and get answers, much like we are doing here but with more than one category. I found something called “symposium” I think and it says on their site that it DOES work with WordPress, but based on what I’ve read so far on your site, that can’t be true. Can you assist? Thanks! :)

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  timethief · Member · May 14, 2015 at 10:21 pm

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  @missy2two2
  As already stated above there is no FTP access and no blogger installed plugin capability on WordPress.COM blogs.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/

  They are available only for WordPress.ORG sites. Read the differences here http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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

  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.

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  missy2two2 · Member · May 14, 2015 at 10:35 pm

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  Thank you! :)

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  timethief · Member · May 14, 2015 at 10:36 pm

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  @missy2two2
  You’re welcome and best wishes.

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  missy2two2 · Member · May 14, 2015 at 10:53 pm

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  Now I have a forum, but I can’t figure out how to make it SHOW UP in my blog. Preferably I’d like there to be a drop down–tab at the top that says Discussion Forum and have that be the link, but I can’t figure out how to do that. I DID “add the link” and it’s there in my dashboard as added, but I can’t see it on the public face of the site and I don’t know where it “went” when i added it. Any thoughts?

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  thatrobyn · Member · May 15, 2015 at 6:30 pm

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  Hi there!

  If you’ve created a forum outside of WordPress.com, you can add a link to it be creating a custom menu. Here’s how:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/menus/

  You will want to add a Custom Link to your menu structure, as seen here:
  https://cloudup.com/cF-DhyeHpz3

  If you’re still having trouble, send me the link to your forum so I can take a look.

  Thanks much!