Plugins and Customizations

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  enderandrew · Member · Jul 7, 2011 at 2:53 pm

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  I’ve found that blogs hosted directly by WordPress are some of the fasting loading WordPress sites I’ve seen anywhere. I know I can pay for unlimited users, a custom domain, etc. but can I purchase an upgrade that would grant me FTP access and/or the ability to install plugins?

  I want to put together a Buddypress site with several plugins, and I’m not seeing an option to install plugins on WordPress.com blogs.

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  auxclass · Member · Jul 7, 2011 at 3:06 pm

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  Plug-in’s are not allowed on WordPress.COM blogs, no upgrade will get you FTP access. Both are for security reasons.

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  enderandrew · Member · Jul 7, 2011 at 3:19 pm

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  That is what I suspected. Thanks.

  I’ve been trying a few shared hosts, and they’re all fairly slow. Can someone recommend a good alternative?

  Will I have to pay for a dedicated virtual server to get decent performance?

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  timethief · Member · Jul 7, 2011 at 3:27 pm

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  See here > http://wordpress.org/hosting/