Plugins Menu Not Appearing

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  mahdrybread · Member · Feb 3, 2015 at 6:52 pm

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  After much searching around, I wasn’t able to find anyone with this same issue. Right now on my wordpress admin dashboard, there is no “Plugins” page. Many sources online are showing screenshots of exactly where it should be, but it’s not there for me.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 3, 2015 at 6:56 pm

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  Your blog is free blog being free hosted by WordPress.COM on its own domain. 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/

  If you want FTP access and to install plugins or third party themes into a site then you will have to hire a web host http://wordpress.org/hosting/ and set up your own WordPress.org install. WordPress.org offers free software that you can install on a web server. You can upload and install themes and plugins, run ads, conduct ecommerce and edit the database. Learn about the differences here. http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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  mahdrybread · Member · Feb 3, 2015 at 7:00 pm

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  Sorry, I’m extremely new to this and I feel like I don’t understand much of what you’re saying.

  You said that it’s a free blog being free hosted by WordPress. Does that mean if I upgraded to the premium package then I’d have the ability to get plugins, or is that something different?

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  timethief · Member · Feb 3, 2015 at 7:32 pm

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  There is no FTP access to any WordPress.com blogs like yours.
  There is no blogger installed plugin capability on any WordPress.COM blogs like yours.
  There is no upgrade you can purchase from WordPress.COM that changes those realities.
  If you want FTP access and to install plugins or third party themes into a site then you will have to hire a web host http://wordpress.org/hosting/ and set up your own WordPress.org install. WordPress.org offers free software that you can install on a web server. You can upload and install themes and plugins, run ads, conduct ecommerce and edit the database. Learn about the differences here. http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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  mahdrybread · Member · Feb 3, 2015 at 7:33 pm

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  Alright, I think I understand now. Thanks for your help!

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  timethief · Member · Feb 3, 2015 at 7:38 pm

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  You are welcome. :)