plugins question
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I currently have a registered and mapped .com address for my domain Branscombephotographic
I work as a freelance photographer, so would like to be able to use the different plugins to better my website with galleries and such.
Now either i’m being a bit thick, or I’ve just been making this whole process really difficult for myself.
I’m also aware that there is built-in plugin functionality with registered .com sites which is why there isn’t the button, so before I get my head bitten off about another question to do with plugins, I promise I do know a bit!
Please if anyone can help me with this issue I would like more concise guidance. I also want to know what to do, as i’ve already paid for hosting registration for my domain whether I have to do it twice or not.
Many thanks,
BP
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Hi,
You can add a gallery to your site by following the instructions here:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/images/gallery/Or you can use portfolios:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/portfolios/The only available plugins are listed in the following link and they are already pre-installed. For security reasons, you can’t install other plugins.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/Hope that helps!
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Hi,
That’s all really good actually thanks, is it particularly easy to Get the other plugins for my site? whether that means transferring my site to .org or not?
Thanks
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Domain mapping does not mean that you are hosting your site yourself. You are still hosted here, for free, but your site has a pseudonym (an alias).
http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/#important-notes-before-upgradingThis means that you cannot use plugins on WordPress.com.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/You might take a look at wigets and shortcodes available here to see if any of them satisfy your needs:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/shortcodes/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/If that is not useful for your purposes, then you’ll need to look into paying someone to host your site, and using WordPress.ORG software to make it function:
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All your upgrades are available here:
https://wordpress.com/my-upgrades/For your domain, if you go to Store > My Domains in your Dashboard, you will see your domains and if they need to be renewed or not.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-management/ -
@honeysilvas
Yes, I forgot about the specific shortcode useful for photographers, artists, and students:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/portfolios/portfolio-shortcode/
thks!
Tess -
@1tess
Hi, Tess! That portfolio shortcode link is good. I’m a photographer so I might actually use that someday. Learning something new everyday!@richardheneal
If you stay at WordPress.com, you can only use the plugins listed here:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/If you move to a self-hosted WordPress (.org) site, it’s fairly easy to add plugins. There would be a Plugin menu in your Dashboard where you can install all the plugins you want.
The harder part would be moving from .com to .org: http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org -
And moving from .com to .org is not really difficult!
The hard part happens when something goes wacko on your self-hosted site and you are the one who must fix it. Be sure to invest in (paid) back-up options…
≥^!^≤
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