Plugs ins for wordpress.com sites

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  asrivera · Member · Jan 15, 2014 at 2:46 am

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  When I had a wordpress.com site before I thought I was able to add plugins. I don’t see that in the dashboard now. Can plugins be added to free wordpress.com’s?

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Jan 15, 2014 at 3:00 am

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  No, we cannot use plugins on WordPress.com.

  Check out the Support article on the topic:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/

  The forum tags on the right side of your screen are also a good way to research questions:
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/plugins

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · Jan 15, 2014 at 3:03 am

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  Here is some info about the differences about WordPress.COM vs WordPress.ORG:
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/wporg-vs-wpcom

  The names are similar, but lots of folks get the two very different platforms confused:

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org