should I cancel my premium upgrade but keep my domain name?

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    kulturicamagazine · Member ·

    Hey guys,
    I started a blog and upgraded to the premium version this morning. The one for 99$/year. I believed I would be able to really customize my blog. Now I have found out that I cannot use plugins at all, and the main feature I need for my website is that I can have a drop down menu that allows readers to read my blog in English as well as German.
    1. What I don’t understand is the distinctions between the following:
    Can I use premium themes with my premium wordpress.com site even though I don’t have access to use plugins? (some premium themes allow certain plugins that I want).
    2. What is the point of the premium upgrade when the most useful feature I get is the domain name (without the wordpress.com at the end). Can I cancel my subscription because I want to move my new website to wordpress.org, but simply keep the domain name? Is that possible?

    Best,
    Sarah

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

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    timethief · Member ·

    Did you read my response to you in your other thread at https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-cant-add-plugins-im-using-wordpress-premium?replies=9#post-2495604

    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/

    The only themes we can use on WordPress.com hosted blogs are licensed and adapted to run on our multiuser software the themes are found here http://wordpress.com/themes/ and in your dashboard at > Appearance > Themes

    There is no FTP access to free hosted WordPress.com blogs for security reasons and we cannot:
    upload any third party themes,
    create child themes,
    create our own themes,
    edit templates,
    create own own layouts,
    or use stylesheets from other themes.

    See: http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/

    There is no upgrade you can purchase here that changes that reality.

    WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and have different username accounts, logins, features, run different versions of some themes with the same names, and have separate support documentation and separate support forums. Be sure to read the differences here http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/ Get hosting here http://wordpress.org

    See Moving to a Self-Hosted WordPress Site https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-to-a-self-hosted-wordpress-site/

    If you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG account, then click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right hand corner of the page that opens, https://wordpress.org/support/register.php so you can post to the support forums there.
    Resetting your WordPress.ORG password http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password
    WordPress.org support docs are at https://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page

    2. What is the point of the premium upgrade when the most useful feature I get is the domain name (without the wordpress.com at the end).

    The premium bundle includes more than that. See here for details on purchasing the annually renewable Premium bundle http://store.wordpress.com/plans/premium/ that contains a custom design upgrade required for CSS editing and a No Ads upgrade.

    Can I cancel my subscription because I want to move my new website to wordpress.org, but simply keep the domain name? Is that possible?

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    chrisrudzki · Member ·

    @ Sarah :

    Can I cancel my subscription because I want to move my new website to wordpress.org, but simply keep the domain name? Is that possible?

    I’m happy to help with this. Would you like to proceed with this now?

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