Theme Installation & Plugins

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  sjaikaran · Member · Oct 17, 2013 at 7:47 pm

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  Hi,

  I am having a really hard time understanding the difference between WP.com and WP.org, and how they differ from each other in terms of accessing one or the other.

  1) How do I access wordpress.org?
  I have already downloaded it and installed it to my website via GoDaddy FTP upload.

  2) Can I install this theme on my website ( http://www.dessign.net/gridthemeresponsive/)? It is not part of the provided WP premium themes. It is an outside one, but there seems to be many outsides themes available for purchase.

  3) How do I install plugins? I believe this is doable on WP.org which reroutes me back to Question #1.

  Any help would be greatly appreciated, thank you!

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  timethief · Member · Oct 17, 2013 at 7:49 pm

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  Read this comparison http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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  timethief · Member · Oct 17, 2013 at 7:51 pm

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  There is no FTP access and no plugin capability on free hosted WordPress.com blogs.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/

  There is no upgrade you can purchase here that provides FTP access and the ability to install plugins and or any third party themes.

  WordPress.com and WordPress.ORG have different logins.

  We do not provide support for WordPress.ORG installs here at WordPress.COM.

  If you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right hand corner of the page that opens, so you can post to the support forums there and receive advice from WordPress.ORG bloggers.

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  sjaikaran · Member · Oct 17, 2013 at 7:57 pm

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  Thank you timethief.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 17, 2013 at 7:59 pm

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  You’re welcome.