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  mikehayward20 · Member · Oct 29, 2019 at 1:52 pm

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  Lakeland Canoe Club
  thinking of upgrading to premium or business so have access to more widgets.
  How can I get a look at your widgets to help me decide.
  initially an interactive calendar

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  themagicrobot · Member · Oct 29, 2019 at 1:59 pm

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  If you’re talking about plugins you can see what is available just by clicking on “My Sites” “Tools”. You’d need a Business plan to activate them on your site though.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Oct 30, 2019 at 6:13 am

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  Hi there,

  Upgrading won’t give you access to any more widgets. All sites on WordPress.com, regardless of plan, have access to the same widgets at My Site ->Design ->Customize ->Widgets.

  Widgets

  The only calendar option built into WordPress.com is the option to embed a Google Calendar:

  Embed a Google Calendar

  If you want to add something that’s not already available, you’ll need to use a plugin, and that will require the Business Plan:

  Plugins

  There are tens of thousands of plugins available online, only a handful of which are made by us, and the functionality of the plugins we make are already available on all WordPress.com sites.

  You can see the official WordPress plugin directory at https://wordpress.org/plugins/, but there are also many more that are not listed there, including many paid plugins you’d have to buy directly from the companies or developers that make them, if you want to use them.