Where is the Plugin section?

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  avrillavignetalkshow · Member · May 14, 2013 at 1:17 pm

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  I’ve been trying to locate where I could possibly upload a wordpress plugin to use on my wordpress.com site but don’t see any place that addresses plugins, however I see wordpress plugins all over the web, are those for wordpress.org only? Does wordpress.com not support plugins?

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  thecheapreader · Member · May 14, 2013 at 1:41 pm

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  WordPress.COM doesn’t allow plugins. You’ll need to get WordPress.ORG if you want to use plugins.

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · May 14, 2013 at 1:45 pm

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  Here are details about the differences between wp.com and wp.org:
  http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  What do you want the plugin to do? There are lots of widgets and shortcodes here.

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  staceygreenliving · Member · May 14, 2013 at 1:47 pm

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  what if I want to add a pop-up window when users arrive at my site to get them to subscribe right away – do I require wordpress.org for that? or can I use my current wordpress.com site?

  Thanks!

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · May 14, 2013 at 1:50 pm

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  Yes, you would need to go to wp.org

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  avrillavignetalkshow · Member · May 14, 2013 at 2:11 pm

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  Thanks for the replies, well I wanted to add a swf file but the page editor always removes the embed code.

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  1tess · Moderator Emeritus · May 14, 2013 at 2:14 pm

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  Yes, it is forbidden code, with the exception of some specific shortcodes. See: http://en.support.wordpress.com/code/

  For a Flash workaround see here > http://wpbtips.wordpress.com/2010/07/22/gigya-shortcode-3-widgets/