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  chan58 · Member · Jul 25, 2007 at 1:09 pm

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  Its probably a dumb question, but how can you tell what version of WordPress you’re “running”? I’m trying to link to a service that “only supports WordPress version 2.0.1 and up”. I just created my test blog and don’t recall getting any version options. Is it even possible to “run” on an older version (the way you can at Blogger)?

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  andrew · Member · Jul 25, 2007 at 1:42 pm

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  There is no such thing as version numbering here at WordPress.com. We don’t have to install and upgrade the software. In fact, we can’t.
  If you want software to install and upgrade, then WordPress.org is the site for you.

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  chan58 · Member · Jul 25, 2007 at 2:05 pm

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  Thanks – now I get it.

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  andrew · Member · Jul 25, 2007 at 2:53 pm

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  You’re very welcome. As a matter of interest, did you try the service in question from WordPress.com? If so, what was it, and did it work? I would expect it to, since I believe the code running here corresponds to a WordPress.org version more recent than 2.0.1.

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  hilikusonline · Member · Oct 3, 2007 at 2:56 pm

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  whats got me confused is i started a blog here, then set up my own space and loaded v2.2
  but when i write new posts, there’s no longer a video tab? is this a plugin and where can i get it for hosted site?

  thanks

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  judyb12 · Member · Oct 3, 2007 at 3:50 pm

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  you would need to ask over at http://wordpress.org/support

  Since we don’t load our own plugins, we don’t know where to get them :)

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  nikolaosk · Member · Nov 8, 2007 at 9:05 pm

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  yes this is the multi-user environment. i see that. but lets say that a new version of wordpress comes out. version 4.5 for example. in the hosted environment like .com, the people from wordpress.com are responsible for the update? are they doing the update?
  and why we do not receive any emails for that? it would be nice to know which version we are running anyway. it could be written somewhere.

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  raincoaster · Member · Nov 8, 2007 at 9:36 pm

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  No, it doesn’t work like that. MU is a different system entirely.

  For what it’s worth, new features generally make their first appearance at WordPress.com and then are written into the free WP versions under construction. So if WP.org is offering WP 4.2, we’re on something like the equivalent of 4.5.

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  timethief · Member · Nov 8, 2007 at 9:45 pm

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  Yes they are doing the updates. In fact the all that confusion about “tagging” and “breakage” was a consequence of the upgrade.