WordPress.com dashboard vs. a self installed version

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  talkcachevalley · Member · Oct 6, 2011 at 5:58 am

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  I am new here and was wondering if the dashboard here on wordpress.com is the same as if you were to goto a web host and install it there. Some of what I see available on here is looking pretty cool ( like the polls and ratings ). But I am thinking maybe it is only available here on wordpress.com

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  auxclass · Member · Oct 6, 2011 at 6:26 am

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  The Dashboards look almost the same since the base software is the same. Yes there are some specific things here such as Polls that are added to give the sites more functionality because Plug-In’s are not allowed here so WordPress.COM adds more functionality in the base blog.

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  talkcachevalley · Member · Oct 6, 2011 at 6:31 am

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  I am guessing, but what is available on the dashboard here can be found as a plugin through a installed version of WP?

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  thesacredpath · Member · Oct 6, 2011 at 6:43 am

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  Yes, the features that are added here can be reproduced with plugins.

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  auxclass · Member · Oct 6, 2011 at 6:45 am

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  I think most functions can be found as a Plug-in (there are about 16,000 of them http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/)

  You would need to ask over at WordPress.ORG for more specific help about a specific function. http://wordpress.org/support/