WordPress.com Features and Capabilities with Databases

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  donjones22 · Member · Jun 4, 2016 at 1:24 am

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  Does WordPress.com allow for all of the standard features of a WordPress site, such as databases, PHP, and MySQL? In other words, can we still get all of the flexibility offered by WordPress by being on the WordPress.com hosting platform? I tend to think of WordPress.com sites as being mainly for people’s blogs.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 4, 2016 at 2:31 am

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  The answer is no. WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and have different username accounts, logins, features, run different versions of some themes with the same names, and have separate support documentation and separate support forums. Read the differences here http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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  donjones22 · Member · Jun 4, 2016 at 2:38 am

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  Thank you for the answer. So I should assume that things like a directory-based web site that has a database would need to be run from a separate hosting provider for WordPress? I assume WordPress.com is more specifically for traditional blogs?

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  timethief · Member · Jun 4, 2016 at 2:39 am

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  Yes. There is is no blogger database access to wordpress.com blogs.

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  donjones22 · Member · Jun 4, 2016 at 2:40 am

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  Ok, thank you for your help! I appreciate it.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 4, 2016 at 2:41 am

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  You’re welcome.