.zip in WordPress

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  ciberintimidation101 · Member · Mar 30, 2012 at 8:45 pm

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  Is there any way to upload .zip files to my blog.
  Im not sure but i saw another wordpress.com blog that had .zip files uploaded

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  timethief · Member · Mar 30, 2012 at 8:57 pm

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  It’s not possible to upload zip files into free hosted WordPress.com blogs. It is possible to upload them into WordPress.org installs.
  http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  When you click the Upload/Insert buttons in the post editor screen, you get a list of what file types you can upload in a free wp.com blog. If you check the relevant Support doc, you also get a list of what file types you can upload in a free wp.com blog as well as with the paid Space Upgrade:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/space-upgrade/
  Zip files aren’t included. You can upload zip files in a free file hosting site instead, and link to them in your posts. https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/zip-files?replies=2
  So what you can do is upload them to a third-party file hosting service such as fileden or box.net and then put the link to those files in your posts/pages/sidebar (via a text widget). WordPress.COM even has a box.net widget that you can use.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/widgets/boxnet-widget/