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Full beginner question to install BP. Cannot find plugins!


  • balancefeeling
    Participant

    @balancefeeling

    5 years, 7 months ago

    I could hardly arrive here… I have a free version wordPress site and cannot find where to download plugins, as I want to install a forum.
    So I cannot install buddyPress nor bbPress!
    I cannot even give my version of WordPress as I do not find where it is written… It is from december 2017.
    And I could not even log in here with my log in informations from my WP site and had to recreate an account, so I dont even know if I have 2 accounts now, and why the BuddyPress site would not recognize my mail!
    Quite discouraging as I used to run an SMF forum, so how much changed in 15 years?!!!

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  • Venutius
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    @venutius

    5 years, 7 months ago

    Hi there, you install plugins from Admin>>Plugins>>Add New:

    http://yoursite.com/wp-admin/plugin-install.php


    balancefeeling
    Participant

    @balancefeeling

    5 years, 7 months ago

    Thanks Venutious for a quick reaction! I do not have such page. My question is if this is a possible option in WordPress when you have a FREE plan? Or only with paid versions? If this is the case, this should really be put forward, as absolutely none of the websites I visited or the pages in wordpress, tell it!


    Venutius
    Moderator

    @venutius

    5 years, 7 months ago

    IS this a wordpress.com site?


    balancefeeling
    Participant

    @balancefeeling

    5 years, 7 months ago

    https://balancefeeling.wordpress.com

    this is also why I found strange I had to register a second time to be able to post here! They would not admit my address to log in!


    Venutius
    Moderator

    @venutius

    5 years, 7 months ago

    We don’t really support wordpress.com here, they have their own support but my understanding is that you don’t get to install other plugins on the free plan.


    balancefeeling
    Participant

    @balancefeeling

    5 years, 7 months ago

    At least good to know that I cannot install BuddyPress… nobody says it is for paid sites!
    they say it is free, but if I have to take a paid plan, then it is not free for me!
    Thanks!


    balancefeeling
    Participant

    @balancefeeling

    5 years, 7 months ago

    But also in BuddyPress, they should say that intalling BuddyPress in wordpress is only for paid plans. I did not see it mentionned, so it seems possible to do for the free plans as well….


    Venutius
    Moderator

    @venutius

    5 years, 7 months ago

    We have no relationship with wordpress.com, BuddyPress is a free plugin, available to anyone using a wordpress.org self hosted site. it’s the wordpress.com info that would need to tell you this, not BP.


    balancefeeling
    Participant

    @balancefeeling

    5 years, 7 months ago

    ok I understand though it could be clearer also on BP side, because for the login… they send to a WordPress login!
    And all internet says that both bbPress and BuddyPress come from the same company!
    I started by googling “free online forum platforms” and then saw there was a platform by wordpress… etc, and I finished here.

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