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I’m making a website obviously but I’m already running into css issues with .com. Which would be “fixed” if I upgrade plans to get “free” plugins.
I looked it up and I’m pretty sure I wanted .org instead. I’ll have to contact them for a refund.
Anyways, with .com I have to pay $400 for the year for the creator package if I want to add plugins. I bought the explorer plan at $10 a month.
Do I have to pay for “free” plugins with .org as well?
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There is no “on .org”. WordPress.org is where you will find the current version of WordPress for download, developer documentation and user guides.
You need to move to a 3rd party WordPress host, I recommend a “managed” host for you to get started.
Good luck.
You’re mixing up some terminology. There is no hosting service on WordPress.org, but that’s where you can download the open-source WordPress platform.
You can use almost any other web host and get full access to WordPress for no additional cost, including access to all plugins in the WP repository. I recommend Cloudways.
Hosting anywhere besides WordPress.com is called self-hosting. There are no restrictions on what you can install when you self-host. Get a refund.
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.com is a sass. .org is just a download page and with that you need a hoster and of course a domain. and alle plugins in here are free (https://wordpress.org/plugins/) and there are some freemium version or some linked to a premium / Paid verion.
You can add custom CSS on the Explorer plan. Regardless of who you host with I would be warry of jumping to a plugin for every solution, as that can cause bloat that will impact site performance and you will have more risk of critical errors.
There is no .org plan you just need to buy a domain and hosting and install WordPress on your host and use it to its full extent.
Hey, [https://ma.tt](https://ma.tt) Matt Mullenweg: are you listening to this? Many many new-to-WordPress people are confused, to the point of frustration, by the dot-com dot-org branding mess. This is not good for our community. It’s probably not good for your [WordPress.com](http://WordPress.com) business either. Can’t we work together, the open-source community and your business, to fix this branding confusion?
You should provide a link to where and what you’re buying. This sounds confusing as hell cause non of these things match together lol