Title: WordPress hosting and plugins
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# WordPress hosting and plugins

 *  [nicolettemarina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nicolettemarina/)
 * (@nicolettemarina)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-hosting-and-plugins/)
 * Ok.
 * I have recently taken over a website that was through Wix that has a domain purchased
   through by namecheap.com. I wanted to use WordPress so I made the mistake of “
   mapping my domain” on wordpress.com. I have since switched to shared hosting 
   using cpanel and softaculous and have since downloaded the wordpress app- I have
   done 2 websites through this process before. However, I still do not have the
   ability to use plugins!! I thought that by accessing my website through the softaculous
   would fix my problem.
 * my url although is being directed to the right site- is still mywebsitedot.net.
   wordpress.

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 * [cPanel](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/cpanel/)
 * [namecheap](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/namecheap/)

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 * Last reply from: [nicolettemarina](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nicolettemarina/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-hosting-and-plugins/)
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