I finally made the jump....quick question!

So I bought my own domain...installed the wordpress platform.....installed my favorite theme (digg 3 column) but i do not see the blog stats counter under the widgets? Its not there...on my wordpress.com blogs it is always there! What gives? I want the little counter that appears in the sidebar.

 

Maybe you have to add it as a plugin? They're all here - http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/

 

Of course i searched high and low for the plugin/widget....no dice! Some themes have stuff that comes with them...but not this one or any others.

 

Sorry, I appreciate that wasn't very helpful

There's some info here but it doesn't really tell you what wordpress.com use ...

 

You can use the Feedburner widget that shows subscribers (after you burn your feed), there are also all kinds of widgets and plug ins available for your sidebar. Just a quick "Google " of "Stats Widgets, Wordpress" should get you a few.

What you lose in familiarity on wordpress.com, you gain 100 fold in customization options with self hosted wordpress. Once you get into it, you will forget all about that little counter widget.

 

i guess i could just add a 3rd party counter....but the wordpress on looks so good!