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  stelesluana · Member · Mar 16, 2016 at 3:22 pm

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  Hi. I am following a youtube tutorial to change the appearance of this website and I am trying to add a theme. Is this possible for non-premmium accounts?

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  timethief · Member · Mar 16, 2016 at 3:35 pm

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  The answer is no. That tutorial is for wordpress.ORG software installs only. You are confusing wordpress.COM hosted blogs and wordpress.ORG installs on paid hosting.

  There is no FTP access https://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/ to wordpress.COM blogs. You cannot upload any custom themes or third party themes, or create your own theme here, or use stylesheets from another theme. You can do those only on wordpress.ORG installs on paid hosting.

  The only themes we can use on WordPress.com hosted blogs are licensed and adapted to run on our multiuser software the themes are found here http://wordpress.com/themes/ and in your dashboard at > Appearance > Themes
  Read: http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/
  There is no upgrade you can buy here that changes that.

  WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG are completely separate and have different username accounts, logins, features, run different versions of some themes with the same names, and have separate support documentation and separate support forums. Be sure to read the differences here http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  For a wordpress.ORG software install on paid hosting if you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG account, then click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right-hand corner of the page that opens, https://wordpress.org/support/register.php so you can post to the support forums there.
  Resetting your WordPress.ORG password http://codex.wordpress.org/Resetting_Your_Password
  WordPress.org support docs are at https://codex.wordpress.org/Main_Page

  As that’s not possible here at wordpress.COM, this guide will explain how to move your WordPress.com site to another hosting platform: Moving to a Self-Hosted WordPress Site
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-to-a-self-hosted-wordpress-site/

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  stelesluana · Member · Mar 16, 2016 at 3:38 pm

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  Got it! Thank you very much for the explanation!!

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  timethief · Member · Mar 16, 2016 at 3:41 pm

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  You’re welcome and best wishes. :)