Are all the free WordPress themes made by Automattic?

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  studentusm · Member · Oct 11, 2020 at 6:06 pm

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  I wanted to add a theme to my site, a theme which I found on WordPress.org, but there’s no way to find it in the repository. This is the theme in question: https://wordpress.org/themes/newscard/ and when using the search function it’s not there. The only themes in the search are made by Automattic. Any way of adding a theme without upgrading to a paid plan? Thank you!

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  themagicrobot · Member · Oct 11, 2020 at 7:20 pm

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  The fact that a theme may be free isn’t the issue. All themes used here on WordPress.com free plans are designed to work here. Your theme is designed for sites hosted elsewhere that use the WordPress.org software. It will only work here with a WordPress.com Business plan. If you wish to build a free site at WordPress.com your choice of themes is found at:
  https://wordpress.com/themes