Can I change my theme after I've started my blog?

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  troublestarts · Member · Jun 13, 2013 at 9:41 pm

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  Simple question. Say a month from now.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 13, 2013 at 9:43 pm

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  Yes. You can change themes as often as you wish to. If you want to change themes on a free hosted WordPress.com blog you must be logged in under the exact same username that registered the blog and who is the Admin of the blog. Note that no content is ever lost when changing themes.

  Go to Dashboard > Appearance > Themes
  browse themes until you find one you like and click “activate”
  or type in the name of the theme you want to use and
  click the “activate” link when it appears

  After you change your theme all you need to do is go here Dashboard > Appearance > Widgets > Inactive Widgets and re-install them where you want them to appear. The widget contents and settings will be the same as they were prior to changing themes.

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  troublestarts · Member · Jun 13, 2013 at 9:46 pm

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  thank you! I was afraid to start it and get stuck with something I’d regret at some point.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 13, 2013 at 9:48 pm

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  Not to worry. Changing themes is really not a big deal. At most you may have to resize some featured images.