Can I use 3rd Party theme not offered on WordPress store with WordPress hosting?

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  flodato · Member · Nov 19, 2013 at 4:33 pm

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  I want to upgrade my theme to a 3rd party theme that is not available in the WordPress store. This is the theme that I would like to get: http://my.studiopress.com/themes/lifestyle/
  Currently I have a free blog site theme called “Ideation and Intent”. I’ve had the domain name eighthrising.com mapped to eighthrising.wordpress.com and I’m ready to upgrade my theme. Can I use the Studio Press theme?
  Thanks
  Frank

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  jenmylo · Member · Nov 19, 2013 at 11:19 pm

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  Themes can’t be uploaded to blogs hosted on WordPress.com. They can only be uploaded to self-hosted blogs running on WordPress.org software. You can read more about the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org here:

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

  On WordPress.com, you can select from a variety of themes to change your blog’s appearance. You can read more about customizing the appearance and theme of your blog on WordPress.com here:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/

  We offer over 210 themes, both free themes and premium themes created by leading theme companies. You can view all of our themes and filter them by specific criteria here:

  http://theme.wordpress.com/

  You can also post suggestions for new themes we might add on our public user forum:

  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-use-the-themes-forum