Cannot add the purchased theme

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  jolaweds · Member · Sep 12, 2016 at 8:25 pm

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  Hi! I purchased a wordpress theme. and the instructions say to just click on ‘Add theme’ but that button doesn’t even show up when I visit the themes page/ How do I add it?

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  bookgirlmn · Member · Sep 12, 2016 at 11:52 pm

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  Did you purchase one of the premium themes from WordPress.com? Or did you buy it from another company?

  If you bought it somewhere else, you won’t be able to use it with a site hosted at WordPress.com. Only self-hosted WordPress sites (WordPress.org) can upload themes.