Cant get themes from within site

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  bigtomthesawyer · Member · Mar 20, 2015 at 10:57 pm

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  I set up a free site. Now I am trying to experiment with different themes from within the site. If I go to wordpress.org, I find quite a few themes. From within the site I just set up, I keep getting nothing, even though they are clearly there when I search from WordPress.org. What gives?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 20, 2015 at 10:59 pm

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  You do not have a WordPress.org blog, so WordPress.org themes are not available to you.

  Every theme you can use is on your dashboard Themes page.

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  bigtomthesawyer · Member · Mar 20, 2015 at 11:04 pm

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  How do I change from tomthesawyerandwoody.wordpress.com. to .org? I didn’t know there was a choice.
  How do I delete the .com ? And how do you make the selection when setting up a site?

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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 20, 2015 at 11:06 pm

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  Questions about how to set up a WP.org blog are answered in the WP.org forums.

  Read this: https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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  bigtomthesawyer · Member · Mar 20, 2015 at 11:08 pm

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  raincoaster – thanks for your help.
  DaveN
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  bigtomthesawyer · Member · Mar 20, 2015 at 11:13 pm

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  How do I delete a WordPress.com site that I no longer need? I don’t need to take up server space for something I will no longer use. I will be running on a commercial platform. This was an attempt to experiment before going to the commercial site.
  DaveN
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  raincoaster · Member · Mar 20, 2015 at 11:40 pm

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  You delete it on the Dashboard Tools page. Deletions are permanent and irreversible and neither you nor anyone else can ever use that URL again.