Can’t see the Astra theme in WordPress themes
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Hi,
How can I access the Astra theme in WordPress themes? I do not see the theme in search results. Please help
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Are you searching for the Astra theme from your WordPress.com account? If yes, the reason why it’s not showing up is that Astra is a WordPress.org theme. WordPress.com and WordPress.org are two different entities (see https://wordpress.com/support/com-vs-org/ for a comparison).
In order to use a third-party theme like Astra with your WordPress.com site, you would want to upgrade to a Business plan. If you’re not 100% set on Astra though, WordPress.com has a big selection of free and premium themes that you can use with any plan here: https://wordpress.com/themes/
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staff-cara,
Calling Astra a “WordPress.org theme” is not entirely accurate :)
WordPress.org is the website where the WordPress community makes and supports the open source WordPress software. WordPress.org itself doesn’t make any themes except the default Twenty-something themes, and they don’t make any plugins except for a very small handful of “official” plugins, usually made as a temporary measure to help with compatibility issues between WordPress versions, for example, the Classic Editor plugin.
Almost all plugins and themes listed on WordPress.org are made by freelance developers or private companies, and are listed there because they chose to submit their products to be listed there. Astra is one such theme – it is not made by the WordPress.org community, but by the theme developer, Brainstorm Force, and that company also maintains and provides support for the theme.
Many plugins and themes are not found in the WordPress.org directories at all, because their creators chose not to submit them. The WordPress.org directories also only list free plugins and themes, not premium products.
It’s a small distinction, but an important one when it comes to the relationship between plugins/themes and the WordPress community on WordPress.org. For the same reason we shouldn’t refer people to the general WordPress.org forums if they need help with a specific plugin or theme, but to the support page/forum for that theme/plugin instead.
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Nothing to apologise for. Just trying to help reduce the confusion between the two WordPresses one thread at a time :)
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