Can't upload. What do I do?

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  epidemickbeatz · Member · Sep 8, 2015 at 5:26 pm

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  I recently bought a new theme and Visual Composer, only to find out I can’t upload anything to wordpress.com. Is there anyway I can install these things, if I can’t do it here?

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  darrellschulte · Member · Sep 8, 2015 at 5:43 pm

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  Hi epidemickbeatz,

  Uploading a third-party or custom theme is possible only on self-hosted sites using the WordPress.org software. That course of action, I’m afraid, is the only route you can go if you want to use the theme you bought.

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  epidemickbeatz · Member · Sep 8, 2015 at 6:28 pm

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  Ok, well, where can I upload Visual Composer?

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  darrellschulte · Member · Sep 8, 2015 at 6:30 pm

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  The same goes for plugins, too.

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  epidemickbeatz · Member · Sep 8, 2015 at 6:36 pm

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  Where exactly?

  I clicked on plugins but I don’t see any upload button…

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  darrellschulte · Member · Sep 8, 2015 at 6:39 pm

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  Uploading plugins on WordPress.com is not an option. You would have that ability on a self-hosted installation of WordPress.

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  epidemickbeatz · Member · Sep 8, 2015 at 6:43 pm

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  I mean where exactly on wordpress.org?

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  darrellschulte · Member · Sep 8, 2015 at 6:51 pm

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  WordPress.org isn’t a host. You will have to find one, download the software and then install it for use.

  New To WordPress – Where to Start is a good place to start and then after that, the WordPress.org Support Forums is the proper venue for questions relating to installation of a self-hosted WordPress site.