Do I need a premium account just to upload an outside theme?

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  tackgalore · Member · May 17, 2016 at 12:27 am

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  I purchased a theme from a different site, however do not see the “add theme” option on WordPress.

  Do I need a premium account just to upload an outside theme? :/

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  siobhyb · Member · May 17, 2016 at 10:36 am

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  Hi @tackgalore!

  Themes can’t be uploaded to sites hosted on WordPress.com. Instead, we have hundreds of hand picked themes in our repository for you to choose from:

  https://wordpress.com/themes

  Themes from third-party sites can only be used with sites that are hosted elsewhere and running on the free software available at WordPress.org.

  The difference between WordPress.com and WordPress.org can be an understandable point of confusion. If you’re unsure, our guide here gives a good overview:

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

  I encourage you to take a look over that guide and consider which option is the best for you. If you decide to stick with WordPress.com, I’ll be happy to suggest a few themes for you – just me know a little about what your site is going to be about. :)

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  anthonynimmi · Member · May 21, 2016 at 12:25 pm

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  Please suggest a Wp e commerce theme for my blog site ascentleaning.wordpress.com

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  galois · Member · May 21, 2016 at 12:37 pm

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  Please suggest a Wp e commerce theme for my blog site ascentleaning.wordpress.com

  See here:
  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-add-new-theme-to-my-blog-so-as-to-enable-ecommerce?replies=2#post-2641360

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  siobhyb · Member · May 22, 2016 at 10:11 am

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  @anthonynimmi: I’ve also replied to your other thread here:

  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-want-to-add-new-theme-to-my-blog-so-as-to-enable-ecommerce?replies=2#post-2641801

  If you have further questions, please reply there or begin a new thread.

  Thanks!