Editing WordPress site offline

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  campbellbarlow · Member · Jul 28, 2020 at 3:45 pm

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  Hi WordPress!

  I’m looking to find out, if I purchase a third-party theme like this (https://themeforest.net/item/emphires-human-resources-recruiting-theme/25955523), Is it possible for me to install this and edit offline until I’m ready to go live and pay for hosting?

  It’s worth noting, I have used plenty of CMS but never WordPress! Please keep that in mind :)

  Thanks,

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jul 29, 2020 at 9:39 am

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  Hi there,

  First off, WordPress and WordPress.com are not the same thing. WordPress is the name of the software. WordPress.com where you’re posting now is a hosting provider for that software.

  To use a third party theme like that on a WordPress.com site, you’ll need to upgrade to our business plan before you’ll be able to install that theme. It’s not possible to create a WordPress.com site offline and then upload it to our servers.

  If you want to be able to build your site offline, then you need to install the open source version of WordPress locally on your computer using special software like MAMP:

  https://wordpress.org/support/article/installing-wordpress-on-your-own-computer/

  Then you’ll need to get hosting at a provider like Bluehost to upload that directly to their servers when you’re ready.