How to activate a downloaded theme?

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  seianmulholland · Member · Apr 27, 2014 at 6:56 am

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  Hi everyone,

  Newbie question – I’ve downloaded “Adapt” theme into my “downloads” folder on Mac.
  How do I access the search and upload function to find and apply it in WordPress? (I’ve tried the sidebar Appearance>Theme but all that gives me are the options already on wordpress, not the option to upload a new one.

  Thanks

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  auxclass · Member · Apr 27, 2014 at 7:32 am

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  you can’t activate downloaded themes

  For more on the difference: http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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  seianmulholland · Member · Apr 27, 2014 at 7:36 am

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  I was afraid you were going to say that. Thanx auxclass

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  pmciano · Member · Apr 29, 2014 at 3:49 pm

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  @seianmulholland

  @auxclass is correct.

  Themes can’t be uploaded to blogs hosted on WordPress.com. They can only be uploaded to self-hosted blogs running on WordPress.org software.

  On WordPress.com, you can select from a variety of themes to change your blog’s appearance. You can read more about customizing the appearance and theme of your blog on WordPress.com here:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/

  We offer over 210 themes, both free themes and premium themes created by leading theme companies. You can view all of our themes and filter them by specific criteria here:

  http://theme.wordpress.com/

  You can also post suggestions for new themes we might add on our public user forum:

  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-to-use-the-themes-forum

  Let us know if you have any more questions.