I cannot see the 'add theme' function in my menu

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  culinarthongkong · Member · Mar 26, 2015 at 5:19 am

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  I downloaded a theme from themeforest and want to install it but cannot see where.
  In the instructions I am being told to ‘Go to admin panel > Appearance > Themes > Add New > Upload Theme’ but nce in themes I only see the available themes, not the Add New function.
  please help

  Stanley

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  rachelmcr · Member · Mar 26, 2015 at 10:15 am

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  Hi Stanley,

  Themes purchased elsewhere (like ThemeForest) can’t be uploaded to sites hosted on WordPress.com. On WordPress.com, you can select from a variety of themes to change your blog’s appearance. We offer over 300 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 in our theme showcase.

  If you let me know what theme you downloaded from ThemeForest, I’d be happy to help you find out if it’s available here or if there’s a similar theme you might like.

  You can also post suggestions for new themes we might add in the Themes forum.

  Themes purchased elsewhere can only be uploaded to self-hosted blogs running on WordPress.org software. You can read more about the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org if you’re curious about that.

  Please let me know if you have any questions about that!

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  culinarthongkong · Member · Mar 28, 2015 at 2:40 pm

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  great, thanks. will explore and hope I won’t get stuck again.