I want to install a theme purchased from a third party source (themeforest).How?

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  bpbaptist · Member · Feb 18, 2013 at 5:30 pm

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  I have purchased a theme from themeforest and I do not see the “install theme” under the theme sidebar on my blog admin page.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 18, 2013 at 5:35 pm

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  I’m sorry but the answer is you can’t install that theme on a free hosted WordPress.com blog. There is no FTP access to WordPress.com free hosted blogs. The only versions of the themes we can use on free hosted WordPress.com blogs are found here in your dashboard > Appearance > Themes and showcased here > http://wordpress.com/themes/

  You cannot build your own theme here nor can you upload any third party themes. Also note that we WordPress.com bloggers cannot install any plugins. Both are only for WordPress.ORG installs which run on different software.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/ftp-access/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/

  Bottom line: There is no upgrade that you can purchase from WordPress.com that provides FTP access, the ability to install plugins, install third party themes and software into free hosted WordPress.com blogs. For a comparison see > http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/