I want to upload my own theme. Do I have to leave wordpress.com to do it?

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  ilsegriek · Member · Feb 12, 2015 at 7:55 am

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  I am having problems with the lack of customizable options on my wordpress blog. I wanted to embed <iframes>, but wordpress doesn’t allow it. I have a gorgeous theme I want to use, but there’s no way to upload it. I bought my website (organicforbeginners.com) through wordpress.com, but this just won’t do. Do I have to leave wordpress altogether in order to customize?

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  pmciano · Member · Feb 12, 2015 at 3:02 pm

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  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. You can read more about the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org here:

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

  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.