Install Themes Tab I can't see it

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  dailyonefruit · Member · Jul 22, 2014 at 5:11 pm

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  Install Themes Tab I can’t see it. How to enable Install Theme tab in wordpress.

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  timethief · Member · Jul 22, 2014 at 5:12 pm

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  The only themes we can use on free hosted WordPress.com blogs like your blog are the themes found here http://wordpress.com/themes/

  There is no FTP access to free hosted WordPress.com blogs for security reasons and we cannot:

  upload any third party themes,
  create child themes,
  create our own themes,
  edit templates,
  create own own layouts,
  or use stylesheets from other themes.

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

  There is no upgrade you can purchase that changes that. WordPress.org offers free software that you can install on a web server. You can create themes, upload and install themes and plugins, run ads, and edit the database, etc. If you want FTP access and to install plugins or third party themes into a site then you will have to hire a web host http://wordpress.org/hosting/ and set up your own WordPress.org install.

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  galois · Member · Jul 22, 2014 at 5:13 pm

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  Install Themes Tab I can’t see it. How to enable Install Theme tab in wordpress.

  You can’t

  Uploading a third-party or custom theme is possible only on self-hosted sites using the WordPress.org software. This means that you cannot upload any themes to your WordPress.com site. Learn more.

  Instead of uploading a theme, try checking out the current theme collection to see if there’s an option there that will work well for you.

  from http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/

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  galois · Member · Jul 22, 2014 at 5:15 pm

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  TT: you always win. :)

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  timethief · Member · Jul 22, 2014 at 5:42 pm

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  Ha! :)