Installing a theme from Etsy

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  hopeandhandbags · Member · Oct 2, 2014 at 1:20 pm

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  Hello! I just purchased a theme on Etsy.com called Florencia Love and began to follow the instructions to install. After going to Appearance>Themes it instructs to click the “Add New” tab which seems to be missing from my page! Not sure what to do just wasted $20 and fell in love with theme I can’t install! Please HELP!

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  senff · Staff · Oct 2, 2014 at 1:38 pm

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  Sorry, but any themes you purchased can not be installed on a WordPress.com site — only on a self-hosted site that’s running WordPress(.org) software.

  More details on the differences between a WordPress.com site and one running WordPress.org software can be found here: http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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  thesacredpath · Member · Oct 2, 2014 at 3:28 pm

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  Hi, here is another link with more information on themes: http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/ .

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  thesacredpath · Member · Oct 2, 2014 at 3:30 pm

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  Also, you should be able to get a refund on the theme from Etsy if you do not want to self-host your own installation of WordPress. I would explain to them that you are on WordPress.com and cannot upload themes.