No "add new" theme button

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  mixedmediacreations2 · Member · Jan 5, 2015 at 4:42 pm

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  I have 2 themes I purchased from themeforest that I need to install, but there is no “add new” button (I was trying to follow these instructions https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNEkF0NqxR4 and also have googled around the internet and gotten no better answer.)

  I don’t have an FTP client, though I used one many years ago, I was hoping I could do without since they are very frustrating to set up. I don’t see a way to find the information I need to set up an FTP with this site anyway. Do you know where I could find that?

  I tried using the import tool as well, no luck. It says “This does not appear to be a WXR file, missing/invalid WXR version number.” The theme I downloaded is a zip file full of PHP files.

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  mixedmediacreations2 · Member · Jan 5, 2015 at 4:43 pm

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  Hey, is there a way to change this post to private?

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  thatrobyn · Member · Jan 6, 2015 at 5:48 am

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  Hello there,

  Themes can’t be uploaded to sites 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 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 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

  I’m so sorry — once the ticket is created, I cannot make it private. However, once I see you’ve gotten my note, I can certainly close the thread, if you’d like.

  Looking forward to hearing from you. Thanks very much.

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  mixedmediacreations2 · Member · Jan 6, 2015 at 2:47 pm

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  Please close the thread, thank you!

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  thatrobyn · Member · Jan 6, 2015 at 6:06 pm

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  Done! Wishing you the best :)