Purchased Theme Install

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  wealthysinglemommy · Member · Jul 31, 2012 at 3:43 pm

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  How to install a purchased theme? I just bought a theme from http://www.elegantthemes.com/ and they have a video instruction on how to install on wordpress. Seemed easy enough although their wordpress dashboard had different content then mine. There was no “install theme” section. From what i can gather from reading the help on wordpress’s site, that’s not possible. There seems to be a disconnect. Why is a site selling themes that can’t be installed? Is it the type of account I have with WP? I’m i stuck using one of the 190 WP themes? Why can’t I use other companies sites?

  Thanks,
  Josh
  Blog url: http://wealthysinglemommy.wordpress.com/

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Jul 31, 2012 at 3:47 pm

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  Hi there,

  Themes purchased through third parties can be installed on a self-hosted WordPress.org site, which requires your own hosting.

  WordPress.com is a hosted platform that provides a pre-selected group of themes to its users, most of which are free:
  http://theme.wordpress.com

  You can learn more about the differences between WordPress.org and WordPress.com here:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  Just let us know if you need further assistance.