Theme change problem

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  shirleyjefferson748 · Member · Sep 19, 2014 at 10:36 am

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  Hello, i have a following word press blog,

  http://readingtaxis.wordpress.com

  and i want to change its theme from the net. I don’t want to use the

  themes from word press gallery. How can i change it? Tell me in

  detail.

  shirley jefferson
  Supervisor,
  Reading Taxis
  UK.

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  timethief · Member · Sep 19, 2014 at 9:33 pm

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  The only themes we can use on WordPress.com blogs like your blog are licensed and adapted to run on our multiuser software the themes are 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.

  Relevant support docs:
  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.