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  dcxhd · Member · Apr 2, 2013 at 2:05 pm

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  I just bought a wordpress theme from theme forest. In the installation instructions, it says – got to appearance – theme – Install Themes.

  Why is that I can not find the ‘install theme’ tab next to the manage theme tab inside appearance

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  kevkoeh · Member · Apr 2, 2013 at 6:33 pm

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  Hello Salvador,

  Themes on Theme Forest are only for self-hosted blogs using the free WordPress.org software. On WordPress.COM, you cannot use third-party themes, just the 219 themes available on our site.

  Please check out the following links to learn the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org.

  http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
  http://get.wp.com/

  You can either try requesting a refund from Theme Forest or setting up your own WordPress.org instance on another host in order to use the theme. It is possible to transfer your blog and all its content over to a WordPress.org site.