Unable to change themes

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  garypaul40outlookcom · Member · Jul 29, 2019 at 1:10 am

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  I have a free WordPress.com account and I’m trying to activate a new free theme but it doesn’t seem to work. I’ve watched the video on how to change themes and I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong. Has anyone else faced this problem? Thank you.

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  staartmees · Member · Jul 29, 2019 at 5:50 am

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  You probably saw a video for wordpress.org which is a bit different. It’s very simple to activate a theme on wordpress.org, https://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/#activating-a-theme

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  erinpowellcreative · Member · Aug 13, 2019 at 11:03 pm

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  Does it take a while for the theme to update? I published my new theme, and when try to edit, it’s the old theme.

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  darciemg · Staff · Aug 13, 2019 at 11:09 pm

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  Because changing a theme doesn’t change the existing posts on your site, changing to a new theme does not load any of the demo content shown in the theme examples. This would cause existing bloggers to lose their posts and pages.

  The themes each have an information page on how to set up features to create the look like the demo images. Once you add your own posts and pages and customize the site, the theme will resemble the feel of the demo.

  The site mentioned in the original question has Professional Business active.