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  marjoleinvanderwal · Member · Nov 1, 2013 at 10:24 am

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  I recently bought this theme: http://themeforest.net/item/heat-premium-portfolio-wordpress-theme/full_screen_preview/3700508, but then I noticed that you can no longer upload purchased themes.
  I would really like to use it, and I don’t want it to be a waste of money. What should I do now? What are my options? Should I also buy the CSS upgrade?
  Or is it possible that you can add this theme to the standard WordPress themes?

  Thanks in Advance.

  Marjolein van der Wal
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  timethief · Member · Nov 1, 2013 at 6:05 pm

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  Hi there,
  That’s not possible. The only themes you can use on any free hosted WordPress.com blog are those found here > Appearance > Themes and showcased here > http://wordpress.com/themes/

  There is no FTP access to free hosted WordPress.com blogs and we cannot upload any third party themes, create child themes or our own themes or edit templates.
  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. Please read > http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  WordPress.org offers free software that you can install on a web server. You can upload and install themes and plugins, run ads, and edit the database. Learn about the differences here. http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  Option 1 – return the theme and ask for a refund
  Option 2 – move to WordPress.org

  o move your content you need to create an XML export file of your content. It will not include the theme as they cannot be exported. See 3 below.

  WordPress.com and WordPress.org are completely separate.
  http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  1. Hire a web host http://wordpress.org/hosting/

  2. Set up a WordPress.org install and equip it with a theme and plugins.
  http://wordpress.org/themes/
  http://wordpress.org/plugins/

  3. Export your content out of your WordPress.com blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/ and import it into the install.

  4. Purchase a site redirect upgrade from wordpress.com
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/ or if you have domain mapping then update the nameservers http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-management/

  5. Transfer subscribers and stats. See http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/moving-your-subscribers/