Uploading a purchased theme

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  hannahsands · Member · Jan 13, 2015 at 9:36 am

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  I have purchased a theme I want to upload to my word press. However there is no ‘add new theme’ button and I can only choose from the free themes.

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  rachelmcr · Member · Jan 13, 2015 at 5:21 pm

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  Hi there,

  Themes purchased elsewhere can’t be uploaded to sites hosted on WordPress.com. They can only be uploaded to self-hosted blogs running on WordPress.org software. You can read more about the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org if you’re curious about that.

  On WordPress.com, you can select from a variety of themes to change your blog’s appearance. We offer over 300 themes, both free themes and premium themes created by leading theme companies. You can view all of our themes and filter them by specific criteria in our theme showcase.

  You can also post suggestions for new themes we might add in the Themes forum.

  Please let me know if you have any questions about that!

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  hannahsands · Member · Jan 13, 2015 at 6:02 pm

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  Thank you for replying. I purchased it as it said it was compatible with wordpress. I’m guessing that’s .org and not .com. Will look into .org :s Thank you again.

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  rachelmcr · Member · Jan 13, 2015 at 6:07 pm

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  Hi there,

  Sorry for the confusion. Only themes purchased here at WordPress.com can be used on WordPress.com sites — any other shops that sell WordPress themes are selling them for sites using the WordPress.org software.

  Please let me know if I can do anything more to help. :)