uploading a theme

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  whiteclassiceventsandprojects · Member · Apr 12, 2017 at 11:21 am

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  Good day,
  I have tried without success to upload a theme i want to customize on wordpress but can’t see the upload new button…Can anybody help me?

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  garysixtyeight · Member · Apr 12, 2017 at 11:23 am

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  Hi there,

  It’s not possible to upload themes to sites hosted here at WordPress.com:

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/

  Themes can only be uploaded to the self-hosted version of WordPress (WordPress.org).

  To learn more about the differences between the two different versions of WordPress (.com vs .org) , please see this guide.

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  otpidusprime · Member · Apr 12, 2017 at 11:26 am

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  Hi @whiteclassiceventsandprojects,
  Uploading custom themes from sources outside WordPress.com is not allowed for the blogs/sites hosted on WordPress.com. We are only limited to the themes present on the WordPress.COM themes page.

  Read more about it here:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/adding-new-themes/

  If you still wish to use/upload your custom theme, then you might wanna consider switching to WordPress.ORG-a self hosted platform/software to create blogs, websites and more, with greater customization possibilities. You can upload custom themes from thrid party sources like Themeforest, Themeisle, etc using WordPress.ORG.

  Find out the differences between WordPress.COM and WordPress.ORG here:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  If you wish to move your blog from WordPress.COM to WordPress.ORG, follow the instructions given here:
  https://move.wordpress.com/

  You can ask for help while creating your site using WordPress.ORG on this support forum: https://wordpress.org/support/. Because, this forum only supports the sites hosted on WordPress.COM.

  Hope this helps :)