Title: use WordPress.com theme
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# use WordPress.com theme

 *  [mvdekart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mvdekart/)
 * (@mvdekart)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-wordpresscom-theme-1/)
 * I’ve got a question about using a wordpress.com theme in wordpress.org.
 * I’ve found a nice theme on wordpress.com called : [http://photographydemo.wordpress.com/contact/](http://photographydemo.wordpress.com/contact/)
 * but when i search for it on wordpress.org i couldn’t found it.
 * my question is:
    Can i use this theme on wordpress.org?
 * Greetz

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 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-wordpresscom-theme-1/#post-2725678)
 * Yes, as that’s a premium theme (read as $$$) on WordPress.**COM** and is not 
   available in the theme repo here.
 * You can purchase a version of it for your self-hosted WordPress installation 
   from the vendor.
 * [http://thethemefoundry.com/wordpress/photography/](http://thethemefoundry.com/wordpress/photography/)
 *  Thread Starter [mvdekart](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mvdekart/)
 * (@mvdekart)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-wordpresscom-theme-1/#post-2725728)
 * So if i purchase that theme from that site “Thethemfoundry” i get it automatic
   in my themes in WordPress.org wp-admin?
 * greetz
 *  Moderator [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/)
 * (@jdembowski)
 * Forum Moderator and Brute Squad
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/use-wordpresscom-theme-1/#post-2725737)
 * No. Commercial themes do not exist in the WordPress theme repository here and
   there is no tie in for self-hosted WordPress installations with any vendor.
 * If you purchase a theme from any vendor, you will need to follow their instructions
   on how to download, install it, and keep it up to date.
 * Please be aware that we do nt support commercial themes here so if you run into
   any difficulty you would need to get support from the vendor. Which is good, 
   part of the purchase price should include support.

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 * [photography](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/photography/)

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