Title: dumb question: "install theme" button missing
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# dumb question: "install theme" button missing

 *  [aaronsmith432](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aaronsmith432/)
 * (@aaronsmith432)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dumb-question-install-theme-button-missing/)
 * Hi everyone, please forgive the stupid newbie question. Hopefully someone will
   take a sec to help me out.
 * I’ve purchased a theme on a different site, and I’m following the installation
   guide right now for WordPress. Except, on step 2 there’s already a problem. Apparently
   on the Dashboard I should be able to click—
 * Appearance > Themes > Install Themes
 * And yet when I do that all I see is the standard pre-fab “Manage themes”, no “
   Install themes.”
 * Am I missing something? was I supposed to pay for something else? why can’t I
   upload the theme I bought?
 * Thanks in advance!

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 *  [noahjonah](https://wordpress.org/support/users/noahjonah/)
 * (@noahjonah)
 * [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dumb-question-install-theme-button-missing/#post-3251281)
 * Are you on wordpress.com or wordpress.org?

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/dumb-question-install-theme-button-missing/#post-3251281)
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