Can I attach an existing domain name to a hosted WordPress.com blog?

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  trautweins · Member · Oct 14, 2015 at 10:46 pm

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  I work for an educational institute and want to set up a public blog for one of our departments. We’re considering upgrading to a business plan that will allow us to add a custom domain. (https://store.wordpress.com/plans/)

  It would be great if we could use a sub-domain of our existing .edu domain for the blog. Is that possible, or would we have to register a separate domain as our custom domain?

  Thanks.

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  marioashley · Member · Oct 14, 2015 at 11:11 pm

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  This is called “Domain Mapping”. Heres more directions on that.

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  Keep up the good fight. I taught high school English for a few years.

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  trautweins · Member · Oct 15, 2015 at 5:40 pm

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  Thanks! Looks like we’re covered.

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  marioashley · Member · Oct 15, 2015 at 6:42 pm

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  Great!

  Happy Blogging!

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  auxclass · Member · Oct 15, 2015 at 6:49 pm

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  PS – Domain Mapping can be purchased stand alone for $13.-/yr

  But the Premium Plan at $99.-/yr might be a better value if you don’t need the e-commerce part of the Business Plan – both have the No Ads upgrade that many schools like