Can I map a domain for free with a personal plan (£3 p.month)?

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  josephineharmon · Member · Oct 19, 2020 at 5:32 pm

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  1. I own a domain, and I want to map it onto my website. Can I do this for free with a personal plan (£3 p.m)? I currently have a free plan. I do not want to buy premium.

  2. Should I buy a plan first and then map my domain, and nothing will go wrong?

  3. My custom domain is very different from the wordpress.com free url I have right now. This doesn’t matter, does it?

  Thanks.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Oct 19, 2020 at 6:47 pm

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  Yes, you can map any domain with the Personal plan: https://wordpress.com/support/domains/map-existing-domain/

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  josephineharmon · Member · Oct 22, 2020 at 12:10 pm

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  Thanks MacManx.

  And does it matter if I buy the plan and then map the domain?

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  staff-mckluskey · Staff · Oct 22, 2020 at 2:08 pm

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  You wouldn’t be able to map the domain without a paid plan so yes, you’ll want to purchase the plan first and then map the domain :).

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  josephineharmon · Member · Oct 30, 2020 at 1:33 pm

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  Thanks both. I bought a plan and mapped a domain.

  One question though: On my dashboard the website is still showing up as my old XXX.wordpress.com name and not my mapped domain. i) Will the WordPress.com address no longer be used? ii) I want to make sure my mapped domain is the only one that shows up.

  I haven’t yet launched the site, as I want to know it’s safe to do and it’ll come up as my mapped domain.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Oct 30, 2020 at 6:08 pm

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  The site will always have the WordPress.com address as its core, then domain is like a skin thrown on top, so the public will always see https://hann-associates.com/ :)