Change of the adress
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If I change the adress of my blog (because I have to change de name of the blog) do I loose all the post already published in the past?. I mean: not just a change of the title, but the change of the adress (=the name before .wordpress.com)
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No, if you follow the steps at https://wordpress.com/support/changing-site-address/ everything will be transferred for you.
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Thanks!! But I still have a doubt: I have read that once I have change the name the old one won´t be visible for anyone. Does that mean only in terms to look for that name at Google or also that all the “old” articles published won´t be visible? Also: can I change the url in each of the old articles already published myself one by one just erasing the part of the old name and writing instead the new one, in its url? Is that possible? Thanks again and sorry
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I have read that once I have change the name the old one won´t be visible for anyone.
Correct. If you change your address from mysite.wordpress.com to adifferentsite.wordpress.com, the mysite.wordpress.com address is completely deleted and removed from our system, and any links that have been shared online using that address will stop working.
But your articles will all still be visible on your site, just at the new address. No content on your site is deleted through this process. Just the address at which people access them.
Search engines like Google will start showing your content at the new address as soon is they finish re-indexing your site, which usually happens within a few weeks, depending on how often you post.
Also: can I change the url in each of the old articles already published myself one by one just erasing the part of the old name and writing instead the new one, in its url? Is that possible?
The URLs for all existing posts on your site will be updated automatically. If you’re referring to internal links you’ve added inside your posts/pages linking to other posts on your own site, those should be updated automatically as well as far as I know, but if they aren’t you can just replace them with the new address.
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Sorry again for asking once again. So, once I have change the url of my blog, do I need to update in some form by paying to maintain visible the old articles already published in the past with the old url or the process of changing the url of all those articles (and so, be still visible for the public) is automatic without paying? Thanks again (I am very akward and fear for loosing the visibility of all my work)
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You do not need to pay anything, it’s as if you changed your phone number. It’s still you and your house at that end of the line but people would need to dial a different number to reach you.
As @kokkieh mentioned, it may take some time for Google to update the search results but you can help speed up this process as explained here:
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Sorry again, my I think I committed a mistake. A friend that is helping me into changing my WordPress created a new WordPress with the new name, instead of changing the name from the old one. Because the old name has to be changed for sure (and, so, dissapear) can I still change the old name to the new one or not, because WordPress will tell me it already existits (although it´s my, I am the administrator, has the password, etc) If I can prove in a certain way I am the administrator of both WordPress, can I change the old one to the new one? Thanks a lot and sorry again for the disturbance
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Ah, that’s not the best thing you could have done there. You won’t be able to use an address that’s already used for another site. And if you delete that new site, you won’t be able to use the address ever again.
The best approach here would be transferring that site to your account (if you wish), by following these steps:
https://wordpress.com/support/transferring-a-site-to-another-wordpress-com-account/
This way, you can create a copy of the site with the desired address. But there will be no redirect from the old address, as these will be two independent sites.
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Thank you so much. So, I have a final question -I think-: since I have to delete the old name but can´t change it into the new one because it´s already existing my question is: can I “darken” my old WordPress in order that only me, the administrator, can see all the content? Or if this is not available, do I have to close the site completely? If I close it: will all the articles dissappear in my new site (we have import/export all of them to the new site, which is an updated WordPress) or are they safe? Thanks again. I am sorry for the disturbance
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You can set your site as private, that way only people you invite to view it will be able to see it:
https://wordpress.com/support/settings/privacy-settings/
If you delete the site, everything that on the site will be removed. If you already imported the content to the new site – that content now lives on the new one, it will not be affected. The images, however, will probably disappear from your site, as they are inserted via URL from the original site so, if it’s deleted, the links won’t work. You will want to manually upload the images to your media library if that’s the case.
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