Change URL Name and create domain

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    michelleching24 · Member ·

    Hi,

    I would like to change my wordpress name from ”fashion by numbers24” to ”IamTanaka.com”. what steps do i take in order to do this? How about the site traffic?

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  • staff-doublebassd · Staff ·

    You can change your blog address by going to My Blogs, and clicking the Change Blog Address link that appears when you hover over the address you want to change:

    https://en.support.wordpress.com/my-blogs/

    Note that you have the option to choose your user name to match the new blog address. If you choose this option, you will not be able to revert back to the original username, and it can affect profile URLs for other services such as Gravatar or IntenseDebate.

    For detailed instructions/information on changing your blog name, please visit our support document:

    http://en.support.wordpress.com/changing-blog-address/

    In terms of traffic, any of your followers will get notifications whenever you make a post from the new blog. However, if you have many visitors that were used to going to your old URL, I’d recommend purchasing a site redirect upgrade which will redirect all users from the old URL to the new one:

    Hi there,

    To redirect the traffic from your WordPress.com blog to a new site, you will need to purchase the Site Redirect upgrade:

    Redirect [Redirects to Site Redirect Support Page]

    As long as the permalink structure on your new site matches the structure on your WordPress.com blog, all of your permalinks will be redirected, as well.

    For more information, please see our guide:

    Site Redirect

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