Change WordPress.com to WordPress.org

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  noonoop · Member · Jan 1, 2014 at 7:48 am

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  I am very new to this, I set up a domain in WordPress.com
  I think I should have done it in WordPress.org
  I am trying to setup a web page for a business I am starting,
  I am trying to follow a book WordPress to go, & things are different. i do not have plugins so that I can set up a page saying under construction
  Can I change from .com – .org?
  if so how do I do it?

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  eurello · Staff · Jan 1, 2014 at 10:36 pm

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  Hi there – You can set your site to private until you’re ready to launch it:
  Privacy Settings

  Plugins aren’t permitted at WordPress.com for security reasons, but many of the things you’d use a plugin for are built into WordPress.com so a lot of them aren’t necessary here.

  To decide whether you’ll need to host your site here at WordPress.com or whether you need a self-hosted (.org) install, I recommend reading this article:
  http://dailypost.wordpress.com/2013/11/14/com-or-org/

  Then, if you need to a self-hosted site, you’ll first need to obtain web hosting. We have some recommendations here:
  http://get.wp.com/hosting/

  You can move your domain to your new site in this way:
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/move-domain/

  Let me know if you have further questions about any of this. :)

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  noonoop · Member · Jan 2, 2014 at 7:14 am

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  Hi eurello,
  Thank you for your reply.
  I have read the privacy part & set that as you suggested, thanks.
  I will look at the other links later.
  Thanks for your assistance.
  Neil