Changing an A record

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  laurenblain · Member · Jul 10, 2019 at 9:35 am

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  Hi

  We are using a free wordpress site and want to change the hosting. However when I go to domains to change the A settings. However the edit option is not displaying?

  Thanks

  Nathan

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  fstat · Staff · Jul 10, 2019 at 1:14 pm

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  Hi there,

  If you’re looking in transferring your site (onestopworktops.wordpress.com) to another host you need to export your content and then import it to the new host. Here are the instructions:

  https://move.wordpress.com/

  A records and other DNS settings are available on custom domain (e.g. example.com) and not on free .wordpress.com subdomains like yours.

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  laurenblain · Member · Jul 11, 2019 at 10:20 am

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  If we host the website through another web host. Are we able to use features like woocommerce and plugins for free?

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  laurenblain · Member · Jul 11, 2019 at 10:43 am

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  Also where can I download the .xml for our site

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  fstat · Staff · Jul 11, 2019 at 12:06 pm

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  If we host the website through another web host. Are we able to use features like woocommerce and plugins for free?

  Of course you can. Please read the following document to learn about the differences between us (WordPress.com, a hosting provider) and WordPress.org the open-source software:

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org

  Also where can I download the .xml for our site

  If you’re referring to onestopworktops.wordpress.com, then you need to follow these instructions:

  Export Your Website’s Content

  Overall I think you’re referring to the WordPress.org software and the official support forums are the place to ask more questions:

  https://wordpress.org/support/forums/