Changing blog url

• 

  bombaymangos · Member · Jul 9, 2010 at 12:29 pm

  • Copy link
  • Add topic to favorites

  Hi

  I would like to change my new blog url – http://bombabymangos.wordpress.com as I have just realised that I have misspelt mangoes…

  How do I do this?

  cheers

  MS

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

• 

  phoxis · Member · Jul 9, 2010 at 1:14 pm

  • Copy link

  i don’t think that you can change the blog address.

• 

  bombaymangos · Member · Jul 9, 2010 at 2:49 pm

  • Copy link

  Thanks for feedback.

  Can I delete the blog url and start again?

  It seems I need to do this to be able to link my blog to my existing email. Otherwise new blog attempt is rejected…

• 

  auxclass · Member · Jul 9, 2010 at 2:55 pm

  • Copy link

  You can simply register a new name correctly spelled. You can also keep the original one if you want and set it to “Private” so nobody can see it, or put a note on the front page that says “The real site is here” with the address. Many people keep a second site to experiment and learn with so they don’t disrupt the site that they do most of their blogging on.

• 

  bombaymangos · Member · Jul 9, 2010 at 3:05 pm

  • Copy link

  Thanks for this – Where do I go to make the misspelt blog ‘Private’ – Have looked in General Setting and Public Profile to no avail. cheers

• 

  auxclass · Member · Jul 9, 2010 at 3:09 pm

  • Copy link

  Settings >> Privacy

  Check: “I would like my blog to be private, visible only to users I choose”

• 

  bombaymangos · Member · Jul 9, 2010 at 3:11 pm

  • Copy link

  thanks again :)

• 

  auxclass · Member · Jul 9, 2010 at 3:12 pm

  • Copy link

  You be welcome – god luck with the new blog

• 

  timethief · Member · Jul 9, 2010 at 4:11 pm

  • Copy link

  That’s right. You cannot change the URL and the best idea is not to delete the blog but to change the blog visibility setting to private and use it as a test blog. See here > http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

  The unique identifier for your account is the email address you used to register. When you are signed into wordpress.com you can click this link and register the new blog. > http://wordpress.com/signup