changing the website name

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  geoff2250 · Member · May 24, 2022 at 1:08 pm

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  I set up a website to practice entering words and pictures. At the time of set up I did not have a subject in mind. I have since set some pages up and want to keep them, but I now want to change the name of the website to suit the subject.
  If I cannot do this, is there a way of copying the current pages onto a new website name rather than have to source all the pictures again ?

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  shwetharmaiya · Member · May 24, 2022 at 1:25 pm

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  Hi

  Please go to Dashboard -> upgrades -> domains and try changing there and let me know if it does not allow..

  Regards
  Shwetha

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  geoff2250 · Member · May 24, 2022 at 2:06 pm

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  Hi Shwetha

  Thanks for the tip.

  It will let me change the domain name to a new one, but once I have done that the old name is no longer usable. I would prefer to keep the old domain name (again for practice purposes) so it looks like I will have to set up a new site. I have a lot of pictures on the old site which I would have to transfer – is there a straightforward way to do this, do you know ?

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  themagicrobot · Member · May 24, 2022 at 5:12 pm

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  is there a straightforward way to do this, do you know ?

  Yes, Export. Import.
  https://wordpress.com/support/export/

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  geoff2250 · Member · May 28, 2022 at 9:19 am

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  I have made a note of the Export address – thank you for your help