domain connection

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  laurenzekeking · Member · Jan 4, 2022 at 10:30 pm

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  It does not let me just select domain connection but offers it for free with a hosting account. I just want connection. How?

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  supernovia · Staff · Jan 5, 2022 at 12:26 am

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  Hi @laurenzekeking, the domain connection feature comes with all of our paid plans. Paid upgrades help us keep our free sites free. You would need at least the Personal plan to connect a domain. It comes with other features too:
  https://wordpress.com/personal

  If you definitely do not want a plan, one option is to redirect the domain to your wordpress.com address. If you opt for that, I’d recommend against using “stealth” or “framed” forwarding, as that can make it hard for people to bookmark or link to pages on your site.

  Hoping this helps!

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  laurenzekeking · Member · Jan 5, 2022 at 4:37 pm

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  That sounds complicated, I just want to pay $13 like I did last year, is that no longer an option?

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  supernovia · Staff · Jan 5, 2022 at 6:53 pm

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  It isn’t currently — we actually haven’t offered that for several years, but people who had existing upgrades were allowed to keep them.

  The personal hosting plan comes with a lot of other features — ads removed, options to accept payments, etc. You also get SSL, maintenance, security, and direct support.

  Or if you’re comfortable with the tech aspects of managing your own copy of WordPress with another host, the software itself is free. You’d just need to buy your own hosting too.

  https://wordpress.com/support/com-vs-org/#overview-of-options