domain mapping

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  purgare · Member · Oct 31, 2020 at 11:54 am

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  I want to keep my domain registered with another provider. My website is hosted by a different provider though and I’d like to switch hosting to WP. I can follow the instructions to change the mapping, but how do I transfer the data from previous host to WP?

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  staff-zinnia · Staff · Nov 1, 2020 at 3:16 pm

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  Good morning –

  This is a good question. My suggestion is to set up the new site on your free address that we provide for you here. This way you’re minimizing any down time of the current site. Once you have everything set up, go ahead and map the domain connecting it to that new site on our hosting here.

  The domain mapping details are here:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

  Additionally, there’s an import option for your content:
  https://wordpress.com/support/import/

  There are some other resources to help you get started linked in this sticky forum thread: https://wordpress.com/forums/topic/new-to-wordpress-com-resources-to-get-started/

  Write back to me here with more questions.