Domain name changing

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    alisoncable13 · Member ·

    I already have a website, If I buy a new domain name, can I just change it in my wordpress account or do I have to get a whole new account?

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    timethief · Member ·

    To use a domain URL you purchased elsewhere on any wordpress.COM site you will need to upgrade first and then map to an existing domain. To map an existing domain see http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/

    We have 4 different plans: free, personal, premium and business. All hosting is free regardless of which plan you choose. You can view all wordpress.com plan features here https://wordpress.com/pricing/
    https://wordpress.com/plans/

    You can use the Personal Plan if all you want is a custom domain, removal of advertising, live chat support and 6GB Storage Space but you need to add the plan first. If you add the domain first, Premium is selected automatically. Go to http://wordpress.com/plans to upgrade.

    Registering an underlying .wordpress.com URL first is required for domain mapping and that underlying .wordpress.com URL does not have to match the domain URL when you are domain mapping.

    What domain mapping does is providing a seamless redirect to the very same content under the new domain URL when a person clicks the old URL .wordpress.com to the original content. It can take up to 72 hours for domain propagation to take place throughout the internet but it doesn’t usually take that long. https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/

  • kokkieh · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    What is your site’s address, please? The account you’re using to post here does not own any sites on WordPress.com.

    If you’re speaking of the site at https://www.littlelaughsofjoy.com/, that site is using the open source WordPress software. It is connected to your WordPress.com account via the Jetpack plugin, but it is not hosted with us on WordPress.com.

    You can find the instructions for changing the domain in the version of the WordPress software you’re using here:

    https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL

    But it’s also very likely your hosting provider has their own process for doing this, so it’s best if you contact their support for help with this.

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