Domain Name – Not What I Thought I Was Getting

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  executoursblog · Member · May 13, 2016 at 11:23 pm

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  Hi WordPress – Trying to set up a blog for our travel agency. I thought I was getting executoursblog.wordpress.com but now I see that it is executoursblogdotcom.wordpress.com which we don’t want. Can you please help when you have a moment? Thanks! Lauren

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  darkwater108 · Member · May 13, 2016 at 11:48 pm

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  If you would like to change the name of the blog address you currently have, if you are the administrator of the account you can do the following. Log into the administrator panel of the site. Same place you create posts, pages and whatnot. On the left hand side of the screen all the way at the bottom is “Settings”. Go ahead and click on that link.

  In this new screen, scroll all the way to the bottom until you see “Change Site Address” and click on that link. From this new screen you will see the current site address with a green button named “Primary Domain”. Click on this button.

  Next you will want to click on “Edit Site Address”. This will open a new tab that may look distinctly different from where you previously were, don’t worry, you are still in your administrative area for the blog. From this new tab, hover over the address of your current blog and then click “Change Blog Address”. Fill in the new information as requested and be sure to read any of the warnings. If you want to change the user name or keep it the same, its up to you. You can also permanently delete your current domain in place of this new one. Again, the choice is yours.

  Lastly, click the button at the bottom called “Review my changes” and then follow the last few prompts to make the changes final. You should be good to go from that point. If you look like you are still in your old blog, close your browser and go back to WordPress.com to log back in. This should take you to your new site but it will depend on your choices from the previous steps.

  I hope this helped,
  Douglas