Domain redirect

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  domobran42 · Member · Jun 24, 2023 at 4:42 pm

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  I recently changed my basic WordPress URL to warinhistory.wordpress.com. Problem is that my domain historyandwar.com still redirects to pastwar.wordpress.com which I had abandoned.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  domobran42 · Member · Jun 24, 2023 at 4:43 pm

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  Domain is registered with NameBright. Should I have pushed the domain to wordpress.com?

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  aisajib · Member · Jun 25, 2023 at 5:15 pm

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  Hi there!

  I just checked, and the domain historyandwar.com is correctly loading the site warinhistory.wordpress.com. If that’s not happening on your end, could you try clearing the browser cache to see if that helps?

  Here’s how to clear your browser cache: https://en.support.wordpress.com/browser-issues/#clearing-your-browser-cache

  Thanks!

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  domobran42 · Member · Jun 25, 2023 at 5:59 pm

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  It is loading correctly now, even though I haven’t cleared browser cache in the meantime. Thanks anyway!

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  aisajib · Member · Jun 25, 2023 at 6:27 pm

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  Superb! Glad to hear that. :)

  Feel free to let us know if you have more questions.

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  magicconan14 · Member · Jul 16, 2023 at 3:14 am

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  Hi,

  I am having a similar problem.

  • I have had my self-hosted domain for a few months and have set the WordPress.com version of the blog to private. However, I know I am losing readers on the self-hosted side because I have received multiple requests to read the private blog when there are duplicates of the private posts on the self-hosted side.
  • I have the plugin Redirect installed on my domain and have not received any warnings from doing redirect tests. (I changed the permalinks from date/slug to /slug when I changed to self-hosting.)
  • I clear my browser cache every so often (including many times after I set up self-hosting).

  So how can I stop people sending requests?

  (My website is animangaspellbook.com, by the way.)

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  staff-mckluskey · Staff · Jul 16, 2023 at 7:44 am

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  Hi @magicconan14, it sounds like you have an issue redirecting from your self-hosted site to the old blog here, on WordPress.com, that you set as private? We can’t really help with anything related to a site hosted elsewhere, I’m afraid.

  What I can suggest is setting up a redirect from your WordPress.com site to your new address, so folks who go to your free address will know where to find you:

  

  Site Redirect

  in WordPress.com Support

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  Are you leaving WordPress.com? Would you like to redirect your .wordpress.com site address (as well as all of your permalinks) to your new domain name? The Site Redirect upgrade will let you do that — and managing the redirect couldn’t be easier. Do you want to use a domain you already own on your WordPress.com site? Read how to connect a domain you already own. Getting Started Selec

  If I misunderstood what’s going on, please let us know more details. Thanks!