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  jimmievincent3208 · Member · Dec 27, 2018 at 3:49 am

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  Can I operate a wordpress site through godaddy?

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  vaidehisingh · Member · Dec 27, 2018 at 5:13 am

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  Hi there,

  Can I operate a wordpress site through godaddy?

  Firstly, let me introduce you to the difference between WordPress.com sites and self-hosted WordPress sites. Please find the difference here. This forum can support the users of WordPress.com. To seek any support related to self-hosted WordPress sites, consider looking at this support page.

  WordPress.com sites are fully hosted while WordPress.org offers an open-source software that needs a host like GoDaddy, BlueHost, Hostgator, etc. So yes, you can use WordPress having Godaddy as your host.

  Please note that it will not be a WordPress.com site. However, you have option of moving it to WordPress.com later. See the support document for the same here.

  Hope this helps! :)

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  vaidehisingh · Member · Dec 27, 2018 at 5:27 am

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  Hi there,

  Wanted to add one more thing here. If you already own a domain on Godaddy or any other domain provider, you can still have a WordPress.com site. Here are the two ways for the same:

• Domain Mapping: https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/
• Transferring a domain you already own to WordPress.com: https://en.support.wordpress.com/incoming-domain-transfer/

Hope this helps! :)