How do I change my URL now?
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I have been waffling about my site URL for a while, and I finally decided on a final one. The only problem is that the “change URL” box is no longer in my general settings tab! How do I change my URL or can I only do that 1 time ever in the life of my site?
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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The only problem is that the “change URL” box is no longer in my general settings
Yes, you have the option there:
https://edgyveggiejo.wordpress.com/wp-admin/index.php?page=my-blogs
Choice the name of the blog you want change the URL and clic on Change…
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Hi jodebell,
If you go to the My Blogs section of the dashboard, when you hover over the current URL of the blog, it will give you the option to change the address. You can get to that for edgyveggiejo here:
https://edgyveggiejo.wordpress.com/wp-admin/index.php?page=my-blogs
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Are you referring to (1) changing a .wordpress.com blog URL to another available one? or to (2) purchasing a domain and domain mapping upgrade?
(1) re: changing a .wordpress.com address
We cannot edit any blog URLs. If you want to change the .wordpress.com blog address ie. the URL starting with http:// then you must be logged in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the blog to do that and the URL you desire must be available. If so, then you can change the URL by using the guide http://en.support.wordpress.com/changing-blog-address/Be sure to locate the correct page http://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/dashboard-e1371648470893.png
Changing a URL is a permanent and irreversible act. No changed or deleted blog URLs are recycled here, regardless of who registered and deleted them and no exceptions are made.
http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/(2) purchasing your own custom domain URL
All that changes when you are domain mapping is the URL and nothing else. The content stays exactly where it is. What domain mapping does its create a seamless transfer between the underlying .wordpress.com blog URLs to the domain URLs no matter where they are on the internet. Visitors who click the underlying .wordpress.com blog URLs will be seamlessly redirected to the exact same content under the domain URLs.
Please read Domains: Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/
In order to map to a domain one must have an underlying .wordpress.com subdomain blog to map from, and the domain name you desire must be available for purchase, or you must already own the domain URL.
See here if you do not own a domain http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/
See here for mapping an existing domain that you already own http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/
if you already have a website you don’t want to affect, and you want to add a blog to it under a subdomain (for example, blog.yourgroovydomain.com) see here http://support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-subdomain/
After you do the primary blog set up it can take between 24 – 72 hours for domain name propagation to take place throughout the internet. You can view the DNS changes here > http://www.whatsmydns.net/ What’s important during that stage is to be patient.
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