I don’t want to specify a domain until my site is ready to go live.

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    blakebennett2016 · Member ·

    I have two websites I’m going to rewrite from scratch in WordPress. So I want to create a blank website, build it the way I want it, and not have to specify in advance which domain name I’m using or migrate that domain over to WordPress. It seems like the ‘Create Site’ wizard won’t let me do that.

  • kokkieh · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    You can create a new WordPress.com site without specifying your domain.

    All sites on WordPress.com get a free WordPress.com or .blog subdomain when the site is created, that functions just like any regular subdomain, and your site is fully online and accessible at that subdomain (provided you set it to public). Just look for that address in the list on the domains step, and select that to finish creating your site.

    You have the ability to change that free address at any time, or you can later replace it with a custom domain when you’re ready.

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