Is there a way to change my user name

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  promise104 · Member · Mar 23, 2016 at 3:51 pm

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  Need to change user name for business.

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  swoolz · Member · Mar 23, 2016 at 4:15 pm

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  Hi there,

  Is it your username you want to change, your blog URL (the address people will type into the search bar to access your website), or both? Your username exists independently of your URL, so I suspect that, if you’re making the change for your business, you may wish to change your URL as well.

  It is possible (and fairly easy) to change both username and URL; on important thing to consider is that once you change your username and/or blog name, you cannot change it back to your old username or URL. Once a URL has been used, it can never be used again! =)

  Change Username
  1. Log into WordPress.com using your existing username

  2. Access your Account Settings and enter the username you want under Username

  3. In the box Confirm Username that appears, enter your new username again

  4. The next step will allow you to change or create a matching blog address:
  If your current username matches your blog address:
  Selecting “Yes, change example.wordpress.com to match my new username and discard the old address” will change the address of your current blog. If your new user name is newusername, your blog’s address will be changed to newusername.wordpress.com. (You won’t be able to use the old address again.)

  Selecting “Yes, change example.wordpress.com to match my new username and create an empty blog with the old address” will change the address of your current blog (if your new user name is newusername, your blog’s address will be changed to newusername.wordpress.com), and create an empty blog at your old blog address.

  Selecting “Yes, create a new blog to match my new username” will create a new blog for you. If your new user name is newusername, the new blog will be newusername.wordpress.com

  Selecting “No, don’t create a matching address.” will just change your username and make no changes to the address of your blog.
  Read the information presented on this page very carefully. Important:You will not be able to change your username back. The old name will be reserved and no one will have access to it. URLs for other services such as Gravatar and IntenseDebate may be affected.

  5. Click Save Username to save your changes and update your username.

  Once you’ve done all of that you’ll be rocking WordPress.com with your new username.

  If you would like to change the name of your URL, follow the steps below:

  1. Once you log on to wordpress.com, click on ‘My Sites’.

  2. On the left-hand toolbar, scroll down to “Settings” and click that link.

  3. Scoll down, then click on “Change Site Address”.

  4. Click the green box that says “Primary Domain”

  5. Click “Edit Site Address”

  6. A window will pop up–hover your mouse over the linasrecipes.wordpress.com domain. “Change Blog Address” will appear. Click that link.

  7. Enter your new website address and confirm!

  I hope that helps. Have a wonderful day!