Moving wordpress to a new domain

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  jarvisdk · Member · Jul 19, 2021 at 10:35 pm

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  I want to move my wordpress site to a new domain name, however, I only have the free version of wordpress. Is this still possible without a paid plan? Also, if I do move the site to a new domain, can I still edit the site from wordpress?

  Site: https://donjarvisorg.wordpress.com.
  WP.com: Yes
  Correct account: Yes

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  fstat · Staff · Jul 20, 2021 at 9:33 am

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  Hi there,

  Are you looking to register a domain name and use that instead of your .wordpress.com address or are you looking at transferring your site to a different host?

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  jarvisdk · Member · Jul 20, 2021 at 8:08 pm

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  For now it’d just be using a different domain name instead of .wordpress.com. What would moving the site to a different host result in?

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  staff-mckluskey · Staff · Jul 21, 2021 at 6:46 am

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  A domain is just an address, it doesn’t contain your site, so there wouldn’t be anything you’d need to do on WordPress.com other than registering the domain.

  Now, to be able to use that domain as your primary address (so nobody sees the free .wordpress.com one), you will need to purchase one of our paid plans:

  https://wordpress.com/support/plan-features/.

  Here’s more info about domains:

  https://wordpress.com/support/domains/.

  What would moving the site to a different host result in?

  That’s a whole different story :) If you would like to move your site to another host, you would need to choose a host, purchase one of their paid plans, create your site and move your content.
  Here’s more info about the differences between WordPress.com and WordPress.org:

  https://wordpress.com/support/com-vs-org/.

  Let me know if you have any more questions regarding that.