Old WordPress site
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Perhaps 1 or 2 years ago, I created a custom coded wordpress site. Having not used wordpress since then, I have logged back in looking for it and I can’t find it. I can think of two possible reasons for this:
1. WordPress archives unused sites after some time.
2. My WordPress site was saved locally, and it was lost due to having to re-install Windows 10 at some point. (Does the wordpress editor allow editing of a local copy of a website? It’s been a long time since I have used wordpress and I can’t remember if this is a possibility)
Thanks for you help, I would like to recover my site if possible.
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Hi there!
WordPress.com does not delete sites, even if they are unused.
What’s the address of the site you’re trying to find? -
I dont have the old address either!
I did read somewhere on a google search that you can have a local copy of wordpress files, it looks like I must have developed it like that. I will have to have a look and see if I have backed it up to one of my external hard drives, hopefully.
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Ah, so then it’s probably the case.
To clear up any further confusion, there is WordPress.com and WordPress.org, and they are two different entities.
We, WordPress.com, are a cloud-based platform where we manage WordPress sites, whereas WordPress.org is stand-alone software that you can download and self-host with any other hosting.
You can find more details about WordPress.com and WordPress.org on this support page:
https://wordpress.com/support/com-vs-org/
Hoping you’ll find your files 🤞.
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yes that would have been it, I was using the wordpress.org download and local dashboard etc. If I dont find the files, probably better off starting off from scratch anyway if I am ever going to get serious about getting my site running.
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