RE: Where is my website

  • Unknown's avatar
    eyezongod · Member ·

    Good Afternoon,

    For years I owned http://www.handsofpurposechildcare.com

    WP.com: Yes
    Jetpack: No
    Correct account: Yes

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

  • staff-doublebassd · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    Although http://handsofpurposechildcare.wordpress.com/ is hosted with us here at WordPress.com, http://www.handsofpurposechildcare.com/ is a different site. It is a self-hosted WordPress.org site hosted with Namecheap.

    To clarify:

    • WordPress.com is a managed host platform that offers WordPress in a pre-customized server environment already set up for you to build your site. Hosting with WordPress.com is free, and the server, security, updates, and site optimization are all handled by us. We offer free and paid plans that provide additional features for your site based on your needs (plugins, custom themes, etc). You also have access to professional assistance via Happiness Engineers to address any issues you encounter.
    • WordPress.org is a self-hosted platform, meaning you download the WordPress software and install it on a web server from a host of your choosing (Go Daddy, Bluehost, Hostgator, etc.). You have to pay the host when you’re self-hosting, and the server, security, updates, and site optimization are all handled by you. This gives you more flexibility and control of your plugins, themes, and code, but also more responsibility to ensure those things are operating correctly.

    Our support page dives more into the differences:

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

    We welcome you to consider moving your site to WordPress.com, as we’d love to further help you. However, since you’re on a self-hosted platform, we do not have direct access to your account and therefore can’t directly address your issue.

    I recommend contacting Namecheap, as they would be better positioned to assist you with addressing the critical error on your site since they have access to your account. Also, the open-source forum community is always available and prepared to help users with self-hosted sites:

    https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/

    Hope this helps.

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