Reconnecting a domain that I own to my blog

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  voltee · Member · Aug 27, 2020 at 1:53 am

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  Hello!
  I have read many pages of help articles, and can’t seem to find what I need. I have a blog that I last posted from in 2015, and in the time I was away it became unconnected to my domain. I do still own the domain name through Godaddy. How can I go about reconnecting it? Right now I have a free plan, but would like to upgrade. Thanks for any help!

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  supernovia · Staff · Aug 27, 2020 at 7:52 pm

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  Hi there, no problem. If you still have access to the domain, here’s how to add it to the site:
  http://wordpress.com/support/domains/map-existing-domain/

  You will need a paid plan to use the domain as primary, but mapping is free after that.

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  voltee · Member · Aug 28, 2020 at 3:17 pm

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  Hi, thanks for the help! So just to be clear, I need to upgrade first, and then I’ll be able to connect the domain name?

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  supernovia · Staff · Aug 28, 2020 at 11:19 pm

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  Correct, you’ll need an upgrade if you want to use the domain as the site url.

  So if you add a domain it will ask you to upgrade, or you can just start at https://wordpress.com/plan/ . Cheers!

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  voltee · Member · Aug 29, 2020 at 5:25 pm

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  Great, thank you!!