Redirecting from a defunct URL

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  thedrhiphop · Member · Oct 4, 2011 at 11:58 pm

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  I changed the title of my blog from drhiphop85.wordpress.com to thedrhiphop.wordpress.com. Then I purchased an upgrade so now my blog is just thedrhiphop.com. I want to know if I can redirect people from both of those previous URLs to my new one? If so please let me know. Thanks

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  micahcooksey · Member · Oct 5, 2011 at 1:11 am

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  Hello,

  Unfortunately, I don’t think you’ll be able to do that. It’s possible that you could work something out with the Site Redirect upgrade, but I don’t think it will work due to the way you changed blog addresses. You could try creating a new blog at your old address and redirecting it, but when I tried to do that it wouldn’t let me so it may or may not do the same for you.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 5, 2011 at 1:20 am

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  You purchased domain mapping from http://thedrhiphop.wordpress.com/ to thedrhiphop.com and that is directing correctly.

  drhiphop85.wordpress.com is no longer available.
  The authors have deleted this blog.

  You deleted that blog and redirecting from it is not possible.

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  thedrhiphop · Member · Oct 5, 2011 at 2:15 am

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  Thank you all for responding. Is it possible for me to fully delete the original URL of “drhiphop85” and then recreate it, so that I can then use it as a redirect? Because I’m losing traffic from people who aren’t aware of the change.

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  timethief · Member · Oct 5, 2011 at 2:27 am

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  @thedrhiphop
  Hello again,
  Once a free hosted WordPress.com blog has been deleted it’s gone forever and the URL cannot be recycled and reused.

  I also note that Staff answered you here https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/redirecting-problems?replies=3