Registering a blog name on WordPress.org

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  deborah1957 · Member · Jul 25, 2019 at 7:43 am

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  When WordPress refers you to a hosting site and you go there and pay for your hosting how do you register that blog name on WordPress?

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  kokkieh · Staff · Jul 25, 2019 at 9:35 am

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  Hi there,

  WordPress is the name of the software.

  WordPress.org is the website where that software is made by a community of volunteers. WordPress.org has nothing directly to do with your site, and there’s no way to “register” a name on WordPress.org.

  When you buy hosting from a hosting provider, most of them will also include a domain name in the hosting plan that you buy directly from them.

  WordPress.com, where you’re posting now, is also a hosting provider, but for our own, modified version of the WordPress software.

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  deborah1957 · Member · Jul 25, 2019 at 12:13 pm

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  Thank you so much I have an old WordPress account for only following blogs. But, now I am trying to start my own blog and I did get a domain name with Siteground on of the hosting sites WordPress recommends, I just don’t know how to get that domain name on WordPress now?

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  deborah1957 · Member · Jul 25, 2019 at 12:14 pm

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  I’m sorry I meant to say WordPress.org.

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  themagicrobot · Member · Jul 25, 2019 at 12:50 pm

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  If you definitely want to use the WordPress.org installation rather than creating a site here at WordPress.com then you’re asking in the wrong place. Reach out to Siteground to inquire about setting up your new domain there with a site that uses the WordPress.org software.
  See the two different options for creating a site: https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

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  deborah1957 · Member · Jul 25, 2019 at 1:04 pm

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  Thank you