Removing .wordpress from site name

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  rustednotrotten · Member · Jun 11, 2020 at 3:15 pm

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  Hi all
  Hopefully not asking in the wrong place…
  I have my own domain name for my WP blog but when in the admin pages it shows as xxxxxxxx.wordpress.com.
  Is that always going to be the case or can I have it show as mydomain.com?

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

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Jun 11, 2020 at 11:11 pm

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  We have a few ways that you can add a custom domain: https://wordpress.com/support/domains/#add-a-domain-name

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  rustednotrotten · Member · Jun 12, 2020 at 9:45 am

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  Thanks for the reply but it’s not really what I need.
  I have already created my domain name. What I was wondering is why, when I am in the Admin dashboard pages, the site name still contains the mydomain.wordpress name.

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  fstat · Staff · Jun 12, 2020 at 11:37 am

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  Hi there,

  when I am in the Admin dashboard pages, the site name still contains the mydomain.wordpress name.

  That’s how WordPress.com is designed. This is your internal address that’s only visible to you.

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  rustednotrotten · Member · Jun 12, 2020 at 11:50 am

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  Ah, understood. Thanks for the reply.