Rename Site within WordPress
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I’m blogging at anopenorthodoxy.wordpress.com. No upgrades. No plugins. I’d like to change the title of the blog (in the title bar; that seems easy enough). But will this automatically change the ‘anopenorthodoxy’ part of my URL? I want it to. That’s fine. BUT…a lot of links to the older site name/URL are out there and I want those to continue to direct people to the newly named site. I’m not changing anything about the site except it’s name and URL. I just want existing ‘anopenorthodoxy’ links out there to continue to bring people to the site after it’s newly named. Is that doable?
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I’d like to change the title of the blog (in the title bar; that seems easy enough). But will this automatically change the ‘anopenorthodoxy’ part of my URL? I want it to.
No but please read on.
re: changing a site title
The Site title (blog name) and/or the optional Tagline can be changed on the top of this page at any time. >Dashboard > Settings > General … “save changes”.
http://NAME_OF_BLOG.wordpress.com/wp-admin/options-general.php
That is exactly where search engine spiders look for the site title and removing it from there can cause issues with getting your content indexed. Note that the site title (blog name) and blog address URL do not have to be the same but it’s better for SEO (search engine optimization) if they are the same.
re: changing a .wordpress.com address
We cannot edit any blog URLs. If you want to change the .wordpress.com blog address ie. the URL starting with http:// then you must be logged in as Admin under the exact same username account that registered the blog to do that and the URL you desire must be available. If so, then you can change the URL by using the guide http://en.support.wordpress.com/changing-blog-address/ Then all the content will be the same only the URLs will change and nothing else.Be sure to locate the correct page and proceed with caution http://en.support.files.wordpress.com/2011/01/dashboard-e1371648470893.png
Changing a URL is meant to be a permanent and irreversible act. No changed or deleted blog URLs are recycled here, regardless of who registered and deleted them and the only exceptions are made are for URLs that were deleted 2 or more years ago
http://en.support.wordpress.com/recycling-blog-names/re: purchasing your own custom domain or mapping an existing domain
The prices are found at > Dashboard > Store and here https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/
Please read Domains: Important Notes Before Upgrading http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/
Your payment methods are here https://en.support.wordpress.com/payment/
Your upgrade history will be here Dashboard > Store> My Upgrades
https://en.support.wordpress.com/my-upgrades/Your billing history will be at Dashboard > Store > Billing History
https://en.support.wordpress.com/billing-history/After you do the primary blog set up it can take between 24 – 72 hours for domain name propagation to take place throughout the internet. You can view the DNS changes here > http://www.whatsmydns.net/ What’s important during that stage is to be patient.
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Thanks! If I make these changes, will existing links to my blog (i.e., links with my former name) on other sites continue to bring people to my blog?
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From: https://en.support.wordpress.com/changing-blog-address/
If you follow this guide and change your blog address, link to your old address, including search engine results, will be broken unless you add a Site Redirect upgrade. http://support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/
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re: purchasing your own custom domain or mapping an existing domain
If you choose this option no site redirect upgrade is required. When clicked anywhere on the internet the original wordpress.com URLs will seamlessly redirect visitors to the same content under the new domain URLs.
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