Switch from .org

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    sc51966 · Member ·

    Currently have site running on wordpress.org. If I switch to wordpress.com would the .org just convert to a .com?

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    jammyxk · Member ·

    No, you need to buy plan from wordpress.com and then you need to manually shift the website over to wordpress.com and you need to point/trasnfer your domain to wordress.com too

  • aleone89 · Staff ·

    Hey there,

    Many thanks for reaching out!

    Currently have site running on wordpress.org. If I switch to wordpress.com would the .org just convert to a .com?

    WordPress.org is where open source WordPress software is at another hosting provider. This is a bit different to a site hosted on WordPress.com. You can read about these differences here: https://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

    It’s possible to migrate from that hosting provider to WordPress.com, and we have this plugin here: https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpcom-migration/ to help with that migration.

    The process is as follows:

    1. Create a site on WordPress.com, site is created under a temporary domain (for example: mysite.WordPress.com).
    2. The migration of the site takes place (Using Move to WordPress.com plugin). The live site, remains as is. The site at WordPress.com is a duplicate of the live site, under the temporary domain.
    3. The domain is then either transferred away from the current host, or connected to WordPress.com using custom DNS.
    4. One connected, the domain for site at WordPress.com can be switched from mysite.WordPress.com to the custom domain.

    To move a site from another provider to WordPress.com – a WordPress.com Business plan would need to be in place.

    I hope this helps!

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