transferring ownership of the site

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  antifranticce86a0e724 · Member · Feb 15, 2022 at 1:04 pm

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  I’m trying to transfer ownership of this site to a different admin but am unable. How can I do this?

  WP.com: Unknown
  Jetpack: Yes
  Correct account: Yes

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

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Feb 15, 2022 at 4:47 pm

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  Hello, I’m sorry to hear that you are having trouble with your website. However, your site is not hosted with WordPress.com. It is a site using the open-source WordPress software (from WordPress.org) but hosted with Bluehost.

  To clear up any confusion, WordPress.com and WordPress.org are two different entities: https://wordpress.com/support/com-vs-org/

  WordPress.org has complete documentation for self-hosted/installed versions of WordPress.org at https://wordpress.org/support/ and support at https://wordpress.org/support/forums/

  With that said, you’ll simply “transfer ownership” of a WordPress.org site by adding a new admin from Users > Add New in the site’s Dashboard https://wordpress.org/support/article/users-add-new-screen/ and delete the other user: https://wordpress.org/support/article/users-screen/

  If you want the new person to cover hosting costs, I recommend double-checking with Bluehost on that: https://www.bluehost.com/contact