URL mistake

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  nicholasp2 · Member · Feb 17, 2023 at 5:16 am

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  I made a huge mistake. I spent 10 hours straight making my website after purchasing a Bluehost to run the wordpress site i created. After everything i wanted to change my url from https://uniquelawncareservices.com to https://uniquepropertycareservices.com in settings and now its saying session expired, not allowing me to login at all, and not updating my url and saying it doesnt exist. I really need help here I do not want to lose all my progress. I still have the tab open so I want to save it

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  helper-heroponriki · Member · Feb 17, 2023 at 6:46 pm

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  Hi there:

  Changing your site URL name in your WordPress settings without first purchasing the new domain and changing the domain at your hosting provider will cause the errors you’re seeing now. You should reach out to your host for help with this. Since they’re hosting your site’s files, they also have access to those files and are the best ones to help you undo this problem. They can also help you update your domain if you still want to change that as well.

  Note that if you want to change your site URL, you would need to purchase the domain first

  If you have trouble in the future, you will need to reach out to your hosting provider or the WordPress.org community for guidance:

  https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting

  I hope that helps!