I was worried earlier today about how big of a problem it would be to change your blog url and domain name. I wanted all my posts and followers to stay unaffected, but I was scared they would all be wiped out instead.
But it was literally the easiest thing possible.
I am a newbie to Blogging, so I had to Google how to do this.
I found a single menu item in my WordPress.com that did it all. I took a screenshot below of what to do. Just go to “My Site” > “Manage” > “Domains” (Step 1) and you’re on the right page to do it all. If you don’t already have your new url / domain, then select “Add a Domain to this Site” (Step2). And once you have your new url / domain, then select “Change Primary Domain” (Step 3) and you are done with the swap!
And I checked everything out afterwards and I believe it worked! I was still able to access all my followers and they were able to see my next post in their WordPress Reader. Going to my original site now even re-directs to the new site, which is even better than I expected!
So far, I’m happy.
But now I have to change my name on all my social media accounts next. THAT may be where all the hard work comes in. Wish me luck!
All the best for your new domain name. Loved this one, short and sweet than the previous one! 😊
Thank you! Shorter and easier to remember was what I was going for. 🤗
This took me for a loop at first. I like the title.
Thanks swabby! 🤗
Great new name, it’s catchy. I knew there was a way to change it, just didn’t know it would be that simple. I’m glad it worked out!
Lol this was seriously the easiest thing I’ve done on WordPress. And I was the most worried about it.
Nice title! Thanks for sharing .
I’m happy you are sticking around despite the change. Thank you! 🤗
I’m learning ….
I am enjoying to read your posts despite the change👍🙂
Congrats!!
Yeah the hard part is changing all the names on the platforms
I recently changed my social media handles to ‘crispyconfessions’ and that was a bit of work.
I’m glad I’m not the only one who wanted to do this. I spent several hours yesterday updating all my links and I think I still !issued some outliers. Oh well…
Love this new name!! 🙂 I did this at the re-start of my blogging journey and its the best thing I did! Sometimes when you feel as though you’ve out lived a name, its best to just move on from it. I wish you all the best 💛
Olivia | https://olivialucieblake.com
Aw thank you! I figured I better go ahead and do it as soon as possible and not drag it out any longer. 🤗
Nice new name, it’s very unique! 🙂
Thank you! 🤗
Nice article which simply explains how one can change URL easily, thanks for sharing excellent blog post 🙂 🙂
Thank you for the nice feedback! Nobody was more surprised than myself by how easy it actually was. I was happy.