WordPress.com Forums » Topic: Can you swap wordpress.com blog URLs within the same user account?

raincoaster on "Can you swap wordpress.com blog URLs within the same user account?"

raincoaster — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:40:54 +0000

You mean you want to have one blog with a whole variety of domain names, and use each according to the type of post it is? I don't know of any system that's possible in.

Just use Categories.

godsexandmanifestation on "Can you swap wordpress.com blog URLs within the same user account?"

godsexandmanifestation — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 02:24:52 +0000

I'm just not seeing how to add a name to my bog. Ideally, I'd like to have several names I use depending on the part of my life I'm writing about. I have two already and would now like to combine them under my own name, which is available. Where is that darn button that lets me add a domain? thank you!

auxclass on "Can you swap wordpress.com blog URLs within the same user account?"

auxclass — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:13:09 +0000

Just a note on"releasing" a name - if you mean deleting a name then that name would be gone forever even from you - DON'T DELETE A BLOG NAME!!!!!!!!!!!!! You don't ever get it back -

You can move the content with export and import - you should be able to have the staff move the upgrades to the "real" site - there is a "change name" feature but I don't know if that would work where you already have the domain name -

felciano on "Can you swap wordpress.com blog URLs within the same user account?"

felciano — Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:08:00 +0000

Hi --

I have a couple of smaller WP.com blogs, including felciano.wordpress.com. I have recently migrated a large Movable Type blog over to a test WP.com site. The test blog is at a dummy site name (e.g. ramontest.wordpress.com). It looks like the migration has been succesful so I'd like to move it into "production", which includes giving it a more permanent name.

Since I already have felciano.wordpress.com, I'd like to use that URL. However I have a bunch of configuration and customizations, including purchased theme, on the ramontest.wordpress.com site so I don't want to reproduce that work. Is there a way I can swap those names?

Alternately, can I rename felciano.wordpress.com, thus freeing up the felciano prefix, and then renaming ramontest.wordpress.com using "felciano" instead? In particular, how quickly will that URL be available once I "release " it? I'm concerned that this is like domain names where if you let them lapse even for a short time there is a reasonable risk that a squatter will grab it.

Thanks,

Ramon