Add Your Own Domain to Your WordPress.com Blog

By default, your free WordPress address is yourblog’sname.wordpress.com.

key in your information, and then click Register Domain.

Or, if you enter a domain that’s already registered, you will see the following prompt.

Here’s how our domain prefs looked.

You may have to contact your domain registrar’s support to do this.

Substitute your subdomain, domain, and blog name when creating the record.

Once your controls are correct, click loop back and try in your WordPress dashboard.

Click Map Domain to add this domain to your WordPress blog.

Now you’re ready to pay for your domain mapping or registration.

Depending on your purchase, the information and price shown may be different.

Here we’re mapping a domain we already have registered, so it costs $9.97.

Once your purchase is finished, you’ll be returned to the Domains page on WordPress.

Try going to your new domain, and check that it opens your blog.

If it works, then nudge the bullet beside the new domain, and click Update Primary Domain.

Now, when people visit your WordPress site, they’ll see your new domain in the address bar.