Changing Your WordPress Domain Name
If you want to change your WordPress® site's domain name, you can use your WordPress control panel. However, you must also move your WordPress site's files to the proper location and make sure your new domain name's DNS is set correctly.
Warning: Following these instructions will make your existing WordPress site inaccessible for at least 24 hours. We recommend ensuring you have access to both your WordPress files and the new domain name's DNS before attempting these steps.
This article makes the following assumptions:
- You are using the latest version of WordPress. For more information, see Upgrading your WordPress installation to a new version.
- You are using the same hosting account for your new WordPress site.
- Your DNS is set up. For more information, see Change nameservers for my domains.
Note: WordPress installations managed through Value Applications can no longer be managed using Value Applications once you complete this process.
Changing the WordPress Domain Name for the Primary Domain
Changing Your WordPress Domain Name to a Subdomain
If you continue to find broken images and hyperlinks throughout your site, you might need to clean your site of outdated links. For more information, see this Search and Replace Plugin in the WordPress repository.
For more information, see Move my WordPress site to a different directory in Web & Classic Hosting.