Title: Changing domain suffix
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# Changing domain suffix

 *  Resolved [SALi2013](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sali2013/)
 * (@sali2013)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-domain-suffix/)
 * Good afternoon everyone, haven’t used WP in long time and having a total mental
   blank today.
 * I want to manually install and setup a WP site using my co.uk domain & hosting
   account. The .com domain is with a different registrar and visitors are forwarded
   from .com to the co.uk site.
 * Soon I need to swap this: so that the WP site I’m creating will stay in the same
   directory, but visitors will arrive at .com and those visiting co.uk will be 
   forwarded.
 * Is this as simple as changing the Site URL to /.com in General Settings and leaving
   the WP Address (URL) the same… then changing forwarding preferences at the current
   registrar?
 * Put simply I would like to create the co.uk site at the hosting company where
   the co.uk is registered, but want visitors to eventually see .com in the address
   bar.
 * Any advice would be appreciated.
    Sincere thanks in advance.

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-domain-suffix/#post-7154292)
 * > Is this as simple as changing the Site URL to /.com in General Settings and
   > leaving the WP Address (URL) the same… then changing forwarding preferences
   > at the current registrar?
 * Basically, yes. Change the domains at Settings -> General, change the domain 
   forwarding and where the domain is mapped via your domain registrar and hosting
   provider, then use something like [https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-search-replace/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-search-replace/)
   to correct the domain throughout your content.
 *  [jon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/adiant/)
 * (@adiant)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-domain-suffix/#post-7154293)
 * It might work as you suggest doing it, but I wouldn’t chance it, if it were me.
 * The key piece is the Search and Replace piece explained here:
    [https://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress](https://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress)
 * You may also find this worth reading:
    [https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL](https://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL)
 * Oops, didn’t see James’ post.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-domain-suffix/#post-7154295)
 * No worries, it happens. 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [SALi2013](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sali2013/)
 * (@sali2013)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-domain-suffix/#post-7154302)
 * Thank you both very much. I wasn’t even aware of ‘search/replace’ so I will thoroughly
   check the documentation you’ve recommended.
 * My (little) past experience creating WP sites has shown me that spending the 
   extra time planning, checking and setting up correctly from the start can prevent
   a multitude of problems further down the line.
 * In this instance I think my confusion has been in that:
 * 1. I’ve only ever built sites using the same domain registrar and hosting provider.
   
   2. I haven’t needed to change the WP site URL and changing settings at the registrar
   gives me nightmares 😉
 * Think I needed reassurance that what I was planning was possible and its helpful
   to be made aware of any potential issues that could result from the changes.
   
   Thanks again. I will mark topic as resolved.
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [10 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/changing-domain-suffix/#post-7154303)
 * You’re welcome!

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