Title: Existing wordpress.com account
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Existing wordpress.com account

 *  [smdon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smdon/)
 * (@smdon)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-wordpresscom-account/)
 * Got a existing wordpress.com account with domain name with WP too and want to
   self host it now,I have installed WP on server but admin log in keeps sending
   me to wordpress.com not the local host.
    Any help please ?

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-wordpresscom-account/#post-3140841)
 * Are you trying to use the same domain name on both sites?
 *  Thread Starter [smdon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smdon/)
 * (@smdon)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-wordpresscom-account/#post-3140842)
 * No,just the one that i am hosting.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-wordpresscom-account/#post-3140843)
 * What’s the domain name?
 *  Thread Starter [smdon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smdon/)
 * (@smdon)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-wordpresscom-account/#post-3140844)
 * It’s [http://www.violasrecipes.com/](http://www.violasrecipes.com/) just checked
   and the pointing just started to work after 12 hrs of head banging and a new 
   hosting company.
 *  Thread Starter [smdon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smdon/)
 * (@smdon)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-wordpresscom-account/#post-3140845)
 * Hi, now its not live at all.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-wordpresscom-account/#post-3140846)
 * Was this domain name originally pointed to your wordpress.com site? Were you 
   aware that it can take up to 72 hours for a domain name change to propagate fully?
 *  Thread Starter [smdon](https://wordpress.org/support/users/smdon/)
 * (@smdon)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-wordpresscom-account/#post-3140847)
 * Yes, now got error 404
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-wordpresscom-account/#post-3140854)
 * Try waiting for a couple of days.

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 * Last activity: [13 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/existing-wordpresscom-account/#post-3140854)
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