Title: Offline WordPress using free WordPress web address
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Offline WordPress using free WordPress web address

 *  [tkwp99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tkwp99/)
 * (@tkwp99)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/offline-wordpress-using-free-wordpress-web-address/)
 * I have been searching all over for an answer but could not find any. I want to
   know if downloading WordPress to my Mac and using it to edit blogs offline is
   only relevant if I have a dedicated/paid domain name, or can I still use it if
   all I have is the free WordPress address such as some_name.wordpress.com
    ?

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 *  [JenR](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jennifer-roberts/)
 * (@jennifer-roberts)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/offline-wordpress-using-free-wordpress-web-address/#post-5551548)
 * No, you can only use a abc.wordpress.com address if your site is on their servers.
 * But if you are only working locally, you don’t need a “real” domain name.
 *  Thread Starter [tkwp99](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tkwp99/)
 * (@tkwp99)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/offline-wordpress-using-free-wordpress-web-address/#post-5551557)
 * Yes, my site is on the WordPress server. It is free. In other words, my site 
   is blahblahxxxxx.wordpress.com. My question is: can I still download WordPress
   to my Mac, edit locally, and then upload/push the changes to blahblahxxxxx.wordpress.
   com
    ?
 *  [JenR](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jennifer-roberts/)
 * (@jennifer-roberts)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/offline-wordpress-using-free-wordpress-web-address/#post-5551567)
 * >  My question is: can I still download WordPress to my Mac, edit locally, and
   > then upload/push the changes to blahblahxxxxx.wordpress.com
   >  ?
 * You can set up WP on your computer and do whatever you want with it, but you 
   can’t move those changes to WordPress.COM sites – as there is no FTP or any other
   kind of file-level or server access for sites hosted there. You can export content
   from a local site and import to your WP.COM site. But for additional questions
   about the WordPress.COM side of this, you should ask on their forums:
 * [http://en.forums.wordpress.com/](http://en.forums.wordpress.com/)
 *  [LyleChamney](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lylechamney/)
 * (@lylechamney)
 * [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/offline-wordpress-using-free-wordpress-web-address/#post-5551596)
 * If all you want to do is create new posts and publish them on your WP dot COM
   site, or edit ones that are already there, and do so when off line (not connected
   to the internet), then perhaps look into MarsEdit.
 * While it is not free, there is a free trial. I have been using it for years and
   it works very well.
 * Check it out on the App Store here:
 * [https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/marsedit-blog-editor-for-wordpress/id402376225?mt=12](https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/marsedit-blog-editor-for-wordpress/id402376225?mt=12)

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/offline-wordpress-using-free-wordpress-web-address/#post-5551596)
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