Title: Starting fresh
Last modified: June 19, 2025

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# Starting fresh

 *  [cj86](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cj86/)
 * (@cj86)
 * [1 year, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/starting-fresh-3/)
 * hi. I’m fairly new to WordPress and website building in general but over the 
   past few months I have been learning everything I can and experimenting with 
   playground etc.
 * we are a small business, and our current website needs a lot of work. My boss
   originally paid a large sum of money to a developer to build the site and then
   pays a monthly fee for its management except it isn’t being managed. Any calls
   or requests don’t come into effect for months and are often not what we asked
   for when they do. We have decided to manage the website ourselves and I’m confident
   I can do this. BUT the developers built the site around their own theme using
   the classic editor and we want to use the block editor. If we were to migrate
   the site to somewhere like Hostinger for example, how would we change the theme
   to a block theme without breaking the site? I’m thinking it might just be easier
   to start fresh as there’s a lot that needs changing anyway. If we go down that
   route, how to I move our domain name to the new site? Can I build the site first
   then move the domain to limit down time? Any help or advice would be very welcome
 * thank you

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 *  Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/)
 * (@threadi)
 * [1 year, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/starting-fresh-3/#post-18520176)
 * Unfortunately, without knowing the individual theme, it is impossible to answer
   this question. Even if the classic editor is used there, there may be settings
   and formatting that cannot be transferred. Even transferring only the content
   could be difficult or impossible.
 * To clarify this, you would need to take a closer look at the current individual
   theme. If you are unable to do this yourself, I would recommend hiring someone
   to do it. Yes, there are also good developers out there. You can certainly find
   many of them here: [https://jobs.wordpress.net](https://jobs.wordpress.net)
 * The alternative would still be to set everything up completely from scratch. 
   You could at least transfer existing content via copy & paste. This would probably
   be less time-consuming, but it also depends on the size of the website.
 *  Thread Starter [cj86](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cj86/)
 * (@cj86)
 * [1 year, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/starting-fresh-3/#post-18520582)
 * thank you for replying. It’s not massive, 6-8 pages + woo commerce so we will
   probably start again from scratch. How would I move our domain name over to the
   new site?
 *  Moderator [threadi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/threadi/)
 * (@threadi)
 * [1 year, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/starting-fresh-3/#post-18520587)
 * To do this, you need to contact your host’s support team. They will be able to
   tell you how to assign the domain of the new website in their systems. In WordPress,
   you then only need to change the setting for the main domain, see: [https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/upgrade/migrating/#changing-the-site-url](https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/upgrade/migrating/#changing-the-site-url)

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last activity: [1 year, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/starting-fresh-3/#post-18520587)
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