Title: URL help Last modified: August 20, 2016 --- # URL help * [juliepmb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juliepmb/) * (@juliepmb) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-help-4/) * I need a bit of help. * I have installed and built a wordpress site for my business. WordPress is installed at [http://dailybeadsale.com/wordpress/](http://dailybeadsale.com/wordpress/). I would like the url to read dailybeadbuzz.com. I already own the URL but there is no “host”. Currently I just have dailybeadbuzz.com redirecting to the [http://dailybeadsale.com/wordpress/](http://dailybeadsale.com/wordpress/). * I would like the url to simply read [http://www.dailybeadbuzz.com](http://www.dailybeadbuzz.com) instead. * I see there is a paid upgrade if you use wordpress.org but I don’t have a “store” option in my dashboard to purchase the paid upgrade. What do I do? * Our blog used to run on Tumblr and I just had to put something in the A record on the domain name and put the URL in a custom domain field. It was very simple. Don’t know how to fix this on wordpress. * Any help would be truly appreciated. Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-help-4/#post-2981455) * See [Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory](http://codex.wordpress.org/Giving_WordPress_Its_Own_Directory#Using_a_pre-existing_subdirectory_install). * Thread Starter [juliepmb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juliepmb/) * (@juliepmb) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-help-4/#post-2981457) * Doesn’t this require that you have a host server for the new address if you are moving files there? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-help-4/#post-2981461) * You are self-hosting your own WordPress install. The page I linked to above applies to your site. * Thread Starter [juliepmb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juliepmb/) * (@juliepmb) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-help-4/#post-2981467) * I have read this document several times and i just don’t think it applies to this situation…here is why. My company has 5 sites. Abeadstore.com, jewelryplus. net, choicejewelrysupplies.com, pearlbeadsale.com, and dailybeadsale.com. All 5 sites have servers, etc. * The blog for ALL the sites is dailybeadBuzz.com. The wordpress blog is NOT installed on dailybeadbuzz.com. There is just a redirect. I installed it on one of the sites above thinking pointing to the url would be as simple as it was in tumblr. I installed it on dailybeadsale thinking id be able to purchase the redirect like you can in wordpress.org. * Basically there is no place to copy the htaccess file, etc to because there is no host for dailybeadbuzz… * Any ideas how to remedy this? Dont know if it makes a difference, but i am using thesis. * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-help-4/#post-2981469) * So you want to change the url for this blog? * Thread Starter [juliepmb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juliepmb/) * (@juliepmb) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-help-4/#post-2981470) * yes. I just want the blog url to read dailybeadbuzz.com, but I set it up at dailybead** sale**.com/wordpress. * I thought I’d just be able to do this: [http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/](http://en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/map-existing-domain/) * And update the name servers, but since I am hosting at one of my other webpages this “store” option is unavailable. * Thread Starter [juliepmb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juliepmb/) * (@juliepmb) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-help-4/#post-2981473) * Do you think the WordPress MU Domain Mapping Plug-in would do this? * Thread Starter [juliepmb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juliepmb/) * (@juliepmb) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-help-4/#post-2981479) * Or do you think I can put the IP address in the a record of the website? or something * Thread Starter [juliepmb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juliepmb/) * (@juliepmb) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-help-4/#post-2981480) * This seems really obvious, but can I change my name servers to: NS1.WORDPRESS. COM NS2.WORDPRESS.COM NS3.WORDPRESS.COM then change my domain in setup? * Like I said – in tumblr all I had to do was put a cname record it…why is this so complex? * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-help-4/#post-2981497) * **[@iggytx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/iggytx/)**: It is impolite to interrupt another poster’s ongoing thread with a question of your own and it causes significant problems for the forum’s volunteers. Please post your own topic. * **[@juliepmb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juliepmb/)**: These forums are for self-hosted WordPress sites only. Please try asking questions about wordpress. com sites on [http://en.forums.wordpress.com/](http://en.forums.wordpress.com/) * Thread Starter [juliepmb](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juliepmb/) * (@juliepmb) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-help-4/#post-2981548) * This is a self hosted site. WordPress is installed at [http://dailybeadsale.com/wordpress/](http://dailybeadsale.com/wordpress/). * [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * (@esmi) * [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-help-4/#post-2981549) * Then why are you referencing wordpress.com support pages? Viewing 12 replies - 1 through 12 (of 12 total) The topic ‘URL help’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 12 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/) * Last activity: [13 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/url-help-4/#post-2981549) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics