Title: Using a domain name with WordPress
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Using a domain name with WordPress

 *  Resolved [Rosana Francescato](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rfrances/)
 * (@rfrances)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-a-domain-name-with-wordpress/)
 * Hi,
 * I’ve registered a domain name–how can I make it my WordPress URL, without “wordpress”
   as part of the URL?
 * Thanks!
    Rosana

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 *  [santosh.sahoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/santoshsahoo/)
 * (@santoshsahoo)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-a-domain-name-with-wordpress/#post-1685941)
 * change the name of the folder that has wordpress installed in it to ur domain
   name.
 * This might work….
 *  Thread Starter [Rosana Francescato](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rfrances/)
 * (@rfrances)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-a-domain-name-with-wordpress/#post-1685942)
 * Thanks! I am a bit of a novice–what’s the folder that has wordpress installed?
 *  [santosh.sahoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/santoshsahoo/)
 * (@santoshsahoo)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-a-domain-name-with-wordpress/#post-1685943)
 * just change the name of the folder to ur domain name…the current name must be
   wordpress…so change that name only….i hope u got it
 *  Thread Starter [Rosana Francescato](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rfrances/)
 * (@rfrances)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-a-domain-name-with-wordpress/#post-1685944)
 * Sorry, I just don’t know what folder you are referring to. Where do I find it?
   I didn’t think wordpress was installed anywhere, isn’t it just on a server?
 *  [santosh.sahoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/santoshsahoo/)
 * (@santoshsahoo)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-a-domain-name-with-wordpress/#post-1685945)
 * r u self hosting or wordpress hosted?
 * if u r self-hosting then just check ur root and find a folder named worpress…..
   then copy all files from that folder to ur root…
 * it works for me
    example: [http://trainee5.afixiindia.com/](http://trainee5.afixiindia.com/)
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-a-domain-name-with-wordpress/#post-1685949)
 * rfrances, is this a blog at wordpress.com?
 * If not, just follow this guide:
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#Moving_WordPress_Within_Your_Site](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#Moving_WordPress_Within_Your_Site)
 *  Thread Starter [Rosana Francescato](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rfrances/)
 * (@rfrances)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-a-domain-name-with-wordpress/#post-1686101)
 * wordpress is hosting. So this is a blog at wordpress.com. How can I change the
   domain name in this case?
 *  [govpatel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/govpatel/)
 * (@govpatel)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-a-domain-name-with-wordpress/#post-1686104)
 * You need to contact wordpress.com so that they can map your domain name. This
   is selfhosted support forum for wordpres.org
 *  Thread Starter [Rosana Francescato](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rfrances/)
 * (@rfrances)
 * [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-a-domain-name-with-wordpress/#post-1686164)
 * Thanks to everyone! I managed to map my domain name to wordpress–yay!

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 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Rosana Francescato](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rfrances/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/using-a-domain-name-with-wordpress/#post-1686164)
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