Title: WordPress.org – getting started
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# WordPress.org – getting started

 *  [sympliput](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sympliput/)
 * (@sympliput)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpressorg-getting-started/)
 * Hi all,
 * Looking for your guidance on a few things:
 * Facts:
    – My domain is currently registered on wordpress.com – I want to transfer
   to wordpress.org – My domain is with godaddy – I can’t seem to workout who my
   host is
 * My questions:
    1) How do I go from wordpress.com to wordpress.org? I’d also been
   keen to know what to think about in terms of my hosting and domain name given
   the above 2) Instead of installing wordpress.org, can I make changes to my website
   through the browser? 3) I’d like to make my website interactive in the sense 
   that I’d want scrolling effects and interactive infographics
 * Thanks in advance,
    Karan

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpressorg-getting-started/#post-7610242)
 * 1. WordPress.com has a great guide for that, just follow along at [https://move.wordpress.com](https://move.wordpress.com)
   and read through [https://codex.wordpress.org/New_To_WordPress_-_Where_to_Start](https://codex.wordpress.org/New_To_WordPress_-_Where_to_Start)
   too.
 * 1b. You will need a hosting provider, someone you pay to host your WordPress.
   org site. There are a few mentioned at the beginning of the WordPress.com guide,
   and we have our own recommendations at [https://wordpress.org/hosting/](https://wordpress.org/hosting/)
 * 2. You don’t install WordPress.org on your computer, it’s web software. You install
   it on a hosting provider, and then use your browser to work with it.
 * 3. That’s an order of magnitude more complicated. How about you get your site
   setup with self-hosted WordPress.org first (with it installed on your hosting
   provider, the domain pointing to it, and everything as close as you can get it
   to the current WordPress.com site), then open up a new thread to revisit this
   point.

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 * Last reply from: [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * Last activity: [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpressorg-getting-started/#post-7610242)
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