Title: Redirecting from wordpress.com
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# Redirecting from wordpress.com

 *  [pixelape4](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pixelape4/)
 * (@pixelape4)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirecting-from-wordpresscom/)
 * I have recently migrated from wordpress.com to a Yahoo Hosted (not recommended)
   wordpress.org app. Which I had to hand update from v2.0 to 2.2 (for another topic).
 * Now that everything is working like a charm. How can I redirect my users from
   wp.com to wp.org (callwaveblog.com/blog)?
 * Apparently, the wp.com moderator says it can’t be done, leaving me with the only
   logical option, remove all posts except a “We Moved” post with a link.
 * Is there a better way?

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 *  [Doodlebee](https://wordpress.org/support/users/doodlebee/)
 * (@doodlebee)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirecting-from-wordpresscom/#post-586610)
 * There is, but you don’t have access to it. It would require you to have access
   to the .htaccess file.
 * Alternatively, if you can edit your own theme in your wordpress.com account (
   I don’t know if you can edit themes there – never had one), you could add a meta
   redirect to your new site in the header.php file – but I don’t know if you are
   allowed to edit your theme files over there.
 *  Thread Starter [pixelape4](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pixelape4/)
 * (@pixelape4)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirecting-from-wordpresscom/#post-586929)
 * Thanks doodlebee! I’ll see if I can dink with the theme, but I think it’s a lost
   cause.
 * Here’s what a wp.com Moderator had to say:
 * ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
    drmike Moderator January 30th, 2006 at 1:28 pm
 * Unfortunaely we do not have access to the meta tags here at WP.com. Best bet 
   is just have your final post point to the new blog with a link that they can 
   click on.
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 * You’d think they would address that issue, since they encourage us users to go
   it alone.
 * Now that I’m on my own, I totally love WP. There’s nothing you can’t do with 
   a little FTP access and half a brain. =)
 *  [drmike](https://wordpress.org/support/users/drmike/)
 * (@drmike)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/redirecting-from-wordpresscom/#post-586934)
 * It’s too easy for spammers to abuse.
 * Actually the current workaround since that time is to empty out your sidebar 
   of everything except for a single text widget explaining that you have relocated
   and giving a link to your new blog. You may also want to consider marking your
   wp.com blog as not being indexable by the search engines so they will stop seeing
   your old blog and find your new one.
 * Hope this helps,
    -drmike

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