Title: WordPress.org admin redirects to WordPress.com
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# WordPress.org admin redirects to WordPress.com

 *  [tamias](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tamias/)
 * (@tamias)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpressorg-admin-redirects-to-wordpresscom/)
 * I’ve been searching for answers all over the web and the forums for days, but
   can’t seem to figure out how to solve my problem. Here’s the issue:
 * I’m moving from a wordpress.com blog with it’s own domain (thestylesample.com)
   to self-hosted wordpress on GoDaddy, which also happens to be where the domain
   is registered. I’ve purchased hosting, installed WP, etc. and would like to do
   some “behind-the-scenes” work on the theme before the self-hosted version of 
   my blog is publicly accessible.
 * The problem is, whenever I try to access the admin for my WP.org blog at [http://thestylesample.com/wp-admin](http://thestylesample.com/wp-admin),
   it always redirects me to the WP.com admin at [http://thestylesample.wordpress.com/wp-admin](http://thestylesample.wordpress.com/wp-admin).
 * Some of the other posts I’ve read address the need to update the name servers
   to the GoDaddy hosting, but if I do that, will people be redirected to an empty
   blog? I haven’t had a chance to import my posts because I can’t access the WP.
   org admin!
 * I’m getting extremely frustrated because I didn’t think it would be this complicated.
   On a techie scale of 1-10 I’m about a 2, so any help or suggestions would be 
   appreciated!

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpressorg-admin-redirects-to-wordpresscom/#post-1273913)
 * You can’t run both blogs using the same domain name. You could ask GoDaddy if
   you can use a temporary IP address on the new blog and then change the site url
   to reflect this temporary address. Then, when you’re ready, remove the re-direct
   to the wordpress.com blog and change the self-hosted blog’s url back to the domain
   name again.
 * [http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL)
 *  Thread Starter [tamias](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tamias/)
 * (@tamias)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpressorg-admin-redirects-to-wordpresscom/#post-1274034)
 * Thanks for your response, esmi…so I need to set up the new blog on a different
   domain name.
 * What would happen if I changed the name servers? Would a blank blog appear at
   stylesamplemag.com?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [16 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpressorg-admin-redirects-to-wordpresscom/#post-1274063)
 * > so I need to set up the new blog on a different domain name.
 * Yes. Or use an IP address for now.
 * > What would happen if I changed the name servers? Would a blank blog appear 
   > at stylesamplemag.com?
 * Yes.
 *  [davidlucero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidlucero/)
 * (@davidlucero)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpressorg-admin-redirects-to-wordpresscom/#post-1274392)
 * esmi (or anyone else), thanks for the response. So this was happening to me too,
   but I already had a wordpress.org blog at [http://www.pocoleon.com](http://www.pocoleon.com).
   I created a WordPress.com blog (pocoleon.wordpress.com) in order to have an OpenID.
 * Creating the wordpress.com blog messed up my theme and admin link for my wordpress.
   org blog.
 * I deleted the pocoleon.wordpress.com blog, but it’s still messed up.
 * Any thoughts are appreciated. Thanks.
 * DL
 *  [davidlucero](https://wordpress.org/support/users/davidlucero/)
 * (@davidlucero)
 * [16 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpressorg-admin-redirects-to-wordpresscom/#post-1274393)
 * UPDATE THE BLOG IS FIXED!!!
    I used [http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL](http://codex.wordpress.org/Changing_The_Site_URL)
   thanks for the help.
 * The other question lingering in the back of my mind: “You can’t run both blogs
   using the same domain name” this seems ludicrous to me, but whatever.
 * I’m just glad my site is working, so if you are reading this and are having issues
   with your site, feel free to shoot me a note.
 * Thanks,
    DL

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