: How do I forward my domain's traffic to my WordPress.com hosted blog I own a domain e.g. myname.com but host my blog with wordpress.com e.g. myname.wordpress.com. Can I forward the traffic visiting

@Rivera981

It is one of the common methods of informing your visitor about your new blog. Simply post a notice board on your old website or domain. Always Post it at the top of your blog or below your menu so that visitors can see your Advertisements without any issue. Also make it attractive so that, it can grab the attention of visitors.

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@Voss4911412

You need to put a htaccess file in the root of myname.com containing a 301 redirect like this

RewriteEngine On
Options +FollowSymlinks
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^(www.)?myname.com$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^ myname.wordpress.com [R=301,L]


If the file doesn't exist it should be called .htaccess

This does depend on what kind of server your domain is hosted on.

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@Phylliss660

Using the Poor Man's method, you can add a URL Frame in myname.com to load the content from myname.wordpress.com depending of your nameservers panel/ownership/possible customization.

The real WordPress supported config is the paid one called domain mapping.
en.support.wordpress.com/domain-mapping/.

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