How do I launch a free WordPress website

studioferris · Member · Oct 10, 2019 at 4:50 pm
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How do I launch my wordpress website. I thought I had chosen the free option, with no charges but now having made the website, I’m trying to launch it, it will only launch if I agree payment options

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justjennifer · Member · Oct 10, 2019 at 4:53 pm
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Hi there, when you click the “Launch” button at https://wordpress.com/checklist/janineferris.wordpress.com do you land on a page asking you to “Give your site an address”? If so, the bottom choice on that page should be the free site address you chose when you created your site, and has a “skip purchase” notice on the right side.

If you continue to get additional prompts to upgrade, keep clicking the free site option.

Another way to launch your site is to from your site settings at https://wordpress.com/settings/general/bookieneedsacookie.wordpress.com

If you are not successful in launching your free site in either option, please come back to this thread and let us know.
studioferris · Member · Oct 10, 2019 at 6:40 pm
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Hi, thanks for the advice but still haven’t been able to launch. No option is coming up with a free option, all have payment terms, which isn’t what I wanted, thanks anyway.
themagicrobot · Member · Oct 10, 2019 at 6:56 pm
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I decided to create another free site today to use as a test site for new themes and the Block editor. @justjennifer’s instructions (“skip purchase” and “continue with free”) worked fine for me.
justjennifer · Member · Oct 11, 2019 at 4:46 am
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Hello again, thanks for confirming @themagicrobot.

It shouldn’t be this difficult for users to launch a free site. I’ve gone ahead and flagged this thread for Staff attention and assistance in helping you get your free site launched. Thanks for your patience while they get back to you.
kokkieh · Staff · Oct 11, 2019 at 5:05 am
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Hi there,

This is what I see for your site in the Launch screen:

Is that not what’s appearing for you? If you see something different, please take a screen shot and add it at My Site ->Site ->Media, and we can see it there.
diinternetcommittee · Member · Oct 14, 2019 at 3:37 am
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I’m not getting the free option either. My site is: http://denmanandhornbyislandsinternetcommittee.home.blog
radtrad · Member · Oct 14, 2019 at 3:58 am
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The process of creating websites has become very complicated from a few months to now.
justjennifer · Member · Oct 14, 2019 at 4:59 am
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@diinternetcommittee – So just to be clear, after you click the Launch” button at https://wordpress.com/checklist/denmanandhornbyislandsinternetcommittee.home.blog you don’t see the page asking you to “Give your site an address”?

At the bottom of that page you should see the free site address you chose when you created your site, and a “skip purchase” notice on the right side as shown in the screenshot that @kokkieh shared.

Once you click on the “skip purchase” option keep clicking through the free site option.

If that doesn’t work you should be able to launch your site from your site settings at https://wordpress.com/settings/general/denmanandhornbyislandsinternetcommittee.home.blog by changing your site privacy from Private to Public.

If you’ve tried the above and are not successful in launching your free site in either option, please open your own forum thread at https://wordpress.com/help/contact

@radtrad – Site creation does not seem to be the issue, however. Launching one’s WordPressdotcom site for free is.
diinternetcommittee · Member · Oct 14, 2019 at 5:14 pm
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I don’t get the option that @kokkieh shared on his image, only “Do you own a domain?”. Then I tried to move from private to public in my site’s settings but it’s not possible, it’s grayed out (not enabled).
I have started my own forum thread as per your instruction.
staff-blorbo · Staff · Oct 14, 2019 at 5:47 pm
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Please use https://snipboard.io/ to share a screenshot of what you see there instead, if you still have access to what wasn’t giving you the option.
justjennifer · Member · Oct 15, 2019 at 7:59 am
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Since @diinternetcommittee posted their own thread at https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/not-able-to-launch-my-site-for-free/ and the user of this thread has been able to launch their site, I’ll go ahead and close this thread. Cheers.

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