New account for second website?

  • I’m guessing this is probably a novice question, but please stay with me.

    I am currently working on a second website. However, I am not sure whether I have to start a second WP account or whether I can use the original to manage both.

    I think you have to have a high end WP plan to support multiple websites, but would it be cheaper/more effective/easier to use two accounts with separate but lower plans?

    Any info would be most appreciated.

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  • Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

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    are you on a self-hosted site or using wordpress.com?

    Thread Starter RaZGR1Z

    (@razgr1z)

    Self hosted with the domain being registered to BlueHost

    Thread Starter RaZGR1Z

    (@razgr1z)

    The site is maintained through WordPress.com if that helps.

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

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    I don’t use the jetpack maintenance features, but I’m sure you can hook up multiple self-host sites to one “management” account.

    Thread Starter RaZGR1Z

    (@razgr1z)

    I looked at Jetpack and it seems like I can do that.

    However, I am still not able to get the domain linked to the second site. It only appears for the primary site.

    Does that mean I need a better plan or something along those lines?

    Moderator Steven Stern (sterndata)

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    However, I am still not able to get the domain linked to the second site. It only appears for the primary site.

    That’s something you should take up with your host, bluehost. Contact their tech support. I tagged this post for bluehost, but I don’t know if their guy (Luke) is around here on weekends.

    Thread Starter RaZGR1Z

    (@razgr1z)

    Its on blue host, not on wordpress.com.

    The main site allows me to change domain information, but it doesn’t appear for the second? Could that still related to BlueHost?

    Thread Starter RaZGR1Z

    (@razgr1z)

    –Domains are not available for this site.

    You can only purchase domains for sites hosted on WordPress.com at this time.–

    That’s the message that appears when I switch to the second site.

    I think you are confused between what is Bluehost and what is WordPress.com.

    You can only purchase domains for sites hosted on WordPress.com at this time.–

    This is not a message that, to my knowledge, exists on Bluehost.

    It is completely possible to have multiple WordPress sites on a Bluehost account (I do it myself). If you already have a second domain, you can assign it to a Bluehost account following these steps: https://my.bluehost.com/cgi/help/84

    Then you install WordPress to the second site and you’re good to go (or transfer existing content or whatever you need to do).

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