1 time backup

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  kevingleephoto · Member · Dec 6, 2022 at 7:23 pm

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  Hello Team wordpress,
  I am on a free account and need to backup the site before closing the account from the platform. Normally I’d install a plugin to assist in the backup/download but it will mean spending $40 to upgrade to the business account in order to enable just for this.

  Must I go the upgrade route just for this or can we make an agreement? I’m willing to pay. How much will it cost to pay you just for 1 backup and terminate?

  WP.com: Yes
  Correct account: Yes

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  amiteshg93 · Member · Dec 7, 2022 at 3:51 am

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  Hello there,

  The alternative is to purchase WordPress paid plans (a business plan will help you here) and cancel them within 14 days of purchasing them.
  In this way, you don’t have to spend money to perform a backup if you are willing to do it via plugins, which is a great way to save on your cost.  

  Find out more here on refund policy: https://wordpress.com/support/manage-purchases/#refund-policy 

  Hope this helps! :) 

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  justjennifer · Member · Dec 7, 2022 at 6:06 am

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  From that support guide:

  Monthly plans can be canceled for a refund within 7 days of payment.

  which would give you plugin access under the business plan for those 7 days.

  Alternatively, you can use the built-in export feature to download your text content (posts, pages, comments, etc.) to import elsewhere or as a backup. You can also export your images separately as a backup. Note that these images are not linked to your existing posts. If you are importing your site somewhere else, you’ll want to keep your current site online and public until import completes.

  Hope that also helps but post back here if you have more questions about this.

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  kevingleephoto · Member · Dec 22, 2022 at 9:59 am

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  Thank you both @amiteshg93 & @justjennifer for the excellent advice. It has worked and I was able to migrate the site using the plain in  All-in-One WP Migration plugin . But it has an issue of the homepage missing CSS styling causing it to have images in different sizes and having text pushed out in varied positions. The theme I’ve used was a simple one from WordPress.com called “cubic”. I’m unsure if this theme is rescrited to WordPress.com or not…does anyone know?
  
  Attached is what it looks on wordpress.com vs what it looks on the new server.
  My question is: would you recommend that I use a different plugin to re-do the migration or is there a better way to fix this theme-relates CSS issue?

  original : it serves all images into squares with text overlayed

  

  new with wrong CSS styling: varies sizes of images and text pushed down in random styling

  

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  justjennifer · Member · Dec 28, 2022 at 6:19 am

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  Hello again, if you haven’t been able to resolve this, I’d suggest posting to the support forums at https://wordpress.org/support/theme/cubic/ since you are now rocking a WordPress install and the org version of the Cubic theme. The com and org versions of that theme are different.

  In general for help with the WordPress software itself, you’ll find your forums at https://wordpress.org/support/forums/

  Best wishes for your new venture!