Am I using the wrong Posterous Import plug-in? Is there another one?

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  cianna · Member · Mar 27, 2013 at 3:19 pm

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  I am trying to import my Posterous blog. I found your support page with instructions, but when I enabled the Posterous Import plug-in, it looked different. It asked for my log-in info instead of giving a link to upload the xml file. I tried to log-in and clicked import and after several hours still nothing has happened. I don’t have a very big Posterous blog so this makes no sense.

  Can you help me? Is there another plug-in that I should be using? I don’t see it.

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Mar 27, 2013 at 5:59 pm

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  Hi there, you don’t need to enable any import plugin if you’re importing from Posterous into a WordPress.com site – the importer is built right in.

  Would you mind providing a link to the site into which you’re trying to do the import so I can confirm whether it’s a WordPress.com site?

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  cianna · Member · Apr 2, 2013 at 9:43 pm

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  Thanks, Kathryn.

  The site is ciannastewart.com. I’m hosting the site on LaughingSquid, so perhaps that’s the issue?

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Apr 3, 2013 at 1:51 pm

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  Thanks for confirming that you’re running the self-hosted version of WordPress. You can get help with self-hosted installations over at the WordPress.org support forums:

  http://wordpress.org/support/

  To clear up any confusion, WordPress.com and WordPress.org are two different entities.
  http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  You may also want to have a look at this article, which has a few tips:

  http://wpmu.org/how-to-migrate-from-posterous-to-wordpress/

  Good luck!