Backup website

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  katialexander · Member · Nov 7, 2014 at 11:10 pm

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  I need help backing up my website before moving it to a self hosted site (via WP Engine)

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Nov 8, 2014 at 12:39 am

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  Hi Kat,

  You can Export your site and get an XML file of your posts and pages. You can them import that into your new self-hosted site.

  This guide will step you through the process of moving your site to a WordPress.org instance:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org

  As we only support sites hosted here at WordPress.com, all issues with the new site – including the importing of the file – must be taken to the WordPress.org support community:

  http://wordpress.org/support/

  If you’d like assistance moving your WordPress.com site to WordPress.org, we have a service called Guided Transfer that does all the work for you. Check it out to see if it’€™s right for you:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/guided-transfer/