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  northernfrolic · Member · Jan 16, 2019 at 2:57 pm

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  Hi

  I was using blue host to host my site but couldn’t afford to renew. I thought I was using word press to write and post my blog posts but after logging in via wordpress, my blog posts have all disappeared? I’m gutted, please help!

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  staartmees · Member · Jan 16, 2019 at 3:08 pm

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  If your site was hosted on Bluehost, you were using the standalone version of wordpress.org.
  Your site northernfrolic.wordpress.com is running on the wordpress.com platform. That site hasn’t been updated since December 7th, 2017.
  So both are two complete different systems.
  If you didn’t make a backup of your site on Bluehost, there is no way to restore it as Bluehost states the customer is responsable for backups.

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  fstat · Staff · Jan 16, 2019 at 3:31 pm

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  Hi there,

  Your site thenorthernfrolic.com is not hosted by us (WordPress.com). It is using the open source WordPress.org software and it is hosted by Bluehost. Therefore, you need to contact them regarding your issue.

  We’re only able to provide support for WordPress websites that are hosted by us.
  If you want to know more about the differences between WordPress.com and the open source WordPress.org software you can read this article:

  WordPress.com vs. WordPress.org