Custom domain followers vs wordpress followers

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  thepaperbackheroine · Member · Jun 16, 2015 at 7:40 pm

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  Hey there :) I just changed my wordpress blog to a self hosted on at http://www.acleverheart.com, I’ve lost all my wordpress followers from the old blog and I’m not sure if the tags in my articles will show on WordPress since I’m using a self hosted site.

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

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  ehtis · Staff · Jun 16, 2015 at 7:44 pm

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  You can move your followers to the self-hosted WordPress. Jetpack integration would be required for it to work.

  Follow the instructions on the following link:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/moving-your-subscribers/

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  timethief · Member · Jun 16, 2015 at 7:45 pm

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  Self hosted sites are not a part of the WordPress.COM community. They are free standing “islands” so to speak and the posts in them do NOT automatically post to the WordPress.COM topics pages.

  To migrate subscribers install the JetPack plugin http://jetpack.me and follow these instructions please https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/moving-your-subscribers/#wordpress-com-to-self-hosted-site

  I’ll also tag this thread so that Staff will move your stats for you.

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  thepaperbackheroine · Member · Jun 16, 2015 at 7:55 pm

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  Thank you! Does that jet pack plugin allow me to post to the wordpress.com topics pages? If not, would I need to maintain a hosted site and a self hosted site in order to get the traffic and community support from WordPress?

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  timethief · Member · Jun 16, 2015 at 7:59 pm

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  Thank you! Does that jet pack plugin allow me to post to the wordpress.com topics pages?

  No. I repeat that no self hosted WordPress.ORG installs are part of the WordPress.COM hosted blog community. There is no way to have a foot in both camps, so to speak because if you duplicate content across domains both of your sites will suffer. Read this https://support.google.com/webmasters/answer/66359?hl=en

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  ehtis · Staff · Jun 16, 2015 at 8:01 pm

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  Jetpack would allow your WordPress.com followers to get your posts in their Reader.

  However, other users of WordPress.com would not be able to see your posts in ther Reader or its tags/topics.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 16, 2015 at 8:04 pm

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  Didn’t I already make that clear above? Sorry if I wasn’t clear enough.

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  ehtis · Staff · Jun 16, 2015 at 8:07 pm

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  You absolutely were. Just wanted to add that existing followers would still get the posts in their Reader.

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  timethief · Member · Jun 16, 2015 at 8:08 pm

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  Aha! Thanks for that addition. :)

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  rachelmcr · Member · Jun 17, 2015 at 12:04 pm

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  Hi there,

  I see that timethief and ehtis already addressed your questions (thanks!) but please let me know if I can do anything more to help or clarify any remaining questions for you. :)