How do I move my current custom themed WordPress built site to WordPress.com

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  leocesna · Member · Jun 28, 2015 at 9:21 pm

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  I currently have a custom built WordPress web site hosted outside of WordPress.com

  I am considering moving the site & URL to a Premium WordPress hosted sight.

  What are the steps in this process?

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

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  ehtis · Staff · Jun 29, 2015 at 2:46 am

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  Hi,

  First you’ll have to export the posts from your current blog, that will give you an XML file which you will upload to a WordPress.com blog, for example, leocesna.wordpress.com.

  Once all the posts/images are set and you’ve chosen a theme, you will have to map your domain name to this new WordPress.com blog.

  The procedure is detailed here with images:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-from-self-hosted-wordpress-to-wordpress-com/view-all/

  Note: You can only use themes that are present in WordPress.com’s collection, which can be found here. And obviously you can customize it via CSS if you have the Premium plan.