How do I move my WordPress.com blog to WordPress.org?

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  blingaholic88 · Member · Oct 23, 2013 at 3:15 am

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  I’ve already subscribed to a new host and have been told that I need to have my blog “pointed” to their servers. What does that mean? How do I do that?

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  timethief · Member · Oct 23, 2013 at 3:19 am

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  See 4 below.

  WordPress.com and WordPress.org are completely separate.
  http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  1. Hire a web host http://wordpress.org/hosting/

  2. Set up a WordPress.org install and equip it with a theme and plugins.
  http://wordpress.org/themes/
  http://wordpress.org/plugins/

  3. Export your content out of your WordPress.com blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/ and import it into the install.

  4. Purchase a site redirect upgrade from wordpress.com
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/ or if you have domain mapping then update the nameservers http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-management/

  5. Transfer subscribers and stats. See http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/moving-your-subscribers/