How to move my website from WordPress.com to WordPress.org

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  schawaiz · Member · Jan 16, 2016 at 1:18 pm

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  Hi,

  I want to move my wordpress website to another host. I have just purchased wordpress.com premium package for 99€. My question is what is the benifit of premium package if I don’t want to stay with wordpress.com? Is my money lost? Why it was not mentioned on the wordpress site that I can’t install plugins on my wordpress.com?

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  micawbr · Member · Jan 21, 2016 at 8:00 pm

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  Hi,
  To move your WordPress.com site to another host, see this guide: https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-to-a-self-hosted-wordpress-site/

  There’s no benefit in having the Premium plan since you’re moving your site elsewhere. To obtain a refund (provided it’s within 30 days of purchase), go to your Manage Purchases page, look for the upgrade you wish to cancel, and click “Cancel and Refund”. More info is available on the support page:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/refunds/#how-do-i-request-a-refund

  As you noted, plugins can’t be installed on a WordPress.com hosted site, but a lot of plug-in functionality is already built in: http://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/