How to transfer followers and likes from wordpress.com to self-hosted site?

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  eagerexplorer · Member · May 5, 2014 at 10:39 am

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  Hi,

  I am in the process of switching to a self-hosted site from my wordpress.com blog. Is there a way I could transfer my wordpress.com followers and likes to my self-hosted site?

  My wordpress.com site is eagerexplorer.wordpress.com, while my self-hosted site is eagerexplorer.com.

  Thanks a lot!

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

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  hafizr · Member · May 5, 2014 at 11:44 am

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  Hi there,

  Yes, there’s a way! What you have to do is post here with the url to your old and new blog, and make sure you already have Jetpack installed on the new one.

  Which I suppose… you already did! :)

  I’ve notified the Staff and all we have to do is wait for them to finalize the transfer. Once they’re done, they’ll let you know here.

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  eagerexplorer · Member · May 5, 2014 at 12:05 pm

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  Looking forward to the move. I was getting worried that the likes won’t be transferred to the new site and I couldn’t find a solution online for that.

  Thanks a lot, hafizr! :)

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  druesome · Staff · May 7, 2014 at 8:47 am

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  Hey Karen,

  Yes, I can do that for you. Just let me know when you’re ready. Cheers!

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  eagerexplorer · Member · May 7, 2014 at 10:34 am

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  Hi druesome,

  I already have the jetpck plugin installed. Kindly transfer the likes and followers please. Thank you! :-)

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  druesome · Staff · May 8, 2014 at 2:36 am

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  Hey there Karen!

  I went ahead and moved your old blog’s subscribers to the new one at “eagerexplorer.com”. Let me know if things are looking good on your end.

  If you experience issues with this or have any questions about Jetpack, you can
  contact the Jetpack support team here:

  http://jetpack.me/contact-support/

  Thank you!

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  eagerexplorer · Member · May 8, 2014 at 2:24 pm

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  Thanks for implementing the transfer!

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  justjennifer · Member · May 8, 2014 at 2:47 pm

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  @druesome-with the new information that WP.com users can move their own followers to their new self-hosted sites, are they able to also move Likes themselves, or is that something that Staff still need to do for them?

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  druesome · Staff · May 8, 2014 at 4:50 pm

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  Hey Karen:

  Thanks for implementing the transfer!

  You’re welcome!

  JenT:

  Are they able to also move Likes themselves, or is that something that Staff still need to do for them?

  I’m afraid that WordPress.com likes aren’t something that can be transferred to another blog.

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  eagerexplorer · Member · May 11, 2014 at 8:03 am

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  Hi druesome,

  Thanks for moving my followers. However, I have new followers on my wordpress.com blog, and I tried transferring them to the self-hosted site using the instructions from JenT, but I can’t find my wordpress.com blog on the drop-down list.

  Is there something else I need to do? Thanks! :)

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  druesome · Staff · May 12, 2014 at 4:19 am

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  Hey there,

  Sorry about the trouble you had with the migration tool. It’s still a bit new and similar bugs have been reported by other users. I went ahead and transferred your remaining subscribers to the new site. Thank you!

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  eagerexplorer · Member · May 12, 2014 at 1:04 pm

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  I hope the bug gets fixed soon. Thanks again for the transfer!

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  druesome · Staff · May 12, 2014 at 5:22 pm

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  Me too! You’re welcome. :)