how to upload an existing wordpress website

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  sharifidds · Member · Apr 21, 2017 at 7:48 pm

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  How to upload an existing wordpress website to my account in wordpress.com

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  themagicrobot · Member · Apr 21, 2017 at 7:58 pm

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  Click on “My Site” “Settings” “Export” and then import the content (not theme or menus etc) to your other site.

  Import a Website

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  sharifidds · Member · Apr 21, 2017 at 8:02 pm

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  I have a zipfile and an exported sql file.

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  sharifidds · Member · Apr 21, 2017 at 8:05 pm

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  I have to upload the contents of the zipfile and import the sql file. But how??

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  themagicrobot · Member · Apr 21, 2017 at 8:20 pm

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  If you’re talking about a WordPress xml file you need to unzip the folder first, not just open it. Right click on the folder and select Unzip or Extract All. That should give you files that you can upload in the importer.

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  sharifidds · Member · Apr 21, 2017 at 8:26 pm

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  The importer needs a “WXR” file.

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  garysixtyeight · Member · Apr 21, 2017 at 8:41 pm

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  Hi @sharifidds,

  It’s not possible upload a sql file to the database of sites hosted here on WordPress.com

  Are you trying to:

  a) import content from a self-hosted site to a WordPress.com site?

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  b) transfer content from one WordPress.com site to another WordPress.com site?

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  sharifidds · Member · Apr 21, 2017 at 9:32 pm

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  All files in a wordpress website are in a “zip” file. the database has been exported to a “sql” file. How can I migrate this to my free blog space on wordpress.com?

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  sharifidds · Member · Apr 21, 2017 at 9:32 pm

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  All files in a wordpress website are in a “zip” file. the database has been exported to a “sql” file. How can I migrate this to my free blog space on wordpress.com?

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  garysixtyeight · Member · Apr 22, 2017 at 3:44 am

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  All files in a wordpress website are in a “zip” file. the database has been exported to a “sql” file. How can I migrate this to my free blog space on wordpress.com?

  That isn’t possible.

  You can import content to sites hosted here at WordPress.com, but it’s not possible to import a sql file to the database.

  You can only import a sql file into a self-hosted WordPress site.

  To learn about the differences between the two versions of WordPress (.com vs the self-hosted version), please see this guide