I need a help for migration from a site hosted in Bluehost to a free blog in wor

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  bukoca · Member · Feb 24, 2017 at 3:54 pm

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  Can I find someone to help this out? I am willing to pay for the job.

  Thanks,

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

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  jjberg83 · Member · Feb 24, 2017 at 6:19 pm

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  Hi @bukoca,

  I’m sure there are plenty of people willing to help you out with this. However, you can save that money by following this helpful support article and seeking help in the forum. It might not be as difficult as you think it is =)

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  timethief · Member · Feb 24, 2017 at 6:20 pm

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  You don’t need to pay for help and our Staff do not hire out. Please see the step by step guide at: Moving from a Self-Hosted WordPress to WordPress.com https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-from-self-hosted-wordpress-to-wordpress-com/

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  fstat · Staff · Feb 24, 2017 at 6:21 pm

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  Hi there,

  Provided that you’re using WordPress you have to export your Bluehost hosted site and then import it on WordPress.com. Here are the instructions:
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-from-self-hosted-wordpress-to-wordpress-com/view-all/

  If you’re having trouble with the export/import procedure you can contact the Support staff by adding the tag modlook to the right sidebar of this topic.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 24, 2017 at 6:23 pm

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  oops! simultaneous typing.

  @jjberg83
  I do not use anchor text links in response in forum threads for a reason. I believe that every raw support doc link URL I post suggests to anyone who is on the ball how to locate information there. Okay, maybe I’m a dreamer. lol :)

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  timethief · Member · Feb 24, 2017 at 6:24 pm

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  Oh boy! Three Volunteers in one thread. lol :D

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  jjberg83 · Member · Feb 24, 2017 at 6:31 pm

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  Well, at least help isn’t far away =)

  Ok, got it. I’ll start linking like that myself.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 24, 2017 at 6:34 pm

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  @jjberg83

  Ok, got it. I’ll start linking like that myself.

  It’s not required and as I said above maybe I’m a dreamer, but it is how I learned how to locate the correct support docs, after there were support docs. (I predate their existence and many are based on my responses and the responses of other Volunteers). :)

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  bukoca · Member · Feb 24, 2017 at 6:41 pm

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  Thank you so much for all the inputs above. I tried to follow the instruction and experienced a failure with several types of error messages, which I don’t have any idea to fix them. But, I try the way once again.

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  timethief · Member · Feb 24, 2017 at 8:11 pm

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  Let’s ask Staff to assist you with sorting this out. I will type modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for Staff help. How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question Subscribe to this thread so you are notified when they respond and be patient while waiting. To subscribe look in the sidebar of this thread, find the subscribe to topics link and click it.

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  kokkieh · Staff · Feb 25, 2017 at 6:55 pm

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  Hi there,

  What exactly did you do and what error message did you receive?

  You need to go to Tools ->Export in your Bluehost site and get a .xml export file of your content.

  Then you import that at My Site ->Setting ->Import.

  If you try to import a file with any other extension than .xml it won’t work, and if the file is bigger than 15MB it won’t work.