I want to switch my WordPress.com site to a self hosted site Please Help

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  ranlis · Member · Mar 29, 2015 at 4:03 pm

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  I would like to switch my WordPress .com site to a self hosted site. Please help

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  kokkieh · Staff · Mar 30, 2015 at 2:48 pm

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  Hi there. You’ll first need to buy a custom domain and hosting, and then install the WordPress.ORG software, as well as either a free or premium WordPress.org theme, to that domain. The WordPress.org support site lists several hosting providers that specifically supports the WordPress.org software.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/
  http://wordpress.org/hosting/
  https://wordpress.org/themes/

  Once you’ve set up your self-hosted site, you can transfer your content over there with the export/import functions under Tools in the WP-Admin dashboard. You can transfer your followers, and gain access to a number of WordPress.com features via the Jetpack plugin.
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org
  https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/moving-your-subscribers/
  http://jetpack.me/

  You’ll probably need other plugins besides Jetpack to get certain features available in WordPress.com, but with the right plugins you can get all the functionality you have on WordPress.com, and then some. You’ll need to visit the WordPress.org support forums for help with that, as well as any other issues regarding self-hosted sites.
  https://wordpress.org/plugins/
  https://wordpress.org/support/

  Note that you can also buy the Guided Transfer upgrade. With that once-off upgrade a staff member will help you with this entire process if you don’t feel up to doing it all yourself. http://support.wordpress.com/guided-transfer/

  To automatically redirect visitors to your old WordPress.com site to the new self-hosted one, you’ll need the Site Redirect upgrade. You don’t necessarily need this, but if your blog has been around for a while it’s a good idea: http://support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/