Import Followers

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  siciliannabeauty · Member · Sep 4, 2013 at 12:13 pm

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  Need to transfer wordpress.com followers/subscribers to self-hosted blog using Jetpack

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  siciliannabeauty · Member · Sep 4, 2013 at 12:15 pm

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  Sorry! I’m looking to transfer my wordpress.com followers/subscribers using Jetpack, to a self-hosted (wordpress.org) blog. I read this article and it said to contact WP.com support to do this.
  http://wordpress.org/support/topic/importing-wordpresscom-followers

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Sep 4, 2013 at 2:38 pm

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  I can help you with that. However, I’m seeing your jetpack connected site as being located at http://69.195.124.113/~sicilia4/ which looks like a temporary site URL. Moving followers to a WordPress site set up at a temporary URL will just require them to be moved again when you set up jetpack at your final URL.

  So, in short, get new site all set up the way you want it and connect to jetpack at your final URL, then post here and I can help you get your followers transferred.

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  siciliannabeauty · Member · Sep 4, 2013 at 3:40 pm

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  my new site is set up, as far as I know.
  it’s siciliannabeauty.com

  I’ve moved everything from the temp URL… i think!?

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Sep 4, 2013 at 5:18 pm

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  It does not look like siciliannabeauty.com is connected to jetpack.

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  siciliannabeauty · Member · Sep 4, 2013 at 5:22 pm

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  My Jetpack says I’m connected?

  see picture!
  http://tinypic.com/r/x3s2z6/5

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Sep 4, 2013 at 5:40 pm

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  That is very odd.

  Can you try disconnecting and reconnecting

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  siciliannabeauty · Member · Sep 4, 2013 at 5:42 pm

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  Ok.

  How about now?

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Sep 4, 2013 at 5:44 pm

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  That did it!

  I have migrated your subscribers and followers to your new site.

  Let me know if there is anything else I can help you with.

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  siciliannabeauty · Member · Sep 4, 2013 at 7:49 pm

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  Hmmm I had over 1700 followers and now it’s at 491!?

  Also, is there a way to transfer my comments, too?

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  siciliannabeauty · Member · Sep 4, 2013 at 7:50 pm

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  And last Q: Is there a way to transfer my WP.com stats to the self hosted blog? That’s a huge concern for me because my PR reps look at those stats

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Sep 5, 2013 at 6:43 pm

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  Hmmm I had over 1700 followers and now it’s at 491!?

  The follower number displayed on WordPress.com counts twitter and facebook followers as well. When we migrate subscribers, we can only migrate WordPress.com followers and email subscribers. However, those followers aren’t “gone”, they still exist on FB and Twitter.

  Also, is there a way to transfer my comments, too?

  Comments would be moved as part of the export process:

  Export Your Website’s Content

  Is there a way to transfer my WP.com stats to the self hosted blog?

  Yes…maybe. The stats may transfer over very wonky, and we can undo them if possible. However, if you are going to think about redoing the import so that you have comments, we should do the stats ASAP after you make that import.

  Let me know if you have any questions.

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  siciliannabeauty · Member · Sep 5, 2013 at 6:55 pm

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  Ohhh!! re: followers, that makes sense!

  I already exported my wp.com but not all comments transfered- that’s okay!

  As for the stats, can we do that please? I really need those!

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Sep 6, 2013 at 5:05 pm

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  Stats have been migrated. Let me know how it looks on the stats page.

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  siciliannabeauty · Member · Sep 6, 2013 at 5:09 pm

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  Incredible!!!

  Thanks :)

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Sep 6, 2013 at 5:23 pm

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  Great to hear!

  Let me know if there is anything else I can do for you. Otherwise, thanks for using WordPress.