Migrate Followers WP.com to WP Bluehost

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  kristinzimmer · Member · Oct 15, 2013 at 3:38 am

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  Hello there!

  I read this forum post but unfortunately it is closed now!

  I moved my site to bluehost and I would also like to get my followers moved with me ;). Any advises?

  https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/transfer-wpcom-followers-to-wp-bluehost?replies=16

  Bluehost Live Chat was very unsatisfying.

  Thank you!!

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

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  auxclass · Member · Oct 15, 2013 at 4:12 am

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  Have you installed and configured JetPack on your Blue Host Blog?

  What is the domain name you need the subscribers transferred to?

  I will flag this for the staff to help you

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  kristinzimmer · Member · Oct 15, 2013 at 4:26 am

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  Yes, Jetpack is installed as a plugin! It came automatically, I will check how to configure it correctly.

  WP.com domain: zupadream.wordpress.com –> transferred to –> http://www.zupadream.com

  Thank you SO much!

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  auxclass · Member · Oct 15, 2013 at 4:43 am

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  You be welcome

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  kardotim · Member · Oct 15, 2013 at 3:23 pm

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  The subscribers have been moved as requested. Please let us know if you need any further assistance!

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  kristinzimmer · Member · Oct 16, 2013 at 6:39 am

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  hey, thank you so much for helping me! when I added the ‘subscribe to blog via jetpack’ to my sidebar in the Widgets area, it showed 0 subscribers. Are you sure that it worked?

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  kardotim · Member · Oct 16, 2013 at 6:52 am

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  I’ve just made some changes, could you please check again?

  Thank you!

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  kristinzimmer · Member · Oct 16, 2013 at 7:03 am

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  Yes, it is still saying zero. I am using Blog Subscriptions (Jetpack) Widget. Should I try a different one?

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  kristinzimmer · Member · Oct 16, 2013 at 7:16 am

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  Sorry Sorry!

  I just opened my Site Stats and it showed a number of blog followers!! Thank you! I guess now it’s just up to me to figure out how to display them properly.

  So those people will keep getting my posts in their WP reader / email?

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  kardotim · Member · Oct 16, 2013 at 7:48 am

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  So those people will keep getting my posts in their WP reader / email?

  Correct. Happy blogging! :)

  Please let us know if you need any further assistance.

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  kristinzimmer · Member · Oct 16, 2013 at 6:41 pm

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  thank you thank you thank you. One LAST question, I swear. Any chance I can access my reader and keep following my followers via wordpress.org?

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  kardotim · Member · Oct 17, 2013 at 6:48 am

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  Sure! you can access the reader at http://wordpress.com/#!/read/ and adding blogs using the steps here http://en.support.wordpress.com/reader/#adding-new-blogs

  “You can also add any non-WordPress.com site with an RSS feed to the Reader by clicking Blogs I Follow > EDIT, and then adding the blog URL to your list of followed sites”

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  kristinzimmer · Member · Oct 17, 2013 at 2:34 pm

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  Thanks a million. I can’t believe how fast and helpful this was. Thank you!

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  kardotim · Member · Oct 17, 2013 at 3:06 pm

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  You’re welcome :) Don’t hesitate to contact us if you need any further assistance!

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  kristinzimmer · Member · Oct 19, 2013 at 5:29 pm

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  Hey hey, sorry, just found something else. Is there any way to migrate the ‘Likes’? I saw that Likes didn’t transfer to my posts =/ .

  Thank you!

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  kardotim · Member · Oct 20, 2013 at 10:53 am

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  We cannot transfer likes over, but we can merge your stats.

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  kristinzimmer · Member · Oct 21, 2013 at 5:38 am

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  Ok, I’ll definitely take that offer! Thanks! Is there a way of getting into the wordpress freshly pressed section? I used to get likes and new followers after publishing, it doesn’t seem to happen right now.

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  kardotim · Member · Oct 21, 2013 at 6:55 am

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  The stats have been merged. Freshly Pressed only highlights WordPress.com blogs posts.

  You can follow the steps in this guide on how to get more views and traffic: http://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-more-views-and-traffic/ (most tips also apply on self-hosted WordPress.org blogs)

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  kristinzimmer · Member · Nov 20, 2013 at 5:22 am

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  Hey there,

  I am sorry but I don’t feel like my old subscribers still get my new posts in their readers. What exactly happened when you transferred them over to the new platform wp.org?

  Thanks!!

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  kardotim · Member · Nov 20, 2013 at 9:58 am

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  Your subscribers will still see your posts in their reader but because your site is hosted elsewhere your posts won’t be searchable through the Reader tags/topics anymore.

  Let me know if you need any further assistance :)