migrating to wordpress.com

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    chaismpro · Member ·

    Hello! We are looking to migrate the webiste (please, see the link above) from wordpress.org to wordpress.com with pusrchasing a Creater subscription. The problem is that it’s a custom-made website whith the theme uploaded to wordpress.org

    Unfortunately, the agency who made it for us didn’t build in the ability to change the structure of a website, not even a functionality to change fonts or colors from the dashboard. So we are looking to migrate to wordpress.com However, I wonder, when we move it here, will we get this functionality which wordpress normally provides or now we are stuck with this half-static webpage? Hosetly, regret not just buying a good theme from wordpress straight away instead of getting help of so called professionals)) If I know that after migrating we can adjust website look and structure using standard wordpress, we are buying the subscription at once. Looking forward to hearing back from you! many thanks.

    Self-declared URL: https://www.electrichotel.com.au/
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  • staff-arihere · Staff ·

    Hi there!

    Thanks so much for reaching out. With a migration from your previous host to WordPress.com, the function of your existing site would not immediately change – in other words, that custom theme that the agency built for you would still be there, and that would still dictate how you can or cannot edit the site. As you mentioned, once you move, you can definitely then work on updating to a new theme that relies on block editing, so that you have more control over the content in the future.

    One helpful tool for this work will be a staging site, which we offer for free with our Creator plan! After migrating, you can spin up an exact replica of your site in a “staging” environment, and use that to test out a new theme without impacting your live site. Once you’ve settled on a new theme and format for your content, you can “Sync” from staging over to production with a single click. Here’s how that works:

    WP
    Create a Staging Site
    in WordPress.com Support
    6 min read
    Use a staging site to clone your entire WordPress.com site. You can test significant theme and plugin updates, incompatibilities, or any other major changes on the staging site before applying them to your main production site. This guide will show you how to create a staging site on WordPress.com. This feature is available on sites with the WordPress.com Creator and Entrepreneur plans. For si

    We are currently offering free migration assistance for self-hosted WordPress sites moving to our hosting on the Creator Plan, so I’ll send you an email here shortly with all the details and next steps on that, in case you’d like our help with the move. Looking forward to connecting – I hope we can help you take back full control of your site here at WordPress.com!

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