Move my blog to a standalone website hosted elsewhere

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  cognitasresearch · Member · Feb 25, 2015 at 9:43 pm

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  Hi,

  Can you tell how to my blog to another host & domain and keep all of the content including email addresses for my newsletters?

  The reasons for the move is the lack of control I have over the website layout/design and want to use some more advanced features.

  Thanks in advance

  Regards

  Gareth

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  timethief · Member · Feb 25, 2015 at 9:55 pm

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  To move your content you need to create an XML export file of your content. It will not include the theme as they cannot be exported. See 3 below.

  Note: Premium Themes that are licensed for WordPress.com use only cannot be transferred to self-hosted WordPress.org sites. http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/premium-themes/

  Also note that if you have purchased a premium theme you will have to contact the theme designer and request a wordpress.org version of it.

  WordPress.com and WordPress.org are completely separate.
  http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  1. Hire a web host http://wordpress.org/hosting/

  2. Set up a WordPress.org install and equip it with a theme and plugins.
  http://wordpress.org/themes/
  http://wordpress.org/plugins/

  3. Export your content out of your WordPress.com blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/ and import it into the install.

  4. Purchase a site redirect upgrade from wordpress.com
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/ or if you have domain mapping then update the nameservers http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-management/

  5. Transfer subscribers and stats. See http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/moving-your-subscribers/

  6. Set your wordpress.com blog visibility to private. To change blog visibility to private go to > Settings > Reading scroll to Blog Visibility and choose option 3 . See the guide here http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

  Alternatively you can purchase a Guided Transfer and Staff will do the move and set up for you http://en.support.wordpress.com/guided-transfer/

  NOTE: WordPress.com and WordPress.org have different log-ins and run different versions of themes with same names. If you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right hand corner of the page that opens, so you can post to the support forums there and receive advice from WordPress.ORG bloggers.

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  cognitasresearch · Member · Feb 25, 2015 at 9:58 pm

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  Thank you. I’ll work through that lot.

  Regards

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  timethief · Member · Feb 25, 2015 at 9:58 pm

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  You’re welcome and best wishes.