Moving followers from wordpress.com to self hosted site

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    hellenictao · Member ·

    I have read your relative thread, but it is not clear to me how can I move the 1166 people who already follow my blog to the new wordpress I will install under a server tomorrow.
    Plugins cannot be installed in free wordpress installations like mine, so using Jetpack is not an option for me.
    Of course I will create a post informing my followers about the change to the new site incorporating GDPR in it as well, but it would be nice to know if I have a more automated option for this data transfer with your help in case I will need it.

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

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    vishalmukadam · Member ·

    Hi there,

    If you wish to move from WordPress.com to the Self-hosted site, we have detailed instructions on our support document here: https://move.wordpress.com

    Yes, once you migrate your site to the self-hosted version of WordPress you can transfer your WordPress.com followers through “Jetpack” you just need to install that plugin in your self-hosted site.

    Please follow the support document below, to transfer follower from WordPress.com site to Self-hosted WordPress site:
    https://move.wordpress.com/move-subscribers/

    Hope this helps!

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    gemmacevans · Member ·

    Hi hellenictao,

    Plugins cannot be installed in free wordpress installations like mine, so using Jetpack is not an option for me.

    Jetpack features are already built-in on hellenictao.wordpress.com so you don’t need to manually install the plugin there. Jetpack only needs to be installed on your WordPress.org site — this is what creates a connection to WordPress.com and allows followers to be transferred from one site to the other.

    The instructions @vishalmukadam linked to will guide you though that process:

    https://move.wordpress.com/move-subscribers/

    Please let me know if you have any questions.

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