Moving followers from WordPress.com to WordPress.org

trekswalkabout · Member · Jan 6, 2014 at 5:36 am
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I’m moving my blog over from WordPress.com to self-hosted WordPress and would like to move my WordPress followers and stats over to the new blog – I believe I have to put in a request for this

I’d also like to move my email subscribers over to the jetpack subscription option. I have installed Jetpack and linked it to my wordpress.com blog.

WordPress.com blog is http://letgotravelaustralia.wordpress.com/
New blog is http://letsgotravelaustralia.com/

Thanks

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tlsylvan · Member · Jan 6, 2014 at 5:43 pm
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Hi, I have the same question.

Can someone help me move my subscribers from http://takingitallinstride.wordpress.com to http://http://tanyasylvan.com?

Thank you!
usenenadam · Member · Jan 6, 2014 at 5:55 pm
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I have the same problem: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/transfer-subscribers-from-wordpresscom-4
trekswalkabout · Member · Jan 7, 2014 at 9:56 am
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I’ve done a search on moving/transferring followers and all the replies are that the Admin/staff here has to do it. So help please I would like them moved as requested in my first post.

Thanks
clickysteve · Staff · Jan 7, 2014 at 6:46 pm
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Hey,

I can help out those that want their subscribers moved over.

First up, please make sure you have carefully followed the instructions on this page:

http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/moving-your-subscribers/#wordpress-com-to-self-hosted-site

Then let me know both the source, and destination URLs of the blogs you wish to transfer subscribers between.

Thanks!
tlsylvan · Member · Jan 7, 2014 at 7:10 pm
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Hi,

I completed the instructions for activating Jetpack.

WordPress.com blog: http://takingitallinstride.wordpress.com
New blog: http://tanyasylvan.com

Thank you!
clickysteve · Staff · Jan 7, 2014 at 10:01 pm
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Hey tlsylvan – that’s them moved over! Be aware that the totals may take a bit of time to update to reflect the changes.

Cheers,
tlsylvan · Member · Jan 7, 2014 at 10:02 pm
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Thanks Steve!
trekswalkabout · Member · Jan 7, 2014 at 10:13 pm
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Hi Clickysteve as mentioned at the start of my post on this topic that I have already installed Jetpack and linked it to my wordpress.com blog.

I believe you can move the statistic over too.

WordPress.com blog is http://letgotravelaustralia.wordpress.com/
New blog is http://letsgotravelaustralia.com/

Thanks
trekswalkabout · Member · Jan 8, 2014 at 9:36 pm
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Umm can I get some help please. I started this post. I already had the Jetpack install and did every required to move my followers. I start the support question yet someone who then added to my request got the help and I didn’t :(
clickysteve · Staff · Jan 9, 2014 at 1:26 am
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Hey letsgogecko – sorry about the delay!

I can’t see letsgoaustralia.com in your list of connected Jetpack sites. Currently you have:

http://travel.simplygrainfree.com/

and

http://letsgophotography.com/

connected up. Can you try disconnecting Jetpack, and then reconnecting it, ensuring it’s the letsgogecko WordPress.com account that’s logged in at the time please?

Let me know when you’ve done that, and I can sort this out for you.

Additionally, make sure you don’t make any other posts before we switch over the followers, otherwise I will be unable to also merge the stats, as both blogs need to have identical posts for this to happen.

All the best,
trekswalkabout · Member · Jan 9, 2014 at 6:12 am
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Hi clickysteve, thanks for your reply.

Sorry I made an error, I connected to jetpack using a different username. I have since changed that to letsgogecko, so hopefully you should now see letsgotravelaustralia.com

Once it’s all connected and stats etc moved over can I delete the user letsgogecko from my new site or will they always have to be there?

Thanks
trekswalkabout · Member · Jan 9, 2014 at 8:04 am
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Hi clickysteve,

Also travel.simplygrainfree.com was a sub-domain that was setup to set the site up before the domain of letsgotravelaustralia.com was moved to it. I had connected the jetpack to the site while it was still travel.simplygrainfree.com that is why you could see it and not letsgotravelaustralia.com. :) It’s all installed as letsgotravelaustralia.com now and under letsgogecko :)
clickysteve · Staff · Jan 10, 2014 at 2:07 am
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Hey letsgogecko!

Okay, sorry for the delay, but you should be all set!

Please be aware that the totals may take a bit to update to reflect the changes.

Here’s your updated stats page:

https://wordpress.com/my-stats/?blog=62548562&unit=1

Let me know if you have any other questions!
trekswalkabout · Member · Jan 10, 2014 at 2:10 am
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Awesome thanks.

Do I still need to keep the user name letsgogecko on my new site as I have set up another user for the new site?
clickysteve · Staff · Jan 10, 2014 at 2:37 am
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Hey,

You don’t need to keep the username the same between your WordPress.org and WordPress.com site hosted sites, as they are separate. You will still need your WordPress.com account so that you can make use of Jetpack and access the stats though!

All the best,
trekswalkabout · Member · Jan 10, 2014 at 2:41 am
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Great, thanks for your help.

I assume when I click on the blog followers in my stats page I will see them again. At the moment it goes to page can’t be found when I click on them.
clickysteve · Staff · Jan 10, 2014 at 6:12 pm
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It sounds like you are still seeing a cached version of the stats page.

Try going directly to this link:

https://wordpress.com/my-stats/?blog=62548562&blog_subscribers&unit=1

You can then try clearing out your cookies and cache as below:

Solve Common Browser Issues

Let me know if this helps!

Cheers,
trekswalkabout · Member · Jan 10, 2014 at 9:41 pm
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Great all sorted :)

Thanks again for your help. :)

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