Moving from wordpress.com to self-hosted WordPress
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I am trying to move this site from a wordpress.com URL to a self-hosted WordPress on Media Temple. However, I need to be able to move all of the content, include social media share, not just the xml content. Can I access my site files and database files to move to a self-hosted WordPress?
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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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.
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/
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: 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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I am afraid that is not possible. The only export functionality on WordPress.com is as described here:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org
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You mean the only option for her website is to keep it on WordPress.com…or move it and lose all of her following in the move? She has several posts that have high traffic, including one that has over 10K shares. She can’t lose that kind of credibility in the move. It would be really bad for her site. Is there any other solution? She mostly needs a redesign and more access for advertising in the sidebar, etc but on the .com side I don’t have much access to anything. I need to find a way to find the best of both worlds here if it’s at all possible…?
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5. Transfer subscribers and stats. See http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/moving-your-subscribers/
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That will work for subscribers but not for the share links such as on this post — http://lindsayleighbentley.com/2013/07/11/is-advocare-healthy/
The shares I’m referring to are the ones for Facebook. Does Jetpack include these in the transfer? Her subscribers are all through Feedburner, so nothing will need to change for them. Sorry if this isn’t making sense. I’m just trying to figure out if this is even possible at this point.
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