Moving from WordPress.com to WordPress.org

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  lisafeasts · Member · Apr 11, 2014 at 2:31 am

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  Hi, I recently renewed my domain name for a WordPress.com site, but now I want to move to WordPress.org. I know I need to find a new domain host, how do I do this?

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Apr 11, 2014 at 4:45 am

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  We have a list of our recommended hosts here:

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  Though most any host worth its salt these days will support a WordPress install.

  In addition, this guide will step you through the process of moving your site to a WordPress.org instance:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org

  As we only support sites hosted here at WordPress.com, all issues with the new site – including the importing of the file – must be taken to the WordPress.org support community:

  http://wordpress.org/support/

  If you’d like assistance moving your WordPress.com site to WordPress.org, we have a service called Guided Transfer that does all the work for you. Check it out to see if it’s right for you:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/guided-transfer/