Moving from WP.com to self hosted WP

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  prunussweet · Member · May 16, 2014 at 2:49 pm

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  I was wondering how you would go about transferring a website created through WP.com to self hosting WP. Will anything be lost or changed when moved? Will I still have all the same options in terms of editing content as I did with WP.com (free, premium, business plans)? How difficult and time consuming is the process overall? Does it make a difference whether or not I have another web hosting source (to use with WP.org) at this time?

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  prunussweet · Member · May 16, 2014 at 3:29 pm

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  any answers???

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  prunussweet · Member · May 16, 2014 at 4:13 pm

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  Thanks for the help…

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  kharwinder09 · Member · May 16, 2014 at 4:58 pm

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  Hi!

  You can actually buy a Guided Transfer to move from WordPress.com to WordPress.org.

  Additional information about the steps and procedure to move from WordPress.com to WordPress.org can be found here:

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

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  raincoaster · Member · May 16, 2014 at 5:14 pm

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  PS: the average response time in an internet forum is in excess of 14 hours. As you can see, it’s MUCH faster here. Fastest of all is looking it up yourself in the Support documents.

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  prunussweet · Member · May 19, 2014 at 2:48 pm

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  Thank you!

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  charleskonia · Member · Jun 17, 2014 at 7:19 pm

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  What if we want to migrate to external Hosting?

  And if i move to WP.ORG – Do they transfer the theme as well?

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  timethief · Member · Jun 17, 2014 at 7:25 pm

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  Hello there,

  And if i move to WP.ORG – Do they transfer the theme as well?

  I can answer that.

  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 see here http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/move-domain/#change-name-servers-to-point-the-domain-outside-of-wordpress-com and here http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/move-domain/

  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/

  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.