Professional created website, want to transfer it to my existing domain

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    opengavelproject · Member ·

    I asked a professional to create a wordpress website. He finished it and now wants to “migrate” it to my domain. Apparently that requires a migration plugin, which requires me to pay for the business plan (I have premium). I dont want to pay the extra hundreds of $, is there a way for this to be done.

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  • staff-papyrus · Staff ·

    Hi there!

    Migrating an entire site – including third-party themes and any plugins that your developer/designer used to create the site – does require using a migration plugin or other advanced features. These features are included in our Business plan (sometimes known as the Creator plan).

    That plan also includes automated daily backups for your website, along with other helpful benefits like some built-in SEO tools, 50 GB of storage space, and a free staging site. You can check out more details about that plan here: https://wordpress.com/support/plan-features/creator-plan/

    I will also note that we are currently offering free assisted full-site migrations if you need some assistance with the migration process! This service does require the purchase of a Creator/Business plan, but otherwise comes at no additional cost and we take care of the entire migration process for you.

    If you’re interested, you can use this form to request migration assistance: https://wordpress.com/support/request-a-free-migration/

    On a lower-tier plan, you can import content such as posts, pages, comments, tags, categories, and media. This option will not copy over the site’s theme design or other customizations, and any plugin-related content will not be imported either.

    We have a guide on importing a site’s content here: https://wordpress.com/support/import/import-a-sites-content/

    If you’re not sure whether you need a full site migration or a content-only import, feel free to share a link to the site your developer/designer created for you! We’d be happy to take a look and provide some more tailored advice.

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