S]Can I switch from WP.com to WP.org?

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  rhiannonsinteriors · Member · Feb 27, 2014 at 7:41 pm

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  Can I switch from wordpress.com to wordpress.org? I am trying to do things that is clearly not possible through the .com and I want to know if I can smoothly switch this over.

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Mar 3, 2014 at 8:32 pm

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  Hi there!

  Sure! 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/