Site export

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  petermwest · Member · Oct 29, 2020 at 1:04 pm

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  Hi all,

  I’m looking to backup my personal site and host it on my Synology NAS.

  If I upgrade to the Business Plan, install the relevant plugins and take a full export of site, can I then cancel my Business Subscription – or is there an easier way?

  I’ve tried the basic site export and it can’t get the site working on the NAS – no photos are displayed.

  Thanks
  Peter

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  fstat · Staff · Oct 30, 2020 at 1:24 pm

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  Hi there,

  You don’t need to upgrade to the Business plan to transfer your site. If you follow this guide (https://move.wordpress.com/) you’ll be able to transfer your site.

  However, it’s not recommended to host a site on your own computer or home server. The home internet infrastructure is not meant for website hosting. Plus a NAS is designed to be used as file storage, not as a web server.

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  petermwest · Member · Oct 30, 2020 at 4:32 pm

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  Hi,

  I would like to keep the site on WordPress, but have a full backup on my NAS for viewing on my internal network only – no permissions granted for external access.

  Is there a way to backup and import the full site with working links/photos onto my Synology NAS?

  Many thanks
  Peter

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Oct 30, 2020 at 6:22 pm

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  If you set up a WordPress installation from https://wordpress.org/ on your NAS, you can export your site from WordPress.com https://wordpress.com/support/export/ and import it into the WordPress.org site: https://wordpress.org/support/article/importing-content/#wordpress

  To clear up any confusion, WordPress.com and WordPress.org are two different entities: https://wordpress.com/support/com-vs-org/

  WordPress.org has complete documentation for self-hosted/installed versions of WordPress.org at https://wordpress.org/support/ and support at https://wordpress.org/support/forums/