Switch from com to org

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  leofurdawpcom · Member · Sep 16, 2014 at 3:36 pm

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  Hello, i started building a website on wordpress.com, but i want to switch to wordpress.org.
  I canceled my premium pack, but the domain stays active. I would like to deactivate my wordpress.com account and website and move to wordpress.org. I am ready to buy a hosting for .org, but i just don’t know how to reuse my domain, in order to start a new website on .org.
  Can someone help me?

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  timethief · Member · Sep 16, 2014 at 3:38 pm

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  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/

  WordPress.com and WordPress.org are completely separate.
  http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  1. Hire a web host and purchase a domain 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. To move your content you need to create an XML export file of your content. It will not include the theme and widgets as they cannot be exported. Export your content out of your WordPress.com blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/ and import it into the install.

  4. WordPress.com is the top level domain here and all blogs hosted by WordPress.com are on .wordpress.com sub-domains. 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.

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  leofurdawpcom · Member · Sep 17, 2014 at 11:09 am

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  Thanks!
  I bought hosting from hostgator, i created an account and installed wordpress. When i installed wordpress, i registered with the same username that i used for wordpress.com, so even if i insert the password i’ve received on the email inbox, i can’t login, but only on wordpress.com with the regular password.
  I would like to cancel my wordpress.com account and move for ever to wordpress.org. I still have the wordpress domain and i would like to transfer it to wordpress.org. Do i have to wait the 60 days to be able to do it? Is there no way to do it immediately?