Switch from wordpress.org to wordpress.com – Will files be saved with import?

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    taimasphat · Member ·

    When exporting the xml file from wordpress.org to wordpress.com, will all images and post the exported to .com?

    When i delete the wordpress.org installation, will the imported images on wordpress.com blog stop working? Are they linked to the .org installation?

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    vishalmukadam · Member ·

    Hi there,

    You can check this link it will show you the exact details which you are looking for,
    https://en.support.wordpress.com/coming-from-self-hosted/

    I don’t think if it works for image, need to little bit of research for myself and then I can answer it.

    Let me know if you have further queries.

  • kokkieh · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    All posts, pages and comments will be imported, provided there’s not a problem with your import file itself.

    However, the importer only contains links to the images in your site’s media library, and not the files themselves. Those media files should be imported as well AFTER the initial import completes, so please don’t delete anything until you’re sure all your media files have made it across.

    This doesn’t always work, however, and some files might fail to move across. In some cases we can manually fix that, but the original site needs to stay online, publicly accessible, and at the original domain, for us to be able to try it.

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