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  tonygarcialoans · Member · Apr 3, 2013 at 8:15 pm

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  I’m looking for a simple way to convert from wordpress.com to wordpress.org so I can have more plugins. I already have my blog on .com go to a domain. I tried getting hosting with a one-click option, but that turned out to be a very complicated mess. There has to be an easier way.

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  tonygarcialoans · Member · Apr 3, 2013 at 8:18 pm

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  I should mention that the reason “one-click” didn’t work was because it already detected wordpress when I downloaded. Problem is, it’s wordpress.com not wordpress.org.

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  staff-blorbo · Staff · Apr 3, 2013 at 10:24 pm

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  If you’re interested, we do offer an upgrade called Guided Transfer (available in the Store section of your blog’s Dashboard) where we take care of everything for you: http://en.support.wordpress.com/guided-transfer/ The option to purchase a Guided Transfer will be reopening next week on April 10.

  Otherwise, you’ll need to install WordPress from http://wordpress.org/ on a hosting provider. We have some recommendations at http://get.wp.com/hosting/

  Then, direct your domain to your new hosting provider by changing your name servers: http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/change-name-servers/

  Once that’s done, you can move your content following this guide: http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org

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

  WordPress.org has complete support and documentation sites for self-hosted/installed versions of WordPress at:
  http://wordpress.org/support/
  http://codex.wordpress.org/

  We do offer yearly and one-time premium support packages for self-hosted WordPress sites through our VIP program, available at http://vip.wordpress.com