Switching to WordPress.com

  • Unknown's avatar
    soulesdesigns · Member ·

    I am presently on a Hostgator plan. I have a WordPress blog there, and one subdomain. Most articles were made under the Divi theme. I am interested in moving to a hosted plan, namely WordPress.com.
    I am backed up using All-In-One Migration.

    Questions:
    Can you migrate my domain and my subdomain to WordPress.com?
    What will happen to the formatting of the articles, since they were made with Divi theme?
    How much will WordPress.com cost? Per month? Per year?
    Is there a migration cost?

    WP.com: Yes
    Correct account: Yes

    The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

  • staff-totoro · Staff ·

    Hi there,

    Can you migrate my domain and my subdomain to WordPress.com?

    Generally speaking, yes. However, in this case I think it would be best to ask if you are willing to share the two URLs in question so we can take a closer look.

    What will happen to the formatting of the articles, since they were made with Divi theme?

    You can use our plugin to migrate an exact copy of your site, which will include the current themes and plugins. This will ensure that Divi content still functions correctly: https://wordpress.com/support/import-using-move-to-wordpress-com/

    How much will WordPress.com cost? Per month? Per year? Is there a migration cost?

    It is not possible to use 3rd party plugins and themes on free WordPress.com sites (those are limited to our internally built in tools) so it will require an upgrade to move an exact copy of your site. In this case you will need our Business Plan since it includes the option to use any plugin or theme “designed for WordPress”

    Migration is free, and as long as you have created a new (empty) site under your WordPress.com account, and upgrade it to the Business Plan, you’re ready to go. From there all you would need to do is install our free migration plugin which will handle the rest.

    Once you migrate, you will be able to inspect the sites (at their private staging URLs) and if everything looks good you will move your domain (from one provider to another) as the final step. This will result in a nearly seamless migration.

    Hope that helps. Please let us know if you have any more questions.

  • The topic ‘Switching to WordPress.com’ is closed to new replies.