Transfer stats

themediumutm · Member · Sep 12, 2014 at 6:59 am
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Hi,

I had a WP install at http://mediumutm.ca that used WordPress.com stats.

I have since moved that install to http://2012.mediumutm.ca. I now have a new install at the original URL, with all the posts from the old install imported. This install uses Jetpack’s stats.

Is it possible to transfer the stats history from the old install to the new one?

Thanks!
staff-happychia · Staff · Sep 12, 2014 at 10:09 am
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It is possible to transfer stats from WordPress.com to a self hosted site. But this needs staff’s help.

I tagged this post for staff’s attention. Some friendly staff member will get in touch to transfer your stats.
themediumutm · Member · Sep 16, 2014 at 4:29 am
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Thank you!
staff-blorbo · Staff · Sep 16, 2014 at 10:09 pm
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I have transferred your stats as requested.

Please let us know if you need any further assistance!
themediumutm · Member · Sep 17, 2014 at 1:26 am
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Thanks! I see that 2012.mediumutm.ca reflects views to mediumutm.ca since then.

But I was actually wondering if the new install, mediumutm.ca, could show all the 3 years of history associated with the old install, 2012.mediumutm.ca. All the URLs and posts are the same.
staff-blorbo · Staff · Sep 17, 2014 at 6:01 am
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Hm, I’m a bit confused. In your first request here, you said:

I had a WP install at http://mediumutm.ca that used WordPress.com stats.
I have since moved that install to http://2012.mediumutm.ca.

Did you mean the reverse of that? That you have since moved from 2012.mediumutm.ca to mediumutm.ca?
themediumutm · Member · Sep 17, 2014 at 1:15 pm
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Kind of… I’ll try to be clearer, sorry:

1. There used to be one install, which we’ll call Michael, and it was located at mediumutm.ca.

2. I decided to remake this site from scratch, losing the theme, plugins, iffy database junk, etc. So I built an entirely new install, which we’ll call Luke. But I wanted to preserve its posts, so I imported them all to Luke.

Hence, in terms of posts, there are now two copies of the same site. (Michael will never be updated again and is set to discourage crawlers.)

3. I moved Michael to 2012.mediumutm.ca to sit there as an archive, and moved Luke to mediumutm.ca to be the real site.

So now an install exists at mediumutm.ca, having Michael’s posts but not having Michael’s stats.

The short version is that I’m hoping the stats associated with 2012.mediumutm.ca can be moved to mediumutm.ca. :)
staff-blorbo · Staff · Sep 17, 2014 at 4:37 pm
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Ok, it should be merged as you intended now. :)
themediumutm · Member · Sep 18, 2014 at 1:38 pm
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Just checked. Perfect. Thank you, and have a good weekend!
staff-blorbo · Staff · Sep 18, 2014 at 5:44 pm
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You’re welcome!

Please let us know if you need any further assistance!
themediumutm · Member · Sep 28, 2014 at 4:31 am
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Quick question. Can you undo the original mistaken transfer? I.e. the 2012.mediumutm.ca no longer needs to track stats.

Thanks!
staff-blorbo · Staff · Sep 28, 2014 at 7:48 am
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No, the transfers cannot be undone, sorry for the trouble!
themediumutm · Member · Sep 29, 2014 at 9:58 pm
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Oh, okay! Thank you.
staff-blorbo · Staff · Sep 29, 2014 at 10:31 pm
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You’re welcome!

Please let us know if you need any further assistance!
themediumutm · Member · Oct 15, 2014 at 7:55 pm
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So let’s say now that I want to change my domain name from mediumutm.ca to themedium.ca (the former will remain as a mirror of the latter, though). The installs won’t change this time, just their site address. Will the stats still be okay?

Thanks!
staff-blorbo · Staff · Oct 15, 2014 at 10:29 pm
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Yes, they should be, but if there is ever a problem, we can always transfer them again. :)
themediumutm · Member · Oct 15, 2014 at 11:40 pm
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Seems to have worked. Thank you once more!
staff-blorbo · Staff · Oct 15, 2014 at 11:52 pm
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You’re welcome!
themediumutm · Member · Oct 18, 2014 at 11:13 pm
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Hi, um… I disabled Jetpack while doing some performance tests and when I reactivated it, it wanted to reconnect to wordpress.com and reset my stats! Ay ay ay… Can I recover them (e.g. from 2012.themedium.ca)?
staff-blorbo · Staff · Oct 20, 2014 at 6:52 pm
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I have transferred your stats again. :)

Please let us know if you need any further assistance!

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