Transfer .wordpress.com blog to another user

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  jeygokul · Member · Nov 3, 2008 at 4:33 am

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  Hi all,

  I would like to know if there is any way I could transfer a .wordpress.com blog to another wordpress used completly.

  Say, I have everyday2day.wordpress.com with jeygokul as owner. Can I transfer it to some other user X totally.

  Would a deletion of blog and recreation with same name for different user would work??

  Thanks,
  G

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  teck07 · Member · Nov 3, 2008 at 4:42 am

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  FAQ > How do I add more authors / users to my blog? [screencast]

  FAQ > Please delete my blog
  [Why Not To Delete Your Blog]

  Please next time consider searching the FAQ & forums
  before posting there is many threads on this topic
  already.

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  teck07 · Member · Nov 3, 2008 at 4:45 am

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  To answer your question Add the user as a admin
  then have them remove you from the blog then
  they will have 100% ownership after removing you.

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  jeygokul · Member · Nov 3, 2008 at 5:09 am

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  Hi teck07,

  I am sorry, probably I did not explain it all.

  I have added the new user(as Administrator) to whom I wanted to move the blog to. When he tries to delete my id from the users, he is getting a error saying

  “You don’t have permission to remove this user.”

  This is what made me come to the forum. I think I am missing something minor here.

  Thanks,
  G

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  teck07 · Member · Nov 3, 2008 at 5:19 am

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  the user need to be set as admin you need to change
  them to admin before they can delete you for the blog

  If they still get the error after the set to admin then
  you’ll need to contact staff.

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  teck07 · Member · Nov 3, 2008 at 5:21 am

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  oops that is sup post to read as.

  If they still get the error after the set to admin then

  Revised
  If they still get the error after you set them to admin then

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  jeygokul · Member · Nov 3, 2008 at 5:27 am

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  Hi teck07,

  Sorry to bug you again…Is there some other way to mark as user as “admin” other than assigning the Administrator role?

  I checked for some other options till now, could not find it…

  Thanks,
  G

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  tellyworth · Staff · Nov 3, 2008 at 5:39 am

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  It’s no longer possible to remove the original owner of a blog without staff intervention. Please contact support, they can help.

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  jeygokul · Member · Nov 3, 2008 at 5:43 am

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  Thank you tellyworth..!!

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  justjennifer · Member · Nov 3, 2008 at 6:40 am

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  @tellyworth-if so, this FAQ needs editing.
  http://faq.wordpress.com/2006/07/22/how-do-i-transfer-a-blog-to-someone-else-another-name/

  If I understand correctly then, assuming a user has more than one account, they also can’t transfer any blogs they run between their usernames without Staff intervention?

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  jeygokul · Member · Nov 3, 2008 at 6:58 am

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  Yes…that means it Jennifer. Thats how I understood it.

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  teck07 · Member · Nov 3, 2008 at 8:22 am

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  Wow Sorry jeygokul,

  I wasn’t aware of this change en till Telly, mentioned
  something about it.

  I wonder if this change has to do something
  with all the CP Drama in the past.

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  justjennifer · Member · Nov 3, 2008 at 4:53 pm

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  @teck07-was that a question? :/

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  teck07 · Member · Nov 3, 2008 at 5:15 pm

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  Nope a statement. :P