transferring a site from godaddy

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  jelodesigns1 · Member · Jun 27, 2022 at 8:54 pm

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  I have my site hosted by godaddy. can I transfer the site to WordPress? Is there support and or documentation on how to do that? GoDaddy seems expensive and their site building tools are limited. I am very interested in switching but want to make sure I don’t lose anything in the process.

  I don’t have a site with WordPress.com yet

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  jamkmak · Member · Jun 27, 2022 at 11:31 pm

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  These articles should help you get your site transferred over to WordPress.com:

  How to Transfer a Site to WordPress.com in 6 Steps
  

  Import an Entire WordPress Site

  Note that you’ll need to make sure you have a WordPress.com Pro plan in order to import your site from another hosting provider.

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  staff-totoro · Staff · Jun 27, 2022 at 11:58 pm

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  Hi there,

  We’re happy to help and answer any questions you have. Firstly though can you clarify is your site built on WordPress or some other platform (GoDaddy Site builder or other tool) in this case?

  You can also share the URL of the existing site and we can take a closer look, and offer the best answer based upon what we find, thanks!

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  jelodesigns1 · Member · Jun 28, 2022 at 11:59 am

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  My site is hosted by and built using GoDaddy tools. The site is jelodesigns.com.

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  staff-ozmodiar · Staff · Jun 28, 2022 at 2:22 pm

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  So, the short version is that there is no easy way to migrate from GoDaddy’s site builder to WordPress.

  You may be able to copy/paste text and save images, but you will have to rebuild your new site from scratch for the most part. This page may have some useful info:

  https://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-move-godaddy-website-builder-site-to-wordpress/

  This is one of the worst aspects of the various “site builders” as compared to WordPress. They try to lock you into their services and limit your ability to export.