Transferring followers and stats
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Hello, I have exported the blog posts from my old blog to the new one, but can’t work out how to transfer my followers and stats over. Both are wordpress.com sites.
I would like to transfer from northerntamarisk.wordpress.com to enchantingtheordinary.wordpress.comWhen this is complete am I safe to delete all my posts from the old blog, since they will be on the new one? And will anyone searching for my old blog be redirected?
Many thanks,
MichelleThe blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Hi, I would also like to ask is it normal for post likes to disappear when importing to a new blog? If it had been made clearer on the export help pages I would’ve renamed my current//old site instead.
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See https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/moving-your-subscribers/
Staff will move the followers and stats for you. I don’t believe that likes can be moved.I will type modlook into the sidebar tags on this thread for a Staff follow-up. How do I get a Moderator/Staff reply for my question? https://en.support.wordpress.com/getting-help-in-the-forums/#how-do-i-get-a-moderatorstaff-reply-for-my-question
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P.S. Likes refer to a specific URL and when you move posts into another site the URL changes so that’s why likes “disappear’.
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Thank you very much timethief. Apologies about not putting the tag in, this is my first time in the support forum.
Thank you for explaining about the likes as well. It’s a pity because I have four years’ worth on the old blog and it would have been nice if they could have been transferred over too. -
Hi again,
You’re welcome and as for the likes I believe what I provided is correct but Staff will confirm that or not when they get to this thread. Best wishes.
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Hi there,
I would also like to ask is it normal for post likes to disappear when importing to a new blog?
As @timethief correctly pointed out, Likes cannot be transferred.
When this is complete am I safe to delete all my posts from the old blog, since they will be on the new one?
Yes, you’re safe to delete your old blog. However, I suggest making it private because if you delete it you won’t be able to get its .wordpress.com address back again.
will anyone searching for my old blog be redirected?
For that, you need to get the Site Redirect upgrade which is included in all of our plans. You can read more about it here:
http://support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/
However, your followers (after we transfer them) will have no issue as they’ll continue to be notified on new content published on your new site.
Please let me know if you want me to transfer your followers and your statistics and feel free to ask me any other questions you may have.
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Hi fstat, thank you for your reply.
Yea, please can you transfer over my followers and stats.
I will have to think about whether I want site redirection or not, so I’ll make the old blog private when you’ve done the transfer.
Thank you
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Howdy –
I’ve processed that merge and it’s in progress. Should finish up soon. Write back if you have any other questions.
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Hello again, can you tell me how long it takes for followers to be transferred please? Mine are still on the old blog.
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