Wanting to switch from wordpress.com to wordpress.org

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  fitnessllama · Member · Jan 6, 2013 at 11:01 pm

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  I want to stop using wordpress.COM, and instead use wordpress.ORG software while being hosted through some other web host like host gator. I have a purchased url that I bought upon opening my free wordpress.com blog that I would like to take with me. I want admin control over my blog. How do I make the switch?

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  timethief · Member · Jan 6, 2013 at 11:07 pm

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  You first set up your WordPress.org install, install a theme and install plugins. Then you export your content out of the WordPress.com blog and import it into the WordPress.org install. http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/

  If you’ve registered your domain through WordPress.com and now want it to point to a blog or website hosted elsewhere then you can do this by updating the nameservers.
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-management/
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-management/#update-nameservers

  P.S. These support forums are only for free hosted WordPress.com blogs. If you have not done this yet then on the top right hand corner of this page http://wordpress.org/support/ you register a WordPress.com username account so your can post to their support forums.