Website from WordPress.org to WordPress.com

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    surilunde · Member ·

    Hi! I have a website that was created and is being hosted and maintained by a local company (domain name is registered separately elsewhere). Unfortunately, their customer service is sub-standard and I do not want to use them anymore. That website is on WordPress.org and and I would like to migrate it to WordPress.com. I believe that is doable but before I start and since I am not familiar with WordPress.org self-hosting, I have a few questions:

    1. On the WordPress.org admin, it states that I have to update to WordPress 4.2.2. Since the site was created a while back using template Just Shop 3.2.4, how crucial is it that this has to be done before I export the site?

    2. When I export the website content, will the theme with all the plug-ins be included?

    3. Please let me know if the migrating/re-directing process is correct: Export the website content on WordPress.org, and then go to WordPress.com site and import the XML file. Since the domain name is registered elsewhere, it has to be re-directed/pointed/mapped to the WordPress.com site (e.g. by changing the DNS name server). Does that sound about right?

    This is a learning process for me so I appreciate any help. Thank you very much in advance.

    Suri

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    galois · Member ·

    Since the site was created a while back using template Just Shop 3.2.4, how crucial is it that this has to be done before I export the site?

    Nope, you can use only the WordPress.com themes:
    https://theme.wordpress.com/

    When I export the website content, will the theme with all the plug-ins be included?

    Nope, see here for plugins:
    https://en.support.wordpress.com/plugins/

    Please let me know if the migrating/re-directing process is correct: Export the website content on WordPress.org, and then go to WordPress.com site and import the XML file. Since the domain name is registered elsewhere, it has to be re-directed/pointed/mapped to the WordPress.com site (e.g. by changing the DNS name server). Does that sound about right?

    If you want use a custom domain on WordPress.com you need to buy the domain mapping upgrade and change the “namerservers”:

    https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

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    galois · Member ·

    And the export/import process is correct.

    Export the website content on WordPress.org, and then go to WordPress.com site and import the XML file.

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    surilunde · Member ·

    Thank you for your response. Just to be absolutely clear, in this case there is no point for me to export the content from WordPress.org to WordPress.com. Yes?

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    galois · Member ·

    in this case there is no point for me to export the content from WordPress.org to WordPress.com.

    Your content —–> Yes.
    Your Theme/Template & Plugins —–> No.
    Your Custom Domain —-> Yes, but you need
    https://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/map-existing-domain/

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    surilunde · Member ·

    Another question: in what scenario would exporting the contents from WordPress.org into WordPress.com be applicable or useful since the template layout would not be included during the export?

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    galois · Member ·

    It depends of your choice.
    There are +350 themes on WordPress.com
    https://theme.wordpress.com/
    and you can choose the one that suits you.

    And if you want to build a shop on WordPress.com maybe this can help you:
    https://en.support.wordpress.com/ecommerce/

    WordPress.com Business [Redirects to Plans]

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