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  mridul10 · Member · Nov 18, 2017 at 12:00 pm

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  I was using worpress free domain and now I have purchased same domain and worpress hosting from GoDaddy. Please advise how can I migrate free site to purchased site in WordPress. Domain name mriduldotblog.com. please help

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  avydun · Staff · Nov 18, 2017 at 4:01 pm

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  Since you have the domain name and WordPress hosting purchased with GoDaddy, this guide should help you through moving your WordPress.com site to a self-hosted WordPress (WordPress.org) site with GoDaddy. https://move.wordpress.com/

  You can feel free to skip the first 3 steps, if you have finished configuration your new self-hosted WordPress (WordPress.org) site on GoDaddy.

  Feel free to get back if you have questions.

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  eemmanuelokon · Member · Nov 18, 2017 at 5:33 pm

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  Hi, mridul10

  When following the instructions at https://move.wordpress.com/

  Take note of these key steps:

  Step 1: Export your content (and consider breaking it if the resulting file is too large). https://move.wordpress.com/exportimport-content

  Step 2: Install the WordPress importer plugin found here https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-importer/ on your new site and use it to upload your export file.

  Step 3: Redirect Users to Your New Domain engaging the Site Redirect upgrade feature https://en.support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/

  Step 4: Redirect your permalinks (including links indexed by Google), choosing Day and name in Settings (Permalinks in the WP Admin area of your new site)

  Step 5: Make sure none of your images is broken using the Import External Images plugin on your new site.

  Step 6: Install the Jetpack plugin following this guide https://jetpack.com/support/installing-jetpack/ and migrate your stats and subscribers to your new site using the subscription migration tool https://jetpack.com/support/subscription-migration-tool/

  Do let us know how far you’ve gone.

  Cheers!