WordPress.com when I need WordPress.org

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  condokat · Member · Nov 7, 2014 at 10:26 pm

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  I’m a real estate broker and I purchased wordpress premium at wordpress.com. I just learned that I can’t have the functionality I need (placester plug-in) with .com. How can I switch and will I have to start over? Thanks

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Nov 8, 2014 at 12:38 am

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  Hi there,

  You won’t necessarily have to start over. You can Export your posts/pages and Import them into your self-hosted site.

  This guide will step you through the process of moving your site to a WordPress.org instance:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org

  As we only support sites hosted here at WordPress.com, all issues with the new site – including the importing of the file – must be taken to the WordPress.org support community:

  http://wordpress.org/support/

  If you’d like assistance moving your WordPress.com site to WordPress.org, we have a service called Guided Transfer that does all the work for you. Check it out to see if it’s right for you:

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/guided-transfer/

  As for the domain itself, you can keep it registered with us and just point the nameservers to your new host with these steps:

  Change a Domain’s Name Servers

  You’ll need to obtain the name server values from your current host. You should be able to find them on their support documentation, or contact them and ask for the information. (Name servers may be referred as “nameservers” or “NS records” instead.)

  Just note that this means your domain is still registered through us and just hosting elsewhere. So you would need to keep the registration renewed yearly with us in addition to your new host. After 60 days from the date of registration you can transfer out your domain elsewhere (there is a lock placed on newly registered domains as per ICANN rules). When that time comes, the guide below explains how to transfer the domain name to another registrar, including how to access the authorization (EPP) code:

  Transfer a Domain to Another Registrar

  Let me know if you have any questions with this!