XML export not Sufficient, is there a way to have a full export?

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  mcgonaglep · Member · Mar 12, 2015 at 8:44 pm

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  Looking to do Full migration, anyway besides XML export?

  We’ve found the XML export from WordPress.com to be a little insufficient as we are finding its not including any page layout structures, and only includes the content itself, we are hoping to achieve a 1-to-1 export for development purposes to a wordpress.org install.

  I know this is a straightforward process between .org installs as you have access to the database and install files. Is there anyway we could be provided these, at this point I’m more than willing to purchase a guided-transfer package to make this happen.

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  thistimethisspace · Member · Mar 12, 2015 at 8:48 pm

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  No. Themes and layouts, menus, widgets and plugins cannot be exported and imported. WordPress.com and WordPress.org have different log-ins and run different versions of themes with same names and contain widget packages that do not include WordPress.COM “in-house” widgets in them.

  To move your content you need to create an XML export file of your content. It will not include the theme as they cannot be exported. See 3 below.

  Note: Premium Themes that are licensed for WordPress.com use only cannot be transferred to self-hosted WordPress.org sites. http://en.support.wordpress.com/themes/premium-themes/

  Also note that if you have purchased a premium theme you will have to contact the theme designer and request a wordpress.org version of it.

  WordPress.com and WordPress.org are completely separate.
  http://support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/

  1. Hire a web host http://wordpress.org/hosting/

  2. Set up a WordPress.org install and equip it with a theme and plugins.
  http://wordpress.org/themes/
  http://wordpress.org/plugins/

  3. Export your content out of your WordPress.com blog http://en.support.wordpress.com/export/ and import it into the install.

  4. Purchase a site redirect upgrade from wordpress.com
  http://en.support.wordpress.com/site-redirect/ or if you have domain mapping then update the nameservers http://en.support.wordpress.com/domains/domain-management/

  5. Transfer subscribers and stats. See http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/moving-your-subscribers/

  6. Set your wordpress.com blog visibility to private. To change blog visibility to private go to > Settings > Reading scroll to Blog Visibility and choose option 3 . See the guide here http://en.support.wordpress.com/settings/privacy-settings/

  Alternatively you can purchase a Guided Transfer and Staff will do the move and set up for you http://en.support.wordpress.com/guided-transfer/

  If you don’t have a username account at WordPress.ORG click http://wordpress.org/support/ and register one on the top right hand corner of the page that opens, so you can post to the support forums there and receive advice from WordPress.ORG bloggers.