Ready to move your site from TypePad to WordPress.com? This guide will show you how to export the contents of a TypePad website and move your site to WordPress.
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Typepad is shutting down on September 30, 2025, and of your Typepad content will be removed on that date.
To preserve your content and media, you must download your export file and import it into your WordPress.com site before September 30, 2025. Make sure to store that download in a safe place.
TypePad uses a file format known as the Movable Type Import Format (MTIF). This format is a plain text (TXT) file encoded in UTF-8 that contains all blog posts, pages, comments, and metadata.
To export the file, follow these steps:
- Log into your Typepad account.
- Select a blog from the Blogs drop-down at the top.
- Click the Settings tab.
- Click the Import/Export option.
- Click the Export button.
- Once the export is complete, right-click on the Download link and select the “Save link as…” option to save your export as a text (TXT) file on your computer.
Take a look at TypePad’s instructions for additional information.
Now that you have downloaded your Typepad content, you can import it into your WordPress.com site.
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If you have started building your site and have already installed your first plugin, contact us for help importing your Typepad content.
If you have a site you haven’t installed any plugins on yet, take the following steps:
- Visit your site’s dashboard (or create a new WordPress.com site if you do not have one).
- On the left side, navigate to Tools → Import.
- Click the “Choose from full list” link at the bottom of the screen. If you are using the WP Admin dashboard, you can skip this step.
- Click on the Movable Type and TypePad import option.
- Click the “Choose File” button to select your export file from your computer.
- Click the “Upload file and import” button to start the import.
Once the import completes successfully, you’ll receive an email at your WordPress.com email address. Depending on the size of your import, it can take a few minutes to a few hours.
If anything goes wrong during the import process, we’re here to help!
Once you receive an email that your Typepad import was successful, verify that your content was successfully imported to WordPress.com:
- The correct number of posts appear under Posts in your site’s dashboard.
- Any media from your Typepad site has been copied to Media in your dashboard.
- Any other expected content shows in your dashboard.
If you do not see all of your imported content, contact WordPress.com support right away.
