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This article provides you with information on how to export a site from WordPress.com and import it to your hosting package.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Export Site<\/span><\/h2>\n
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  • Login to WordPress.com Dashboard.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Click\u00a0Tools.<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Click Export. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  • Click\u00a0Download Export File.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    \"User-added<\/span><\/div>\n

    Import Site<\/span><\/h2>\n

    \u00a0 \u00a0**Before beginning this process, make sure WordPress is already installed on the domain.<\/span><\/p>\n

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    • Login to the New WordPress Dashboard at the new domain name.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Click on Tools and then select Import. \u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Scroll down the page to the bottom.<\/span><\/li>\n
    • Click the link that says WordPress.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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      \u00a0\u00a0\"User-added<\/span><\/p>\n

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      • \n
        \u00a0Click Browse and open the file that was exported.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n
      • \n
        \u00a0Click Upload file and import.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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        • \u00a0Create or select the author for all posts.<\/span><\/li>\n
        • \u00a0Mark the checkbox for import file attachments.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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          • \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 The WordPress site has now been imported.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Click Export. \u00a0 Click\u00a0Download Export File. \u00a0 Import Site \u00a0 \u00a0**Before beginning this process, make sure WordPress is already installed…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"ht-kb-category":[27],"ht-kb-tag":[30,377,470,480,627,919,1150],"class_list":["post-24287","ht_kb","type-ht_kb","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","ht_kb_category-wordpress","ht_kb_tag-com","ht_kb_tag-existing","ht_kb_tag-hosting","ht_kb_tag-how-to","ht_kb_tag-migrate","ht_kb_tag-site","ht_kb_tag-wordpress"],"yoast_head":"\nHow to migrate an existing WordPress.com site? -<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"This article provides you with information on how to export a site from WordPress.com and import it to your hosting package\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"How to migrate an existing WordPress.com site? 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