Have you made the decision to move from WordPress.com to a self-hosted WordPress.org site? It’s definitely a smart move.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
After paying a few minor costs and putting in some upfront elbow grease, you’ll have significantly more control than you do with WordPress.com.<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
And if you follow this guide on how to migrate WordPress.com to WordPress.org<\/strong> (AKA self-hosted WordPress), you’ll be enjoying your new site in no time, with no loss of content.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n This post is only going to deal with the actual process of moving your website data and content from one place to the other, which effectively allows you to migrate WordPress.com to WordPress.org. That means I’m going to assume you’ve already purchased WordPress web hosting, picked a domain name, and installed a blank WordPress site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In case you haven’t done that, we have some suggestions for you here, but if you’re in a hurry, just go with Bluehost<\/a>. They’re a respected company with tons of options for WordPress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n This post will cover everything that happens after you have your new blank WordPress site. If you’re having issues getting to that point, your web host should be more than happy to help you.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 👉 With that out of the way, here’s how to actually migrate WordPress.com to WordPress.org:<\/p>\n\n\n \r\n Before you migrate WordPress.com to WordPress.org<\/h2>\n\n\n\n