How to move your blog from WordPress.com platform to your own (self-hosted) web server?
When hosting on WordPress.com:
- You don’t have to deal with installation or upgrades
- You don’t have to create and maintain a database
- You don’t have to register a domain
- All you have to do is create your blog, and start posting
- You can have you own domain on WordPress.com
When hosting at your own (self-hosted) web server:
- You’ll have more themes
- You’ll have Google AdSense
- You’ll have Web widget
- You’ll have Plugins
- You can strengthen your search results
If you’re thinking of self-hosting you WordPress blog, you should at least have a simple understanding of the following:
- Register and host a domain Name
- Install & Run (MySQL)
- Install & Run (PHP)
- Install & Run (WordPress)
How to do it:
- Purchase a web-hosting plan (Make sure the server meets the minimum requirements to run WordPress)
- Delete spam comments on the WordPress.com blog
- Export your data from WordPress.com
- Install and configure (WordPress/PHP/MySQL) on your web server
- Import the WordPress data
- Repoint the domain name
Many web-host providers; like (bluehost.com or dreamhost.com) have a one-click installation of WordPress. This will make the process as simple as “export/import”; however, in many cases you’ll have to alert the php.ini file manually to get things up and running.
