{"id":4037,"date":"2017-03-15T17:24:06","date_gmt":"2017-03-15T17:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/2017\/03\/15\/how-to-migrate-followers-from-a-wordpress-com-site\/"},"modified":"2023-06-09T10:36:09","modified_gmt":"2023-06-09T14:36:09","slug":"how-to-migrate-followers-from-a-wordpress-com-site","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.inmotionhosting.com\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/how-to-migrate-followers-from-a-wordpress-com-site\/","title":{"rendered":"How to Migrate Followers from a WordPress.com Site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Your InMotion Hosting account allows you to <a href=\"\/support\/edu\/wordpress\/\">host your own WordPress blog or website<\/a>. If you are migrating your site from <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.com\/\">WordPress.com<\/a>, you will be surprised and delighted by the amount of control you now have over your site. In this article, we will focus on migrating followers (your blog readers) from WordPress.com.<\/p>\n<p>In order to grasp the concepts introduced here, we must separate the <em>self-hosted WordPress installation<\/em> and <em>WordPress.com hosted site<\/em>:<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cself-hosted\u201d WordPress site is installed and controlled by you in your personal InMotion Hosting account. A site hosted on WordPress.com is managed and controlled by WordPress. This distinction becomes important when we are logged into both sites simultaneously to migrate followers.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"install-and-connect\">Installing and Connecting the Jetpack Plugin<\/h2>\n<p>This article assumes that you have already installed the Jetpack Plugin and have connected it to your self-hosted WordPress site. If not, we will just recap the steps below.<\/p>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/wordpress\/jetpack\/cm_jetpack_14.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/wordpress\/jetpack\/cm_jetpack_14.png\" style=\"float:right;margin:0px 15px 15px 15px;width:200px;\" alt=\"Jetpack plugin screen\"><\/a>Install Jetpack plugin\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/wordpress\/jetpack\/cm_jetpack_10.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/wordpress\/jetpack\/cm_jetpack_10.png\" style=\"float:right;margin:0px 15px 15px 15px;width:200px;\" alt=\"Connect Jetpack notice\"><\/a>Connect Jetpack to WordPress.com\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/wordpress\/jetpack\/cm_jetpack_13.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/wordpress\/jetpack\/cm_jetpack_13.png\" style=\"float:right;margin:0px 15px 15px 15px;width:200px;\" alt=\"WordPress.com login screen\"><\/a>Log into <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.com\/\">WordPress.com<\/a>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<h2 id=\"the-migration\">Begin the Migration at WordPress.com<\/h2>\n<p>This latter phase of the project brings everything together. Now that we are logged into WordPress.com, we can complete the migration process. Follow along with steps below:<\/p>\n<ol class=\"article_list\">\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/wordpress\/jetpack\/cm_jetpack_15.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/wordpress\/jetpack\/cm_jetpack_15.png\" style=\"float:right;margin:0px 15px 15px 15px;width:200px;\" alt=\"Click Switch Sites\"><\/a>Use <strong>Switch Sites<\/strong> to select the self-hosted site\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/wordpress\/jetpack\/cm_jetpack_16.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/wordpress\/jetpack\/cm_jetpack_16.png\" style=\"float:right;margin:0px 15px 15px 15px;width:200px;\" alt=\"Click on Settings\"><\/a>Go to <strong>Settings<\/strong>\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/wordpress\/jetpack\/cm_jetpack_07.png\" rel=\"lightbox-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"std_ss\" src=\"\/support\/images\/stories\/wordpress\/jetpack\/cm_jetpack_07.png\" style=\"float:right;margin:0px 15px 15px 15px;width:200px;\" alt=\"Migrate followers from another WordPress.com blog\"><\/a>At the bottom of the page select the option to \u201cMigrate followers from another WordPress.com blog\u201d\n<div style=\"clear:both;\"><\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Once confirmation of the migration goes through, you will receive an email letting you know that the process has finished. 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