How to move from Blogger to self-hosted WordPress blog site
Moving a blog from Blogger to a self-hosted WordPress blog site can be quite intimidating because you think there are a lot of technicalities that you will encounter during the moving process. But with a proper guide, you will know how to move from Blogger to self-hosted WordPress blog site in no time. Read on to know how you can correctly move your existing Blogger blog into your very own self-hosted WordPress blog site.
- Get Your Own Domain Name and Server
If you do not have your own domain name and web server for your WordPress blog yet, you should register your preferred domain name and web server first. HostGator is one of the best web servers on the Internet for hosting WordPress blog sites.
Integrate your domain name onto your web server so that you can host your domain name through your chosen web server.
- Install the WordPress Software on Your Web Server
Before you can import your Blogger posts to your new Worpress blog site, you should install the WordPress software first. Upload the WordPress software on the root folder of your web server and do the necessary setup on your new WordPress blog site.
- Import Your Blogger Posts to Your New WordPress Site
Once you are finished setting up your WordPress blog site, you can now import all of your blog posts from Blogger. Just click the ‘Import’ link under the ‘Manage’ menu on your WordPress site and follow the simple instructions given by WordPress.
- Edit Your Blogger Settings
Once you have imported all of your Blogger posts to your new WordPress blog site, you should tell Blogger to keep search engines from indexing your old website. You can do this by simply editing your Blogger ‘Settings’ and selecting ‘No’ on the option ‘Let search engines find your blog?’. This will keep search engines from finding your old Blogger site and see your new WordPress blog site as a site that features only duplicate content.
- Edit Your Feedburner Newsfeed
You now have to change the site where your Feedburner Newsfeed gets its updates from. Remove your old Blogger site’s URL and replace it with your new WordPress site blog URL. This will enable you to continually update your subscribers about your new posts without having the need to make them subscribe to a new or different Feedburner account.
- Fix Your Existing Internal Links
Your posts might have internal links towards your other Blogger posts. You might want to change them and replace them with the new URLs on your new WordPress blog site. This way, your readers won’t get confused and frustrated because of the non-working links inside your posts and your whole blog site.
Knowing how to move from Blogger to self-hosted WordPress blog site may take some time but it is not really that hard. Just make sure that you set up your new WordPress blog site correctly, import the posts using WordPress’ import feature and edit all the links inside your posts so that all is well and working properly before you launch new WordPress blog site.
