Beginners Guide -How To Move Your Blog From Blogger To WordPress Easily
General
1. Blogger platform is owned and run by Google. It takes you just a few clicks to set up the basics. Although this guide will teach you how to transfer the entire thing to the self hosted WordPress. Maybe you want to get more serious about blogging and the free platform simply is not good enough. Maybe you want more customization options or you simply found out that it’s hard to make money by running a blog on Blogger. Blogger is a cute platform that’s perfect for complete beginners but now that you have outgrown it, you should consider switching to WordPress.
Why Moving to Wordpress?
a. Having a self hosted wordpress site gets you in charge.
b. You will own the site, domain and the entire content.
c. WordPress site is completely customizable.
d. WordPress has thousands free and premium themes and plugins you can use.
e. You will have unlimited storage,bandwidth, and support.
How To Move Your Blog From Blogger To WordPress
3. It may not possible to transfer the entire site as it looks on Blogger. The style of your blog like theme, extensions, fonts, colors, widgets, etc. These will have to be added separately. While it definitely takes some time to perform each step correctly, moving your blog from Blogger to WordPress is not that hard even if you’re a complete beginner.
Choose the Best WordPress Hosting
4. The first step would be finding a WordPress hosting company that will take care of your files. You will need to install WordPress on that host. There are many hosting companies that are providing WordPress hosting services. To help you with that, we have thoroughly tested hosting companies and found the best one. If you want to start your self hosted WordPress journey the right way, host your site with Dianahost. It is the perfect solution for your new blog. If this is your first time registering for a hosting account, we strongly suggest going through as to how to start a blog and how to develop a Dianahost account step by step.
Install WordPress
5. Install WordPress in just a few clicks:
a. Log in to your cPanel account.
b. Please go to the Website section.
c. Select Install WordPress.
d. Click the Install button.
e. Choose the domain name to install it to [in the field next to it, you can enter a subfolder such as ‘blog’ or leave it blank if you want the site’s main page to be the blog].
f. Now click 'Advanced options' if you want to change the email address, username and password for the new WordPress installation.
Click the Install Now button
6. This is definitely the easiest way of installing WordPress. If you’re just trying to move the blog as soon as possible, we recommend that option.
Export Your Blog from Blogger
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7. It is finally time to export the data from your blog that you have started on Blogger. You will need to take all the data from it and store into a file. You won’t have to create files manually or copy the data. There is actually a button you will need to click and everything will be done in easily:
a. Log in to Your Blogger Account.
b. Go to Settings - Then Click Other.
c. On Top Right of the Page, Find “Import & Back up” Section.
d. Find and Click the 'Back Up Content' Button.
e. A Pop Up Window Will Appear. Click 'Save on Your Computer Button.
8. After clicking the button, Blogger will start downloading the XML file that contains all the important data from your blog. Depending on how much content you have, the file may be smaller or larger. You will end up having a file named blog with the date of export. Locate the file and you are done with the export.
Import the Data to WordPress
9. You can import the data as follows:
a. Log in to your WordPress website.
b. Go to Tools - Then Import.
c. Find Blogger on the list.
d. Click 'Install Now' link and Wait for a Few Seconds for WordPress to Finish Installing the Plugin.
10. After the installation is complete, WordPress will show you a notification if the tool was installed successfully. The same notification will have the link to run the importer. Alternatively, you can click the link to Run Importer from the same spot where you found the install link as follows:
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a. Click 'Run Importer' Link.
b. On the New Page, Click 'Choose File' Button.
c. Search for the XML File You Downloaded in the Previous Step ( In Your Folder).
d. Wait for a Few Seconds Until the File Loads.
e. Click on 'Upload File and Import” Button.
11. When the import is complete, WordPress will show you a new page where you will need to assign the author to the imported posts. Let us show you how to do that in the next step.
Get Help If the File is Too Big to Upload
12. Normally WordPress puts a limitation on the max file size you can upload. The limit might differ but you can always manually increase it if necessary. If your exported file was simply too large, you will need to change the max upload size for WordPress. If you want to check your current upload limit, Go to Media, Then Add New and Find the Information on the bottom of the screen. Okay now let’s change that limit so you can import the blog without problems:
a. Login to Your Control Panel.
b. Open the File Manager.
c. Chose to Go to the 'Web Root' and Click Go.
d. Scroll in the 'Right Hand' Panel and Find file php.ini and Then Right Click It.
e. Select Code Edit in the pop up menu.
f. Click Edit at the Bottom of the Pop up.
g. Use the Keyboard Shortcut to Open the Find Pop up Window
[ Windows and Linux: Ctrl + f
Mac: Command (⌘) + f ]
h. Type Upload_max_filesize in the Search field and Hit Enter.
i. This will Highlight Upload_max_filesize = 50M. Change 50M to the Size You Require.
j. Open the Find Pop-up, Again and in the Search Text Field Type post_max_size and Press Enter.
k. Highlighted will be post_max_size = 50M. This will Need to be Changed to the Same No as what was put in for upload_max_filesize.
l. Click Save Changes.
Assign an Author
13. WordPress lets you reassign the author of the imported item to an existing user of the site. WordPress will show a list of existing authors you can assign the content to. If it’s a new site, you will probably have just one user that you created during the installation of the content management system. So, you can select the name for the list, and the content that you are importing will be automatically assigned to that user.
'WordPress Will Show a List of Existing Authors You Can Assign the Content To'
If it’s a new site, you will probably have just one user that you created during the installation of the CMS (Content Management System). So, you can select the name for the list and the content that you are importing will be automatically assigned to that user.
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14. Later on, you can also create a new user directly from this page. In that case, you can write the name of a new user. Its user role will be set to subscriber and password will be randomly generated. You can change the user details afterwards. After deciding whom to assign the content to, click the 'Submit' button and you are all done.
Setting Up Permalinks
15. The content is successfully imported. Now you are one more step closer to having your entire Blogger blog added to your new WordPress site. Permalinks are URLs that WordPress uses when organizing posts and pages. Each post, page, media file etc. have to have a unique permalink to work properly. Permalinks might have a huge impact on your site and SEO. And while you can set them up as you wish when starting a new website. There is a a different approach when importing a site from Blogger are:
16. Blogger uses month and name to distinguish permalinks. So, if you go to any of your Blogger posts, you will see that it looks something like this - https://demoblog.blogspot/. In order to keep things in order, we suggest changing the permalink structure in WordPress to resemble that one in Blogger as much as possible:
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| SETTING PERMALINK |
Setting up Permalinks
17. As follows:
a. Go to Settings - Then Permalinks.
b. Choose 'Month and Name' Option.
c. Scroll Down and Click 'Save Changes' Button.
Redirect the Old Content to the New One
17. If you have been running your Blogger blog for sometime, you must have had some impact on search engines. We also believe that you have been sharing new posts via social media, and have acquired some regular visits to the site. The worst thing that can happen if you move your blog is to neglect the old site and visitors that are still stopping by to the old address. Links to your Blogger blog are important for the SEO. Even if you stop posting on the platform, the old links will still matter Google and other search engines. Instead of losing all those visitors that decide to stop by the old blog, you should redirect them to the new WordPress site you have just set up.
18. In order to make this work, you will need to set up the redirections both on your Blogger and WordPress site.
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| REDIRECT FROM BLOGGER |
Redirect from Blogger
19. As follows:
a. Log in to Your Blogger Account.
b. Navigate to Themes.
c. Scroll Down and Click on 'Revert to Classic Themes'
20. Blogger will warn you about losing some of the features by reverting to classic themes. Since you are moving to WordPress, you should not worry about this. By reverting, you will enable the option that will allow you to make the redirection poss.
21. After confirmation to revert to classic themes, Blogger will show you a new settings page. On the page, scroll down to 'Edit Theme HTML' sec where you get to see the code that powers up your current Blogger Themes.
a. Select the Entire Code in the Edit Theme HTML.
b. Delete the Code that You Have Selected.
c. Copy and Paste the Following:
<html>
<head>
<title><$BlogPageTitle$></title>
<script>
<MainPage>
<Blogger>
<body>
<MainOrArchivePage>
window.location.href="http://example.com/";
</MainOrArchivePage>
<Blogger>
<ItemPage>
window.location.href="http://example.com/?blogger=<$BlogItemPermalinkURL$>"
</ItemPage>
</Blogger>
</script>
<link rel="canonical" href="http://example.com/" />
</MainPage>
<ItemPage>
<link rel="canonical" href="http://example.com/?blogger=<$BlogItemPermalinkURL$>"
/>
</ItemPage>
</Blogger>
</head>
<MainOrArchivePage>
<h1><a href="http://example.com/"><$BlogTitle$></a></h1>
</MainOrArchivePage>
<Blogger>
<ItemPage>
<h1><a
href="http://example.com/?blogger=<$BlogItemPermalinkURL$>"><$BlogItemTitle$></a></h1>
<$BlogItemBody$>
</ItemPage>
</Blogger>
</body>
</html>
22. Go through the code, and replace 'https://example.com' with the URL of your new domain. Check this twice because even the slightest typo will render the redirection useless.
Click 'Save Theme' button
23. If you already know how to install and use WordPress plugins, there is a nice plugin called Blogger to WordPress that will help you with this redirection part. If you install the plugin, it will help you generate the exact same code that is shown above and it will use your URL automatically.
Install and Activate the Plugin
24. As follows:
a. Go to Tools - Blogger to WordPress Redirection.
b. Click on Start Configuration Button to Generate Code for Your Blogger Blog.
[You should see the name of your Blogger blog if you have imported it correctly]
c. Click on 'Get Code' Button.
Navigate to Themes
25. As follows:
a. Log in to Your Blogger Account.
b. Scroll Down and Click on 'Revert to Classic Themes'.
c. Select the Entire Code in the 'Edit Theme HTML' and Delete It.
d. Paste the Code You Have Copied From the Plugin.
Redirect to Your New WordPress Blog
26. As follows:
a. Paste the Code You Have Copied From the Plugin.
b. Log in to Your WordPress Site
c. Navigate to Appearance - Editor Which will Open the Theme Editor.
d. On the Right Side Menu, Get 'Theme Function'.
e. Click on the File to Start Editing It. The Code will Load Into the Main Window.
f. Copy and Paste the Following Code on the Bottom of the File:
g. Click 'Update File' Button on the Bottom of the Page.
g. Click 'Update File' Button on the Bottom of the Page.
function blogger_query_vars_filter($vars) {
$vars[] = "blogger";
return $vars;
}
add_filter('query_vars', 'blogger_query_vars_filter');
function blogger_template_redirect() {}function get_wordpress_url($blogger) {
global $wp_query;
$blogger = $wp_query - > query_vars['blogger'];
if (isset($blogger)) {
wp_redirect(get_wordpress_url($blogger), 301);
exit;
}
add_action('template_redirect', 'blogger_template_redirect');
if (preg_match('@^(?:https?://)?([^/]+)(.*)@i', $blogger, $url_parts)) {
$query = new WP_Query(
array("meta_key" = > "blogger_permalink", "meta_value" = > $url_parts[2]
) )
;
if ($query - > have_posts()) {
$query - > the_post();
$url = get_permalink();
}
wp_reset_postdata();
}
return $url ? $url : home_url();
}
27. You do not need to change anything in this code. As soon as you click the 'Update file' button, your current theme will get instructed to redirect users from Blogger to the exact post you previously imported into your new WordPress Site.
[Important note: If you decide to change the WordPress theme, you will have to repeat this step and copy the code to a Theme Functions file of the new theme]
Redirect Feeds
28. If you have had RSS subscribers, they will not be able to tell that the migration happened. So, in order not to lose their faith, you will have to make another redirection and tell your Blogger blog that you have a new RSS feed.
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| REDIRECT FEEDS |
a. Go to Your Blogger Blog.
b. Navigate to Settings - Other.
c. Get 'Site Feed' Section.
d. Next to the 'Post Feed Redirect URL', Click the 'Add' Link.
e. Type in https://yoursite.com/feed/ and Change the Name of Your Site.
f. Save Settings by Clicking the Button on the Top Right Corner of the Page.
Okay! The redirections are finally over and both the posts and RSS feed are linking back to your new WordPress site.
Redirect Feeds
29. If you have had RSS subscribers, they will not be able to tell that the migration happened. So, in order not to lose their faith, you will have to make another redirection and tell your Blogger blog that you have a new RSS feed.
a. Go to Your Blogger Blog.
b. Navigate to Settings - Other.
c. Get 'Site Feed' Section.
d. Next to the 'Post Feed Redirect URL', Click the 'Add' Link.
e. Type in https://yoursite.com/feed/ and Change the Name of Your Site.
f. Save Settings by Clicking the Button on the Top Right Corner of the Page.
Okay! The redirections are finally over and both the posts and RSS feed are linking back to your new WordPress site.
TEST
30. If you have followed the steps, you have also successfully migrated your blog from Blogger to WordPress. Congratulations! Just to make sure that everything went smoothly, LET'S DO A TEST. Go to any of your old Blogger posts and try to reload them. If everything was ok, you should now be redirected to the corresponding WordPress post. You can repeat the test and try opening a few more posts to make sure there are no any problems. Check if failed:
a. Check if You Have Copied the Entire Code.
b. Check if you Replaced the URL of Your Site in All the Places and if You Have You Edited the Right Functions.php File.
c. If you are using an RSS reader, you can also test the RSS feed for redirections by clicking on the link to one of your posts. It should now lead to the WordPress Site.
Images?
31. Normally WordPress will automatically import the images to the WordPress Media Library. If you had images in a post, it will automatically appear in the same post on your new WordPress site. If it does not, you can still resolve the issue quite quickly.
a. Go to Media Library.
b. Check if Your Old Images are Visible Here.
C. If the Images are There, Check if Their Link to the Host Instead of blogger.com. Click on the Image and Check the URL Field to See if it’s Pointing Back to Blogger or Your New Domain.
Check Media Library
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| MEDIA LIBRARY |
Missing Images
32. If the Importer missed uploading images, you can still quickly get them on your new WordPress blog. You will have to install a plugin that will take care of that.
a. Go to Plugins - Add New.
b. Search for 'Import External Attachments'.
c. Install and Activate the Plugin.
d. Go to Media - Import Attachments.
The plugin will link them on the page, if there are any images that the Importer hasn’t imported. All you have to do here is to click 'Import Attachments Now' button.
Wrong Image URLs
]33. Users might have their images imported to the Media Library without problems. But, in order for the images to show correctly, they have to point to the right address. In some cases, although the images are on your new host, your post and pages might still try to load the old ones.
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| VELVET BLUES |
a. Go to Plugins - Add New.
b. Search for 'Velvet Blues Update URLs'.
c. Install and Activate the Plugin.
d. Go to Tools - Update URLs to Configure Plugin’s Settings.
e. On the settings page, you should enter your old URL (for example https://yourblog.blogspot.com/) and the new URL (for example https://yournewsite.com/). You can leave the rest of the settings checked by default. Double check the URLs and other settings, and click 'Update URLs now' Button.
34. The plugin will then search for all instances of your old URL and switch them to the new one. You will be done in a minute, and all the URLs will be updated to the right one.
What IS Next?
35. Your blog has finally been completely moved from Blogger to WordPress. Hopefully, you have checked it and everything works fine from the first take. If not, we suggest going through the steps one more time to see if you missed something. If everything went smoothly for you, here’s what you could do next:
Keep Your Old Blog on Blogger Live. Don’t Delete it as the Redirection Won’t Work
a. Check the Imported Posts for Errors. Sometimes, Formatting of a Post Might Create Problem. So You Need to Remove Unnecessary Spaces or Broken Links.
c. Start exploring WordPress.
d. Search for a WordPress Theme That Will Represent Your Blog. Edit the Theme Functions file if you change the theme.
e. Check Some of the Best Plugins TO Install.
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