Title: Migrating from WordPress.com to self-hosted
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Migrating from WordPress.com to self-hosted

 *  [mommarrific](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mommarrific/)
 * (@mommarrific)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/beyond-a-newbie/)
 * I am beyond lost. I started a blog with wordpress then bought hosting at hostgator.
   I have NO IDEA how to connect them and most of the things I read, I have NO IDEA
   what they mean when I try to find how to make this work……….. my wordpress site
   is [http://www.mommarrific.wordpress.com](http://www.mommarrific.wordpress.com)
   and all I want it to do is point to mommarrific.com……….. PLEASE HELP ME in a 
   language that I understand and I am hoping not to hear that I have to spend a
   bucket load of cash. I need this to be $0…….. Thank you in advance for any angles
   out there who just like to help……

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 *  [accuwebhosting](https://wordpress.org/support/users/accuwebhosting/)
 * (@accuwebhosting)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/beyond-a-newbie/#post-6298505)
 * Hi,
 * Here is a good guide you can follow to move WordPress blog from WordPress.com
   to self hosted.
 * **[links moderated; keep support on this site]**
 * Once you move your WordPress blog to hostgator, you will have to set hostgator’s
   nameservers to your domain mommarrific.com.
 * Thanks,
 *  [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * (@songdogtech)
 * [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/beyond-a-newbie/#post-6298517)
 * [@mommarrific](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mommarrific/): it’s not too
   difficult to get set up; see [Moving a Blog — WordPress.com](http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/)
   and [Moving to a Self-Hosted WordPress Site — Support — WordPress.com](https://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-to-a-self-hosted-wordpress-site/)
 * And, [The difference between WordPress.com, WordPress, and WordPress.org](http://en.support.wordpress.com/com-vs-org/)

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 * [hostgator](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/hostgator/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
 * 2 replies
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 * Last reply from: [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/beyond-a-newbie/#post-6298517)
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