Title: Export theme
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# Export theme

 *  [kimbooktu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kimbooktu/)
 * (@kimbooktu)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-theme/)
 * I am aware of the fact that I cannot place advertisements on my blog. So I would
   like to host it myself. I have searched the FAQ and Forum on wordpress.com for
   hours and I cannot find an answer to my question, which is the following:
 * Can I move my WordPress blog to another server and keep the layout, articles 
   and comments? I have researched wordpress.com, but I have not found the answer.
 * I love my wordpress.com account and its layout, but I would like to place some
   small advertisements and make a web shop. Can someone please tell me the best,
   easiest and cheapest way to do this?
 * Thanks,
    Kim

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 *  [moshu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/moshu/)
 * (@moshu)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-theme/#post-517078)
 * You can move the content of your blog from wp.com to a hosted, own WP blog.
    
   The layout… well, it depends: some themes are free to use for everybody, some
   are available only on wp.com (that was my impression). However, there are more
   than 1,000 freely available themes.
 * There are many “cheap” hosts – and you usually get what you pay for. You need
   to shop around, buy/register a domain, get a hosting service, then export/import
   your old blog.
 * Good luck!
 *  Thread Starter [kimbooktu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kimbooktu/)
 * (@kimbooktu)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-theme/#post-517080)
 * Well, it is my luck that I use the rounded theme. This theme does not seem to
   be available to ‘transfer’. Or is it? I love the theme, and my ‘guests’ are used
   to it. So I do not want to change it.
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-theme/#post-517081)
 * [http://themes.wordpress.net/](http://themes.wordpress.net/) Is it there?
 * [edit] Perhaps one [of these](http://themes.wordpress.net/index.php?s=rounded)?
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-theme/#post-517082)
 * I should point out, or clarify, that if you leave WordPress.COM to run your own
   blog using the software from WordPress.ORG you aren’t transferring a theme.
 * You will transfer your data. Your posts/pages/categories/links. It’ll be up to
   you, as a new webmaster to install WP and add the themes and plugins that you
   desire.
 *  Thread Starter [kimbooktu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kimbooktu/)
 * (@kimbooktu)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-theme/#post-517084)
 * Thank you so much for commenting. I found two themes that look a lot like the
   rounded theme I use now! So I can download those and use on my (eventually) new
   site?
 * I love WordPress, so I do not want to leave it when I leave. You know?
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-theme/#post-517085)
 * Yep, you can use those themes on your own install of WP.
 * And yep, I know. 🙂
 *  Thread Starter [kimbooktu](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kimbooktu/)
 * (@kimbooktu)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-theme/#post-517087)
 * You have made me a very happy woman! *kiss* Now I just hope it all goes fine 
   when I transfer. Any tips?
 *  [Chris_K](https://wordpress.org/support/users/handysolo/)
 * (@handysolo)
 * [19 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-theme/#post-517112)
 * Tips? Hmm… not really. The migration shouldn’t be all that complicated.
 * Get yourself installed and setup on a host with your own WordPress. (read some
   of [this](http://codex.wordpress.org/Getting_Started_with_WordPress#Installation))
 * Visit your old WordPress.COM blog, go to Manage -> Export and click “Download
   Export File.”
 * Visit your new blog. Go to Manage -> Import, click WordPress and feed it that
   export file.
 * Toast your success with the drink of your choice. 🙂

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