Title: Migration assistant with WPEngine
Last modified: August 22, 2016

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# Migration assistant with WPEngine

 *  Resolved [knitsfor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/knitsfor/)
 * (@knitsfor)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migration-assistant-with-wpengine/)
 * Hi,
 * I am hoping someone can help as I am completely baffled by the process of moving
   my wordpress.com blog to a wordpress.org self hosted site.
 * All the guides from the wordpress.com side say to export the XML form then everything
   I read on my new host WPEngine requires other things like PHP databases. I do
   not have access to this on wordpress.com
 * Something that should be pretty straight forward seems to be very complicated.
   I am not sure exactly what I am supposed to do to get information that I do not
   have access to.
 * Alternatively should I just import the content into my new theme and be done 
   with it. Do I need to use the migration tool?
 * Thanks,
 * Clare

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 *  [Mark Ratledge](https://wordpress.org/support/users/songdogtech/)
 * (@songdogtech)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migration-assistant-with-wpengine/#post-5484646)
 * > All the guides from the wordpress.com side say to export the XML form then 
   > everything I read on my new host WPEngine requires other things like PHP databases.
 * WPEngine does offer direct database importing, but .com doesn’t give you access
   to the database, so you have to use the XML export/import. And you don’t have
   access to the wp-content folder, either. But you can import the XML file and 
   move your images.
 * Install WordPress at WPEngine – or they may have an auto installer – and import
   your XML file and images. Then repoint DNS. WPEngine doesn’t have a specific 
   guide for .com imports, so you need to read this: [http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org](http://en.support.wordpress.com/moving-a-blog/#moving-to-wordpress-org)
 *  Thread Starter [knitsfor](https://wordpress.org/support/users/knitsfor/)
 * (@knitsfor)
 * [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migration-assistant-with-wpengine/#post-5484731)
 * Thanks for your help.
 * I am now trying to import the xml file (3.2mb) and the importer seems to be stuck.
   I have a fast internet connection and it does not seem to be processing the file
   at all.
 * How long should it take?

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 * Last activity: [11 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migration-assistant-with-wpengine/#post-5484731)
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