Title: Question about WordPress before setup
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# Question about WordPress before setup

 *  [Mallrat92204](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mallrat92204/)
 * (@mallrat92204)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-wordpress-before-setup/)
 * Hello I wanted to setup a blog for my company, but I have a few questions first:
 * – Do I own all of the content of the blog? That means all of the words written
   in the post as well as the comments?
    – How easy is it to port over/transfer 
   the content of a WordPress blog (including comments) to a custom built site or
   another blogging platform? My company is currently planning to build a new website
   later this year and when that happens we may want keep the WordPress blog, build
   a custom site, or transfer to another blogging platform depending on the situation.–
   Can you comment anonymously/as a guest on a WordPress blog? By this I mean only
   putting in your name and a valid e-mail address but not having to sign up for
   an official account with WordPress, Facebook, etc. – What do you need from our
   hosting service to setup a WordPress blog?
 * I know you guys don’t usually do individual user support but this may be easier
   to discuss via private e-mail or phone and I am happy to do that if possible.
 * Thanks.

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 *  [fonglh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fonglh/)
 * (@fonglh)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-wordpress-before-setup/#post-2672286)
 * > Do I own all of the content of the blog? That means all of the words written
   > in the post as well as the comments?
 * Yes. WordPress only provides the software. You’re free to use it in any way you
   want.
 * > How easy is it to port over/transfer the content of a WordPress blog (including
   > comments) to a custom built site or another blogging platform?
 * Depends on the platform and how well you understand the underlying database tables.
 * > Can you comment anonymously/as a guest on a WordPress blog?
 * Yes.
 * > What do you need from our hosting service to setup a WordPress blog?
 * [http://wordpress.org/about/requirements/](http://wordpress.org/about/requirements/)
 *  Thread Starter [Mallrat92204](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mallrat92204/)
 * (@mallrat92204)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-wordpress-before-setup/#post-2672304)
 * > How easy is it to port over/transfer the content of a WordPress blog (including
   > comments) to a custom built site or another blogging platform?
   > Depends on the platform and how well you understand the underlying database
   > tables.
 * Is there anything I should make sure to do in the beginning that would make it
   easier to transfer to a custom site or other platform?
 *  [fonglh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fonglh/)
 * (@fonglh)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-wordpress-before-setup/#post-2672361)
 * Not really.
 * If you’re going to transfer to another platform, then it depends on whether that
   platform has import tools for WordPress’ export file.
 * If it’s a custom platform, you’ll have full control over it anyway.
 *  [UbaidButt](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ubaidbutt/)
 * (@ubaidbutt)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/question-about-wordpress-before-setup/#post-2672376)
 * You will find every desire option in wordpress and its extension.

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