Title: transferring wordpress.com to wordpress.org question
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# transferring wordpress.com to wordpress.org question

 *  [myles okeefe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/myles-okeefe/)
 * (@myles-okeefe)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/transferring-wordpresscom-to-wordpressorg-question/)
 * I am trying to find out if I can transfer a wp.com site to selfhosting by using
   it’s mysql database and entire site. This is because I tried using the import
   tool before on my hosted sites and realized it doesn’t transfer everything such
   as how my template looks. I also would like to avoid the paid service that is
   offered, hopefully being able to do it myself. I couldn’t find this specific 
   method online
 * Is there something I am missing about using wordpress.com blogs? are they not
   allowed at all to edit templates, making it unneccessary to do a full site transfer?

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 *  [Rev. Voodoo](https://wordpress.org/support/users/rvoodoo/)
 * (@rvoodoo)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/transferring-wordpresscom-to-wordpressorg-question/#post-2425080)
 * wordpress.com does not have full access to templates, nor to a database export
   I would assume. It’s just the xml export file
 * Also, the themes may not be the same. While they may look the same, the coding
   and features between .com and .org themes may differ
 *  Thread Starter [myles okeefe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/myles-okeefe/)
 * (@myles-okeefe)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/transferring-wordpresscom-to-wordpressorg-question/#post-2425100)
 * Thank you for your answer, it was hard for me to find.

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 * Last reply from: [myles okeefe](https://wordpress.org/support/users/myles-okeefe/)
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