Migrating from BlogSpot to InterServer WordPress Hosting

Posted on January 1st, 2016

In this documentation, we can check how to migrating your BlogSpot site to InterServer WordPress Hosting.

 

1) Purchase WordPress Hosting from InterServer.

You can use the following link to purchase the Managed WordPress Hosting plan.

https://www.interserver.net/managed-wordpress-hosting.html

 

2) Setup the theme and plugin.

You can use the following link to set up the theme and plugin.

Theme:

http://www.interserver.net/tips/kb/how-to-install-a-theme-on-your-wordpress-blog/

 

Plugins:

https://www.interserver.net/tips/kb/how-to-install-plugins-in-wordpress/

 

3) Export

To export your contents, go to Blogspot admin panel >> Settings >> Others. Click the icon ‘Export blog’, this will save your contents in XML format. Then click ‘Download Blog’ to back up the contents.

 

4) Import

Once you have export your BlogSpot contents, then we can import it to WordPress.

Go to WordPress >> Tools >> Import. Click the icon ‘Blogger’ import option.

 

5) Permalinks.

URL structures of BlogSpot and WordPress are very different. So we highly recommended that you should match the BlogSpot URL to WordPress URL.

To do this, go to WordPress >> Settings >> Permalinks.  Check the custom structure box and paste the following code.

/%year%/%monthnum%/%postname%.html

 

 

That is how we can migrate BlogSpot site to InterServer WordPress Hosting.

 

If you are having any doubts or if you need any further help please reach our support department.