Many people start their blogging career from google blogger. I also started my first blog in google blogger.
After getting some traffic and revenue, I thought of moving from Blogger to WordPress.
Today I will teach you the best method to migrate from Blogger to WordPress without losing any data.
This method will not affect your google ranking and SEO of your website.
Table of Contents
Why you are moving from Blogger to WordPress ?
- Not SEO friendly
- Lack of speed
- Poor Design
- Not affiliate friendly
- Often errors occur
- Don’t support Plugins.
- No user friendly
- A lot of limitations
35.2% websites are using WordPress as Content Management System.
4 Easy Steps to Migrate from Blogger To WordPress Without Losing Data
Before migrating from Blogger to WordPress, you should need a faster and secure web hosting. Don’t make a mistake while choosing a hosting.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eSiteground hosting powers my website. If you have a decent budget, you can go with Siteground. Otherwise, check this u003ca href=u0022http://bloggingwiz.com/deals/u0022 target=u0022_blanku0022 aria-label=u0022 (opens in a new tab)u0022 rel=u0022noreferrer noopeneru0022 class=u0022rank-math-linku0022u003erecommended hostingu003c/au003e companies.
Export Blogger theme
You can easily export your blogger data by going to your blogger Studio.u003cbru003eu003cspan class=u0022has-inline-color has-vivid-red-coloru0022u003eu003cstrongu003e u003c/strongu003eu003c/spanu003eu003cstrongu003eu003cspan class=u0022has-inline-color has-very-dark-gray-coloru0022u003eBlogger setting u003c/spanu003eu003c/strongu003eu003cspan class=u0022has-inline-color has-vivid-red-coloru0022u003eu003cstrongu003eu0026gt;u0026gt; u003c/strongu003eu003c/spanu003eu003cstrongu003eu003cspan class=u0022has-inline-color has-very-dark-gray-coloru0022u003eOther.u003c/spanu003eu003c/strongu003eu003cbru003eClick on u0022u003cstrongu003eu003cspan class=u0022has-inline-color has-very-dark-gray-coloru0022u003eBackup contentu003c/spanu003eu003c/strongu003eu0022 option in the import u0026amp; Backup Sectionu003cbru003eu003cbru003e u003cimg class=u0022wp-image-3036u0022 style=u0022width: 1280pxu0022 src=u0022http://bloggingwiz.com/wp-content/uploads/July 2023/06/Blogger-to-wordpress-data-exporting.pngu0022 alt=u0022Blogger to wordpress data exportingu0022u003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eNow you will see a popup u003cbru003eClick on Save to u0022 u003cstrongu003eComputer Buttonu003c/strongu003eu0022u003cbru003eu003cbru003eAll the data of Blogger will be downloaded as a xml file.
Import Blogger Data to WordPress
Now we are going to import the XML file to WordPress.To do this you should log in to your WordPress website.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eIn WordPress, Click on u003cstrongu003eu003cspan class=u0022has-inline-color has-very-dark-gray-coloru0022u003eToolsu0026lt;u0026lt;Importu003c/spanu003eu003c/strongu003eu003cbru003eNow click on u0022Install Nowu0022 Under Bloggeru003cbru003eu003cbru003e u003cimg class=u0022wp-image-3049u0022 style=u0022width: 1280pxu0022 src=u0022http://bloggingwiz.com/wp-content/uploads/July 2023/06/running-blogger-importer-in-wordpress.pngu0022 alt=u0022How to move from blogger to wordpress without lossing datau0022u003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eWe successfully installed Blogger importer.u003cbru003eNow click on u0022u003cstrongu003eRun importeru003c/strongu003eu0022 button at the top.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cimg class=u0022wp-image-3050u0022 style=u0022width: 1280pxu0022 src=u0022http://bloggingwiz.com/wp-content/uploads/July 2023/06/Drag-and-dropping-blogger-data-to-wordpress.pngu0022 alt=u0022Uploading blogger data to wordpressu0022u003eu003cbru003eNow drag drop or Upload the xml file downloaded from the blogger to WordPress. u003cbru003eu003cbru003eIf your upload limit is too low, please contact your hosting provider they will help you.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eAfter uploading, WordPress will ask you tou003cstrongu003e Assign Authorsu003c/strongu003e for the post. If you want, you can easily add multiple authors.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cimg class=u0022wp-image-3051u0022 style=u0022width: 1280pxu0022 src=u0022http://bloggingwiz.com/wp-content/uploads/July 2023/06/Assigning-authors-after-moving-bloggger-data-to-wordpress.pngu0022 alt=u0022Assigning authors after moving bloggger data to wordpressu0022u003eu003cbru003eClick on u003cstrongu003esubmit buttonu003c/strongu003e.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eNow all the content migrated from blogger to WordPress.You can check post by going to all post option in WordPressu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cimg class=u0022wp-image-3052u0022 style=u0022width: 1280pxu0022 src=u0022http://bloggingwiz.com/wp-content/uploads/July 2023/06/Sucessfully-imported-all-content-from-blogger-to-wordpress-wihtout-lossing-data.pngu0022 alt=u0022u0022u003eu003cbru003eNow we imported all the post
Setting Premalinks in Wodpress
Now we want to change the URL structure.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eWe have migrated from blogger to WordPress with content from blogger.So we need to change the permalink (URL structure) in WordPress like a blogger.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eThey should have the same URL structure. Otherwise, it will severely affect SEO.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eFor this you have to go to u003cstrongu003eu003cspan class=u0022has-inline-color has-very-dark-gray-coloru0022u003esettingsu0026lt;u0026lt;Permalinku003c/spanu003eu003c/strongu003eu003cbru003eNow choose custom Structure and add following structureu003cbru003eu003cspan class=u0022has-inline-color has-very-dark-gray-coloru0022u003eu003cstrongu003eu003cbru003e/%year%/%monthnum%/%postname%.htmlu003c/strongu003eu003c/spanu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cimg class=u0022wp-image-3058u0022 style=u0022width: 1280pxu0022 src=u0022http://bloggingwiz.com/wp-content/uploads/July 2023/06/permalink-setting-according-to-blogger-e1591810217689.pngu0022 alt=u0022u0022u003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eNow our permalink looks like Blogger’s URL.u003cbru003e
Redirect Your Traffic From Blogger to WordPress
We need to take care of SEO so we should adequately redirect traffic from blogger to WordPress.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eRedirection is to make sure that your audience gets correct navigation towards your post. It will help search engines to realize that you have moved from Blogger to WordPressu003cbru003eu003cbru003eYou can easily redirect Traffic From Blogger to WordPress Using a Pluginu003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cstrongu003eSteps to Redirect Traffic from Blogger to WordPressu003c/strongu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003e1.Install u003ca href=u0022https://wordpress.org/plugins/blogger-to-wordpress-redirection/u0022 class=u0022rank-math-linku0022u003eblogger to wordpress Redirectionu003c/au003e plugin.u003cbru003e2.Now go to Toolsu0026lt;u0026lt;Blogger to wordpress Redirectionu003cbru003e3. Click on configure u003cbru003e4. Click on u0022u003cstrongu003eGet Codeu003c/strongu003eu0022u003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cimg class=u0022wp-image-3061u0022 style=u0022width: 1280pxu0022 src=u0022http://bloggingwiz.com/wp-content/uploads/July 2023/06/Code-to-redirect-traffic-from-blogger-to-wordpress.pngu0022 alt=u0022Code to redirect traffic from blogger to wordpressu0022u003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003e5. Now you will get a code,just copy that code and past it in bloggeru003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cstrongu003eSteps for pasting codeu003c/strongu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eGo to Blogger studio click on theme and choose edit.u003cbru003eu003cimg class=u0022wp-image-3062u0022 style=u0022width: 1280pxu0022 src=u0022http://bloggingwiz.com/wp-content/uploads/July 2023/06/Pasting-code-for-redirection-from-blogger-to-wordpres.pngu0022 alt=u0022Pasting code for redirection from blogger to wordpresu0022u003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eNow delete all the codes in the blogger and past the code copied from the plugin and press the save button.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cimg class=u0022wp-image-3064u0022 style=u0022width: 1280pxu0022 src=u0022http://bloggingwiz.com/wp-content/uploads/July 2023/06/Blogger-to-wordpress-traffic-redirection-successfull.pngu0022 alt=u0022Blogger to wordpress traffic redirection successfullu0022u003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eHurry! Now we successfully redirected the traffic from blogger to WordPress.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cstrongu003eRss Feedu003c/strongu003eu003cbru003eIf you are using RSS feed, you should update the RSS settings; otherwise, your subscribers won’t get the latest update.u003cbru003eu003cbru003eu003cimg class=u0022wp-image-3068u0022 style=u0022width: 1280pxu0022 src=u0022http://bloggingwiz.com/wp-content/uploads/July 2023/06/Adding-feed-URL-to-blogger.pngu0022 alt=u0022Adding feed URL to bloggeru0022u003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eGo to u003cstrongu003eBlogger Settingsu003c/strongu003e u0026lt;u0026lt; click on u0022u003cstrongu003eotheru003c/strongu003eu0022u003cbru003eu003cbru003eUnder the Site Feed title you will see u003cbru003eu003cstrongu003ePost Feed redirect URLu003c/strongu003eu0026lt;u0026lt; Click on u003cstrongu003eAddu003c/strongu003eu003cbru003eu003cbru003eNow type your wordpress site feed Urlu003cbru003eIt will look like this.u003cbru003e[ http://yoursitename.com/feed ]
Summary
we successfully migrated from a blogger from WordPress without losing traffic
note: we should manually setup pages
Steps involved
1.Choose Best Hosting
2.Download XML file from blogger
3.Upload XML file to wordpress
4.Redirect traffic from blogger to wordpress
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