Comments on: Moving a WordPress Blog to GoDaddy Hosting Account, Part 2

By: Maria Langer

Maria Langer — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 13:57:42 +0000

Mark: I agree that GoDaddy’s “its a WordPress problem” can be frustrating. Best of luck finding a good host. I recommend trying the ones listed here: http://wordpress.org/hosting/ These are the hosts Automattic recommends; they’ll likely be more helpful.

By: Mark Horner

Mark Horner — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 01:14:06 +0000

Thanks, Maria. I certainly understand. Thanks for the tip on a possible memory issue. Best of luck with your blog and business ventures!
Meantime, I canceled hosting on GoDaddy. I do not recommend GoDaddy for anyone thinking of moving their wordpress.com blog to self-hosting.

By: Maria Langer

Maria Langer — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 14:16:53 +0000

Mark: I don’t have a solution for your problem. I haven’t moved a WordPress.com site to GoDaddy in quite a while, so I’m not up to date on how it works. And as I told another reader here, I write new content for this site based on the paid-for projects I’m working on. (Paying the bills is a higher priority than providing technical support for single-reader issues — sorry!) I don’t have any WordPress projects in the pipeline, so I’m not likely to write anything new about WordPress here (beyond quick tips, etc.).

One thing to consider is how large your WordPress.com database file is. How many posts? Big posts? There might be a memory issue if it’s big.

Sorry I can’t be of any more help. Perhaps someone else here can point you in the right direction. Otherwise, keep banging away at the WordPress.org support forums. You’re likely to find someone there with the same issue.

By: Mark Horner

Mark Horner — Sun, 17 Jan 2010 05:07:57 +0000

Found a support post in WordPress.org forum that I’m hoping will help me solve the puzzle of importing my xml file (from Wordpress.com) self-hosted account onto GoDaddy. I’ve had no problem installing wordpress software on GoDaddy. The issue’s been attempting to import the xml file from wordpress.com. The import runs for a couple of minutes or so, then stops far short of completion, producing an error message (GoDaddy tells me “it’s a WordPress issue”).
Just in case anyone reading this is experiencing the same problem, I thought I’d share this support post found on Wordpress.org: http://wordpress.org/support/topic/327025?replies=3
I’m about to try the approaches (well, at least the first one) suggested by user “maisquared.” Will let you know here if it works…

By: Bob

Bob — Sat, 16 Jan 2010 18:05:15 +0000

Do you have an article about importing XML generated from a wordpress.com blog? There seems to be an issue about the image links — the images are still linked with the old wordpress.com site, not my new wordpress site on GoDaddy.

By: Mark Horner

Mark Horner — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 03:48:25 +0000

Just wondering if you ever wrote a post on this blog or elsewhere about moving a blog from WordPress.com to GoDaddy. I’m well into the process, but stuck near the end.

By: Maria Langer

Maria Langer — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 13:04:23 +0000

bipul: Thanks very much. Unfortunately, it’s quite outdated now. I really need to go through the process again and rewrite it. One of these days….

By: bipul

bipul — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 23:57:13 +0000

I have quite a few domain as well as hosting accounts with Godaddy, and I have never had a bad experience. It might as well depend on how technically sound you are, but if you know how to play around with websites, you should be fine. My reason for chosing Linux hosting against Windows is to be able to run “cron jobs” as well as the “.htaccess” url rewriting. Installing Wordpress (and for that matter many other useful tools) is pretty easy with Godaddy hosting connection, or you can take it by yourself through FTP if you know how to. On the downside, I have experienced Godaddy’s database server down (and slow) at times.
Your post is explanatory and very helpful. Thanks for putting it all together.

By: Maria Langer

Maria Langer — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 14:59:20 +0000

To everyone needing help with this:

I’m really sorry, but I can’t provide individual assistance.

Also, please note that I don’t do the GoDaddy installation of WordPress. I do my own, using an FTP client on my GoDaddy server space. I then upgrade WordPress from within WordPress. I am completely unfamiliar with GoDaddy’s WordPress installation, so I can’t answer questions about it.

Finally, please keep in mind that this article is nearly THREE YEARS OLD. Things change. Chances are, nothing looks like this anymore.

I briefly covered installing WordPress on a GoDaddy server in my Lynda.com WordPress material. If you have a Lynda.com subscription, I highly recommend that you check it out.

I MAY update this article for a current GoDaddy/WordPress setup. But I cannot guarantee this. It would likely conflict with the material I prepared for Lynda.com.

Sorry I can’t currently offer any more assistance than what you’ll find here.

By: drsadov

drsadov — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 15:49:48 +0000

I need help getting this done.

Anyone who can complete the transfer of my wordpress blog to my godaddy accoutn please email me at drsadov@gmail.com

Thanks!

By: Cindy

Cindy — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 13:56:37 +0000

Hi Maria,
Have you ever done an upgrade of wordpress on godaddy? If so, you able to follow the upgrading instructions on wordpress web site?
Thanks
Cindy

By: Ananth

Ananth — Sun, 26 Apr 2009 06:54:30 +0000

Thank you so much for this guide. I was down in the drains after trying to migrate my blog to GoDaddy from another host. On another note, what was GoDaddy thinking by not implementing CPanel for their hosting service? The current system is pathetic!

By: David Strom

David Strom — Wed, 01 Apr 2009 15:42:11 +0000

The plugin has been updated, it can now do scheduled backups on its own. It also comes from a new source:
http://www.ilfilosofo.com/blog/wp-db-backup/

By: Maria Langer

Maria Langer — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:19:16 +0000

Thanks for letting me know about the bad link. I’ve fixed it, so it should work fine. The correct link is: http://www.mariasguides.com/2006/09/15/backing-up-a-wordpress-blog-database/

By: David Strom

David Strom — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 14:58:26 +0000

The link to backing up your wp blog is broken — thanks for the great info