How to Convert a Blogger Export to WordPress
Several different platforms exist which allow you to create a free blog online, including Blogger and WordPress. Although Blogger and WordPress are different from one another in terms of design, layout and how your perform tasks using either platform, they save your blog as a common file type, ".xml." As a result, exporting a Blogger blog to WordPress requires only that you import the file into your WordPress blog --- there is no need to perform any sort of conversion.
Other People Are Reading
Instructions
-
-
1
Download your Blogger .XML file. Log in to Blogger, click the "Settings" tab under the name of the blog you wish to export and click "Export Blog."
-
2
Click the orange "Download" blog button, browse your computer for a suitable download location and click "Save" to save the file to your hard drive.
-
-
3
Log in to WordPress and scroll down to the "Tools" pane, located along the left side of the WordPress dashboard. Click "Import."
-
4
Import your .XML file to WordPress. Click "Blogger," then click "Install Now" to install the WordPress "Importer" plugin if you've never imported another blog's XML file on your current version of WordPress. Click "Activate Plugin and Run Importer."
-
5
Enter your Blogger --- in other words, Google --- account information, then wait for WordPress to populate the plugin with a list of your blogger blogs. Click "Import" next to the blog you wish to import and wait for WordPress to tell you the process has completed. Your Blogger posts are now in your WordPress blog.
-
1
Tips & Warnings
You must have upgraded to at least WordPress 2.2 in order to import from Blogger. If you use an older version, click the "Get New Version" text at the top of your WordPress Dashboard.
