How to Move a Blog From WordPress to Tumblr
With the many blog platforms available on the Web, you may be considering making the move from WordPress to Tumblr. Many blog platforms are cross compatible; you can usually migrate from one blog to another with the creation of an XML file. However, while WordPress can export an XML file for you, Tumblr has no capability for importing the file. Therefore, your only option for moving your blog from WordPress to Tumblr is to manually transfer the posts.
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Instructions
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Log in to your WordPress account and then click "Posts" on your dashboard. A List of all of your posts will appear.
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Log in to your Tumblr account and then get your secret email address from the "Goodies" page.
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Click "Quick Edit" under a post in WordPress and then highlight the post content. Click "Ctrl" and "C" to copy the content to the clipboard.
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Compose an email to the secret Tumblr email address you obtained in Step 2. Cut and paste the contents of the clipboard into the body of the email by pressing "Ctrl" and "V" together. Type an appropriate title for your post in the "Topic" line of the email and then click "Send."
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Repeat Steps 3 and 4 for every WordPress post that you want to transfer to Tumblr.
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Tips & Warnings
Delete your posts from WordPress as you transfer them to Tumblr or change the status of the post from "Published" to "Draft." In addition to the benefit of it being easier for you to see which posts you've already transferred, you will avoid the duplicate content penalty imposed by search engines.
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