Title: self hosted database to wordpress.com
Last modified: August 18, 2016

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# self hosted database to wordpress.com

 *  [decartret](https://wordpress.org/support/users/decartret/)
 * (@decartret)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/self-hosted-database-to-wordpresscom/)
 * my blog host recently crashed… again.
    I’ve decided to move my blog posts over
   to wordpress.com the problem is, wp.com is asking for a .wrx file while I’ve 
   been backing up my blog in a .sql file. How do I convert the .sql file to a .
   wrx file?

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 *  [whooami](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whooami/)
 * (@whooami)
 * [18 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/self-hosted-database-to-wordpresscom/#post-592237)
 * you dont. an .sql file is a complete database dump, whereas a .wxr is a dump 
   of just content
 * this ought to help you ..
 * [http://technosailor.com/wordpress-to-wordpress-import/](http://technosailor.com/wordpress-to-wordpress-import/)
 * see additionally:
 * [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=export+rss+wordpress&btnG=Google+Search](http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=export+rss+wordpress&btnG=Google+Search)
 *  [mirmil](https://wordpress.org/support/users/mirmil/)
 * (@mirmil)
 * [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/self-hosted-database-to-wordpresscom/#post-592645)
 * Well, I’m in similar situation – i have .sql but there is no way i can get to
   my old block, its gone with my old server (don’t ask). Anyway i can convert it
   to wxr, and (what’s important) keep the character’s encoding?

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 * [conversion](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/conversion/)
 * [db](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/db/)
 * [sql](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/sql/)
 * [wp.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wp-com/)
 * [wrx](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/wrx/)

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 * Last activity: [18 years, 8 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/self-hosted-database-to-wordpresscom/#post-592645)
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