Title: WordPress.org Versus WordPress.com Last modified: June 11, 2017 --- # WordPress.org Versus WordPress.com * [fpdorchak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fpdorchak/) * (@fpdorchak) * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-org-versus-wordpress-com/) * I have been with WP.org for a couple months, now, and am thoroughly confused. I do no get what the benefits are in my TRYING to migrate over to WP.org. I set up a hosting platform for my site using BlueHost, using WP.org with StudioPress format, and it has been nothing but hell since the beginning. Nothing worked smoothly, and all instructions by all orgs did not work as detailed, nor did they interact cleanly with each other. Nothing was smooth about the transition and it’s still not complete: * 1) My migration of WP.com blog posts to WP.org failed. I’ve been t/sing them since the beginning, even had coders trying to break up my larger files into smaller ones and they still not all transferred over. Why is this even an issue? 2) I’m constantly asked to sign in to WP.COM when I sign into WP.ORG. Why (“You can now save time spent logging in by connecting your WordPress.com account to F. P. Dorchak.”)?! Why do I still apparently need WP.com? My intent was to incorporate my website with my blog posts, transfer over all my blog posts from WP.com and be done with WP.com, but that doesn’t see like a possibility. Now I appear that I have to manage WP.com and WP.org?! I see no apparent benefit to my actions…. * Frustration and unhappiness levels are kinda high…. * So…what am I missing? * Thanks. Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) * [homemadejam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/homemadejam/) * (@homemadejam) * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-org-versus-wordpress-com/#post-9217920) * Sorry to hear you have been having such an unpleasant time! It does not sound like you have been receiving competent assistance in all this. Any professional coder should have no problem with answering and resolving these issues. * _My migration of WP.com blog posts to WP.org failed. I’ve been t/sing them since the beginning, even had coders trying to break up my larger files into smaller ones and they still not all transferred over. Why is this even an issue?_ It is very hard to diagnose this problem with so little information. What method did you use to migrate your posts? How many posts are we talking about (roughly speaking)? What kind of error message(s) did you receive, if any? * WPBeginner has [a good tutorial](http://www.wpbeginner.com/wp-tutorials/how-to-properly-move-your-blog-from-wordpress-com-to-wordpress-org/) on migrating from WordPress.com to WordPress.org, if you have not already seen it. * _“You can now save time spent logging in by connecting your WordPress.com account to F. P. Dorchak.”_ This can be confusing, yes. The reason for this message is that you probably have Jetpack or a similar plugin installed on your WordPress. org that utilizes resources from WordPress.com to help manage your site (statistics, security, etc). You can just ignore it if you want and login the regular way. Or simply uninstall Jetpack if you don’t wish to use it and you’ll just see the regular login page. * Thread Starter [fpdorchak](https://wordpress.org/support/users/fpdorchak/) * (@fpdorchak) * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-org-versus-wordpress-com/#post-9218114) * And that is another thing: there is no one-stop-shopping for links on how do get things done. There seem to be 15,000 disparate locations one has to search out or be directed to to get the job done. There needs to be a SINGLE (one) ( 1) (less than two) location where everything you need to know is located. It should be EASY and OBVIOUS to find. It should not be in coder-speak. All direction should actually work. * I believe I have on the order some 300 posts. I did everything as directed in multiple locations to migrate over my WP.com blog posts, and some worked…and some blew up. And it was left up to me to decide what size file to break up into. Me?! I had to plead with the “Happiness Engineers” to get them to do this…they finally did…and seven sets of files still failed. * I think Jetpack is used to migrate data files. Not sure of other functions. * But what is the point of having a self-hosted site on WP.org over doing it on WP.com and not going self hosted? Is there really any advantage? And can I actually deactivate my WP.com account and just go WP.org? * Please…forgive any displayed attitude, but I am extremely frustrated…. * [homemadejam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/homemadejam/) * (@homemadejam) * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-org-versus-wordpress-com/#post-9221063) * WordPress is open source, which means it is a community-driven project. As such, there is a plethora of tutorials and guides online. Some are good, some- not so much. * There is a single authoritative reference point, though: [WordPress.org](https://wordpress.org) * More specifically, the [Codex](https://codex.wordpress.org/) covers all the various aspects of the platform and how it works. The instructions there for any given task should work. It does, however, feature a lot of code/codespeak simply because that’s what WordPress is: code. * WordPress.com and WordPress.org serve different needs for different people. If you don’t see a benefit in migrating, then maybe you don’t need to. * The main reason I know of for people moving from WordPress.com to WordPress.org is to have more flexibility and control over presentation and functionality. WordPress.org has much more of both, but one needs to be able to code to a certain extent (CSS, mainly) in order to utilize it. * Lastly, I can see you are using a theme running the Genesis framework. You might consider trying a different theme to work with – there are plenty of good free ones available (Dashboard>Appearance>Themes). The Genesis framework is potent, but it is also complex, and may be more than you need. I would say it definitely has a steeper learning curve than other, simpler, themes. * Best of luck to you. * [homemadejam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/homemadejam/) * (@homemadejam) * [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-org-versus-wordpress-com/#post-9221071) * P.s. Yes, if you decide to migrate, you can deactivate your WordPress.com account and just go self-hosted with WordPress.org. You’ll just need to delete or disable whatever plugin (Jetpack, e.g.) is utilizing it. Viewing 4 replies - 1 through 4 (of 4 total) The topic ‘WordPress.org Versus WordPress.com’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Everything else WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/miscellaneous/) * 4 replies * 2 participants * Last reply from: [homemadejam](https://wordpress.org/support/users/homemadejam/) * Last activity: [9 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-org-versus-wordpress-com/#post-9221071) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics