Blogger is getting better and there could be bloggers wanting to import and convert their Wordpress blog to Blogger blog. Wordpress has in-built feature (under ‘tools’ tab) to import any Blogger blog. However, reverse conversion of Wordpress blog to Blogger blog is not supported.
Well, not anymore – you can convert your Wordpress blog to Blogger blog. Wordpress2Blogger web service provide a dead simple way for this conversion. To get started, login into your Wordpress blog then goto ‘Manage’ or ‘Tools’ tab and look for export option. Using this option download Wordpress WXR export file.
Now upload this file to Wordpress2Blogger online service to make it Blogger compatible. Download the resultant file and upload it into Blogger blog using import feature in Blogger dashboard. Your Wordpress posts should start appearing in Blogger blog. This method is suitable for smaller blogs with export / import files less than 1MB.
In case you want more technical way for Wordpress to Blogger conversion then checkout Google Blog Converter project. As pointed by Google OpenSource blog “… This new Open Source project provides the ability to easily move blog posts and comments from service to service. This initial release provides Python libraries and runnable scripts that convert between the export formats of Blogger, LiveJournal, MovableType, and WordPress.” Take you pick!
hi,
searched this for ages and finally find the solution.
huge thanks to you!
Thanks, it worked for me!
if we change our blog to blogger than what would be url?? is it the same as earlier or will be changed?
Same problem other recent (and not so recent) commenters have had: Fails on import attempt.
I figured out a way to do it
jesusmvw.blogspot.com/2010/01/i-figured-out-how-to-import-wordpress.html
Recently I try it.. but it always failed to import
Thank you for the information , i was having trouble with this you solved my problem.
I have done all above steps, but getting the error. “Sorry, the import failed due to a server error. The error code is bX-qm5h6h”
hi!
thanks for the link, but i was unable to upload the file as it said:
“Sorry, the import failed due to a server error. The error code is bX-qm5h6h”
may i know how i could possibly solve this please!
thank you! (:
thanks for this tips. I’ve trouble to converting my wp to blogger. Now I’ve done it. But there is something unsuccessful on importing it, because my page didn’t imported.
Hi,
I have some posts in WP which I want to import into my Blogger blog (presently, I am consolidating my writings across net).. but there are many duplicate entries, which I do not want to import. How can I import selected entries from WP to Blogger?
Pardon me, I am also facing lots of problems in getting my Blogger Blog indexed by Google Sitemaps… (of the total of 500+ posts, just about 60 are indexed) any help will be greatly appreciated.
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Many thanks
Thanks a lot. u saved my lots of time.
ey where is the author of this post why you are not answering the questions!!!
please.
can you tell us if there is a way to import wordpress themes to blogger !!
thank you
WP sux. And I recently purchased a licensed OneTheme. Can anyone convert it to blogger for me??? Pleeeze…
You should try any simple free wordpress theme, google it. You for sure will love WP.
How can I convert large file, XML file that I exported from my WP, it is about 12mb while google code allow less than 1MB?
thanks so much, very helpful. I’m not trying to switch from wp to blg, just wana maintain both.
What a great tip and tool! Thanks so much. This saved me tons of time moving my blog.
thanks so much….very helpful…..
Awesome! Works a treat! Thanks so much!
Thanks, but hopw can we do to export the template, which is what is interresting me ?
Cause j tried, it works, but j onlyhave the messages, and nothing else….
My aim is to convert my wordpress template to insert it in blogger ?
Thansk in advance for eventual answers…
I’m really impressed with this feature!!
I could only import from blogspot and MSN live spaces to wordpress. I thought I was gonna keep using wordpress, but really i’m not into super pimping it, and it’s kinda difficult, so I’ll stick with blogspot, has nice features, and it’s easy to use.
Also i’m impressed because it imported tags from wordpress!!
Thanks so much for the link!
Most of my blogs are from blogger and I’m comfortable to use blogger platform. I tried to use wordpress and it seems that it’s hard to customized my blog. In blogger I can customized my templates and I can simply embed the adsense code on it.
between wordpress.com and blogger … blogger obviously gets the upper hand . except for the lack of ‘pages’ blogger offers more options for its users .
blogger also offers the custom domain option for free .
now between wordpress cms and blogger.com … wordpress wins by a longshot . if uo have a good host ( good at all aspects ) then wordpress is the way to go . it offers some great customization , a huge library of plugins ( good ones ) and not to mention the themes …
most blogger templates out there are poorly written where as wordpress templates usually come an optimized form .
i think that saying that wordpress sucks is a little too much . it all depends on what you want from your blog .
as for the conversion … this is one HUUUUGE problem with blogger.com . i’m struggling to get my blog on blogger and my db obviously has more than 1 mb in size … so i don’t really know how i’m going to do it ( an idea for a future post might be exactly this – a guide on installing that app from google on your computer using a local host and then converting your xml . not all of us are proficient in python ) .
one way i’m gonna try it is i will split my xml file in 2 separate files using a text editor ( simply download 2 copy’s of my post db and then cut the first half of posts and in the second file cut the second part of the posts – to make them smaller ) and then i think i will upload 2 separate xml files .
theoretically this should work if blogger allows 2 uploads without overwriting anything .
I’m converting a couple of my wp blogs to blogger not because of stupid reasons like poor theme choices – wtf blogger has even less themes to choose from – I’m just sick of worrying about hackers.
So far, no one has managed to hack into blogspot.
Is there any way to export more than 1 MB using the converter tool? I tried it and it only sent my first two posts over to blogger. I have many more than that.
Wordpress SUCKS to the max! I am outta there! I should of listened but I didn’t. But WP will be getting a nasty letter….WORD SUPPRESS should be aptly named!
Huwatt? No Wordpress user will transfer to Blogger? I’m reverting back to Blogger.
Unfortunately I have to agree with Kelly!
I’m very disappointed at poor theme choises and the lack of possibility to edit and modify wordpress blog. I wish I had choisen blogger 6 months ago..
Steve Yu is wrong wrong wrong. I’m sick of the limited ability on wordpress. I’ve changed over to blogspot as they are fresh and new, support adsense, and have the ablity to customize the layout and backgrounds without having to pay $15+ per year. Wordpress is a rip off and is old fashioned and out of date.
Thank you thank you thank you sooo much for this post!!!
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I really appreciate your help
Much simpler solution is to use window live writer for transferring the content not only between wordpress and bloggers but virtually any blogging platform in this cool world.
Download window live writer on your desktop , go the webblog tap and use your grey matters to configure it…very simple, i swear…
Let me tell you a much better way of doing it, i have been using for ages
Download and install window live writer and keep on transferring postings between not only wordpress or bloggers but any blog platform like typepad, live journal.
Nice tool. But I believe no Wordpress users (or a few users may) want to use blogspot.