Moving from Wordpress to Blogger: The Good, Bad, the Ugly, and How I Did It

By BLOGBloke July 26th, 2008 | 168 Comments

Moving from Wordpress to Blogger: The Good, Bad, the Ugly, and How I Did It



Overview:

Some of you may be asking — why on earth would anyone want to switch from Wordpress to Blogger? Well I have a very good reason, so please bear with me.

Recently my Wordpress blog was taken offline by my host provider leaving me without a blog to write from. The circumstances were strange to say the least and if you want more details you can read about it here. But that’s not my reason for writing this post.

I had no choice but to revert back to my old Blogger blog while they are apparently working on it. But before I get into the nitty and gritty of how I moved my Wordpress blog back over to Blogger, there are a few things that have stood out for me amongst all of the much-touted fixes and improvements published by Blogger.

So if you just want to read about the technical issues of moving your Wordpress blog over to Blogger then you can jump to the blog tips below.

Otherwise please continue reading…

The Good:

Nice! Blogger can now schedule posts. Finally, one of the most glaring omissions from Blogger has been implemented. This was one of the reasons why I left Blogger in the first place and I’m glad to see they’ve caught up to Wordpress in this respect.

They now have an import/export feature for merging other Blogger blogs. I have used this myself and although it’s a great feature they still have some work to do to make it better. You can read more about it below.

They’ve added more “widgets” simplifying things like adding a blog roll with the “Blog List” widget, but it still has a long way to catch up to the hundreds, if not thousands of Wordpress plugins that are available.

Another nice feature that they’ve added is Autosave in the post editor, and although it didn’t save me the other day when my computer crashed it’s a much-needed improvement.

Mulit-language support, Video Podcasting and Blogger Help Videos. GrandCentral, a free service from Google where you can receive phone calls and post voicemails right on your blog.

Lastly, and probably the most intriguing new thing for me is it’s much-touted Google Weblogs, but we shall have to wait and see how this will pan out. Fooled ya ;-)

The Bad:

Yes, they now have an import feature but it doesn’t check for duplicate content. Neither does it have a global delete button, so if you have duplicate posts you have to delete each one at a time. What a nuisance! In my case it didn’t look like the import feature had worked so I hit the button a second time.

Big Mistake!

Another annoyance is it can only import Blogger blogs so you can forget about trying to easily move your Wordpress posts over.

There’s still no undo feature in the post editor. Nuff said.

I’m really concerned about what damage might be caused to my reputation, traffic, brand, pagerank, (not counting the personal embarrassment either) by flipping back and forth from blog to blog. Poor Google must be having shiz fit right about now.

The Ugly:

Blogger still succumbs to those really annoying Google server errors that occasionally pop up. I’ve also noticed that Blogger will just stop working occasionally for no apparent reason, and you will have to go for a walk and hope that it’s back online again when you return.

The Blogger code is still wrapped up into just one file called a blog template. So when your blog gets more sophisticated the code can get a little longish making it confusing to work in.

Wordpress separates the “template” into smaller components making up what it calls a theme. By separating the code into smaller components, it makes it easier to work in (such as if you just want to make CSS changes you need only to load up the stylesheet).

The only drawback is if you forget where that little snippet of code is that you want to change, you will have to search each individual file until you find it. But that’s a small price to pay in my opinion for working in a more organized environment like Wordpress.

Blogger still keeps the comments section in a separate https file that doesn’t reside on the post page, making it more inconvenient for commenters to leave a message.

I stand corrected. Although New Blogger doesn’t have inline comments, the “In Draft” version now does. Much thanks to Jaffer for bringing this to my attention.

I’m still finding the post editor harder to work in than Wordpress. It has annoying bugaboos that need fixing and the environment is a little more cluttered and smaller than I like to work in.

Wordpress allows me to adjust the size of the editing section to suit my needs. It also seems to have less bugs and quirks than Blogger, and with the addition of plugins I can turn it into a virtual printing press.

Technical Matters … How to move your blog from Wordpress over to Blogger:

It’s really quite easy. Basically all you need to do is follow my instructions in reverse. If you are a Custom Domain user (like you should be) all that’s required is to change your DNS settings in your domain host back to Google and cut the umbilical chord from the blog host provider.

In my case all I that had to do was remove the Wordpress host’s “Name Server” like so:

NameServer Moving from Wordpress to Blogger: The Good, Bad, the Ugly, and How I Did It
And put back the Google DNS settings thusly:

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InstaBloke GoDaddy A Record Moving from Wordpress to Blogger: The Good, Bad, the Ugly, and How I Did It
Unfortunately because there is no import feature for Wordpress posts you are stuck with doing it manually which can be a daunting task if there are a lot. Neither does Blogger have an .htaccess file for redirects.

Nevertheless there are some alternatives such as python scripts to help with the import, but I haven’t tested these methods myself so please use at your own risk.

The Bottom Line:

Although Blogger has made some headway into catching up to Wordpress it still has a long way to go. It has a lot of bugs that still need ironing out, lacks basic functionality of Wordpress, plugins that extend it’s power, and a general feeling of maturity that Wordpress has.

So even though Blogger is still behind in the blog platform arena, at least it is headed in the right direction.

Will I stay with Blogger? Probably not. There are just too many advantages that Wordpress has over Blogger. But more especially, if you want to run a professional blog then Wordpress is the only way to go.

But if you are a personal blogger and you are willing to wait, don’t want the hassle of moving or having to pay for a blog host, then by all means stay with Blogger. It still has some holes and quirks to fix, but at least they’re working on it. ;-)

Whatever your reason might be for moving back to Blogger (either because you prefer it over Wordpress, or like in my case I was forced to) … now you know.


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    1. Wow, I can’t believe myself you could come out with such reviews and many thanks for your honest opinion.

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    3. Very interesting. I remember reading your posts about converting to WordPress from blogger so came on to read about that and found this post

      I use Blogger myself but have been reading about WP and how good it is. So I am researching whether it is worthwhile to change.

      I can see that if I want to take on the extra burden of coordinating web hosting as well that Wordpress software is more flexible - this is to be expected in any self run solution I guess.

      But as a comparison of services Wordpress.com vs Blogspot doesn’t seem to have many clear advantages either way.

      I like the geekiness of DIY but as I do this for a hobby, not yet and probably never for $$$, then I think I will stick with Google’s hosted Blogger solution for now.

      I have had some fun tweaking the templates, I use a non-blogger template, and that’s enough for me. Plus I find that most of the real services, extensions, tweaks - e.g. Feedburner, Flickr, etc - support the Blogger API anyway.

      So it’s the easy way home for me :)

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      Blog Bloke on Aug 12th, 2008 at 2:26 am replied...

      Hi Mulligrubs.

      All you can do is weigh the pros and cons and make your own decision. My motto is whatever works for you.

      Thanks for the comment and drop by again.

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      Blog Bloke (@blogbloketips) reply on August 12th, 2008 2:26 am:

    4. I can never imagine myself going back to Blogger. I actually used 3 different blog services before, but now I’m sticking to the best decision I ever made, which was moving to Wordpress. Although there are good and bad things for both Blogger and Wordpress, Wordpress is still the one for me in terms of productivity and usefulness.

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    5. I have to agree with Sly…I would NEVER go back to blogger. I’d rather be out the expense of hosting my own domain with godaddy and having complete control over my blog. thinking of dropping it and going to blogger? cringe.

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    6. Good idea. It will help them who want to change their hosting. thanks for the useful post.

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    7. Hi, Blogger to wordpress plugin helps you to redirect all the blogger visters to the corresponding post in your wordpress blog.

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    8. If i don’t own a domain… then how can i import a blog from Wordpress to Blogger??

      Kindly Email me..
      Waiting..

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      BLOGBloke on Nov 4th, 2009 at 9:32 pm replied...

      @Humayon, if you are just a blogspot user then you don’t need to bother with dns settings. But I still recommend getting your own domain.

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      BLOGBloke (@blogbloketips) reply on November 4th, 2009 9:32 pm:

    9. I have my domain and because Wordpress charges you for mapping domains I don’t think I will use this service.

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      BLOGBloke on Dec 2nd, 2009 at 5:28 am replied...

      @zarazek, don’t get your domains through Wordpress. Use GoDaddy or something similar.

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      zarazek on Dec 15th, 2009 at 12:34 pm replied...

      @BLOGBloke, Yeh, I had a domain from a different comapny but Wordpress said I still had pay them to be able to link my blog to it. Never mind, I’ve moved my blog to Blogger and have been pleased with it.

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      BLOGBloke on Dec 15th, 2009 at 4:21 pm replied...

      @zarazek, so if I understand you correctly your blog was being hosted by Wordpress and then they insisted on charging for managing the domain as well. That’s a rip-off.

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      BLOGBloke (@blogbloketips) reply on December 15th, 2009 4:21 pm:

      zarazek (@blogbloketips) reply on December 15th, 2009 12:34 pm:

      BLOGBloke (@blogbloketips) reply on December 2nd, 2009 5:28 am:

    10. @BLOGBloke, Yeh, I had a domain from a different comapny but Wordpress said I still had pay them to be able to link… http://www.blogbloke.com/moving-wordpres…

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      maniar on Dec 15th, 2009 at 3:41 pm replied...

      @BLOGBloke You moved back to blogger ? Wow … off to read the post.

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      maniar (@blogbloketips) reply on December 15th, 2009 3:41 pm:

      maniar on Dec 15th, 2009 at 3:45 pm replied...

      @BLOGBloke Oh I remember this when you and others had problems ! LOL I should mention the it was @Curtisgw who had pointed the in-draft mode

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      Humayon on Nov 6th, 2009 at 3:48 pm replied...

      @BLOGBloke_Tips Check this: http://clixterz.blogspot.com/ Look @ the right top corner above “Search Widget”. I want this white space removed

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      Humayon (@blogbloketips) reply on November 6th, 2009 3:48 pm:

      maniar (@blogbloketips) reply on December 15th, 2009 3:45 pm:

    11. I been following this thread for a while, keep it going

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    12. very very thank you

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    13. Very interesting. I remember reading your posts about converting to WordPress from blogger so came on to read about that and found this post

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    14. thanks for sharing this information, it really helped me. I want to migrate from wordpress to blogger.

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      BLOGBloke on Apr 1st, 2010 at 5:18 pm replied...

      @dhan, glad it helped

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      BLOGBloke (@blogbloketips) reply on April 1st, 2010 5:18 pm:

      BLOGBloke on Apr 1st, 2010 at 5:20 pm replied...

      @dhan, you’re welcome

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      BLOGBloke (@blogbloketips) reply on April 1st, 2010 5:20 pm:

    15. Awesome post! Nothing more to explain.

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    16. Thank you for another great article. Where else could anyone get that kind of information in such a perfect way of writing?

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    17. What if I want to stick with blogger despite the technical benifits? Most of the faults you mentioned about blogger have been fixed, haven’t they? I started blogging in Jan 2009 and I used to have problems with the automatic saver, I’d have to type some bit again but gladly, it has been fixed. I thought about switching from blogger to wordpress after reading an e-book, “Make money online” which suggests that I should write only on one topic and praise about the wordpress software. However, I’ll probably switch to wordpress.com (If I do switch) for now. Yeah, I know wordpress blogs look more professional, just like a website. I might just end up having two blogs. lol no, I don’t want 2 blogs just because I cannot chose between blogger and wordpress but because I want to write only about England cricket on one and about the other million things on the other blog.

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      BLOGBloke on Aug 22nd, 2010 at 11:50 pm replied...

      @jimmymycrushie, if you want a professional blog then Wordpress is the way to go. A personal blog is just fine on Blogger. Why not try Wordpress.com first before deciding to pay for hosting?

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      jimmymycrushie on Aug 26th, 2010 at 7:55 pm replied...

      @BLOGBloke, Thanks for the information, I’ve questions. What is the procedure of moving from wordpress.com to wordpress? Will I have to do everything again? I mean choose a theme, widgets, transfer posts and you know, when I’ll transfer posts from blogger to wordpress.com, the new site will have a new rank, 0 visitors, start from scratch. Hopefully, the people who like my blogger blog will visit the wordpress one as well but will all that happen again when I switch to wordpress? And what bout the permalinks? Suppose someone has the link of a post from my blogger blog and that post is transferred to wordpress blog, can I redirect those people to wordpress.com? And then, google has cached pages. I hope I can easily redirect people from wordpress.com to wordpress when I switch again.

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      BLOGBloke on Aug 28th, 2010 at 11:17 pm replied...

      @jimmymycrushie, this will answer your questions http://www.blogbloke.com/migrating-redirecting-blogger-wordpress-htaccess-apache-best-method/

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      BLOGBloke (@blogbloketips) reply on August 28th, 2010 11:17 pm:

      jimmymycrushie (@blogbloketips) reply on August 26th, 2010 7:55 pm:

      BLOGBloke (@blogbloketips) reply on August 22nd, 2010 11:50 pm:

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