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In the modern world, starting a personal blog or a simple website is quite easy. There\u2019s no need for coding, and you actually don\u2019t have to have any experience with web development. You just need the will to start a blog and a bit of browsing in order to find the platform you will like and want to use for months and hopefully years of your blogging career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One of those platforms that will help you start your first blog is Tumblr<\/a>. It was very popular from the first days it was founded in 2007. Whether you wanted to start a personal diary and keep it private or write a blog you could share with your friends, Tumblr was there to help. It still is, don\u2019t get us wrong, but Tumblr simply can\u2019t compare to WordPress when it comes to many aspects of blogging.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you still have a Tumblr blog which you would now like to move to WordPress, don\u2019t worry. There\u2019s a solution; and although you won\u2019t be able to move everything in a single click of a button, with our help you will be able to complete the entire transfer without any issues. Once you complete the last step, your blog will be handled by WordPress and you will finally get to use all the perks of WordPress which takes about 60% of CMS market share<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Tumblr is an astounding platform for a casual blogger. If you only want to write a post here and there without any expectations regarding customization, popularity, and monetization of your blog, you actually don\u2019t have to do the switch. Tumblr definitely looks nice, and it instantly connects you to other bloggers who can help you reach new people. But if you have given a thought about being more serious with your blog, WordPress is the way to go.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For starters, when we talk about WordPress.org<\/a>, it is an open-source platform that allows you to control the entire blog. Once you have a blog on WordPress, you automatically become the owner of it. Unfortunately, with Tumblr, that\u2019s not the case. Tumblr is owned by Yahoo, so in the worst-case scenario, if the company decides to shut the platform tomorrow, you can wave your blog goodbye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If we move on, WordPress allows much more customization options than Tumblr. Instead of simple color and theme changes, WordPress lets you use more than 50,000 plugins (free and premium which can do miracles if you use them wisely) and also tens of thousands of themes you can tailor to your needs. And if you decide to learn more (or hire a professional who can code in features for you), there are almost no limits to the platform.<\/p>\n\n\n\n We already wrote about differences between WordPress and Tumblr<\/a> so we won\u2019t go into many details this time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Disclosure<\/strong>: FirstSiteGuide is supported by our readers. When you purchase via links on our site we may earn a commission. We test and try all the products that we recommend. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n Before we move onto the transfer itself, you will have to make sure you have a WordPress site ready for the shift.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For starters, you will have to have a hosting service where you will install WordPress. When it comes to hosting a WordPress site, we always recommend Bluehost<\/a> – one of the rare hosting services recommended by WordPress itself. You can start your new self-hosted blog for as low as $2.75 per month<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\nWhy should I move my blog from Tumblr to WordPress?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Prepare everything for the transfer<\/h2>\n\n\n\n