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Move your WordPress website to yaya

Paste the address of your WordPress website. yaya reads the page, fills in your business, and drafts a site you review before you publish.

Start with your address

Before you leave WordPress

Download your website data

WordPress XML contains content and media links, not image files, themes or plugins. yaya reads your published address rather than importing this file. The media and domain steps below are for WordPress.com; on self-hosted WordPress, use your host and registrar.

  1. Open your site’s dashboard.
  2. Go to Tools → Export.
  3. Choose All content.
  4. Click Download Export File to save the XML.
  5. On WordPress.com without plugins, open Tools → Export Media Files.
  6. Click Download to save the media archive. If you have plugins installed, follow the media library export guide for your site’s download route.
  7. Keep the original site online until you have saved and checked your images.

Move a domain you bought from WordPress

Use the WordPress.com domain transfer guide for a domain registered there. Do not cancel the domain during transfer. Change the website’s domain records before starting if you need it to point at yaya immediately.

  1. Open Domains in your WordPress.com Hosting Dashboard.
  2. Select the registered domain you own.
  3. Click Transfer under Actions.
  4. Turn Transfer lock off under Transfer to another registrar.
  5. Click Get authorization code.
  6. Get the code from the domain’s contact email.
  7. Enter the code at your new registrar to start the transfer.

Then connect the domain to your yaya site. It connects free at every tier. Source: Export your website’s content. Read 2026-10-14.

How it works

  1. Copy the address. Open your WordPress website and copy its address from the browser bar.
  2. Import your site. Paste the address into the form on this page and press Import my site.
  3. Open your draft. Sign in if asked. yaya continues the transfer. Review your draft when it is ready.
  4. Review and publish. yaya drafts the site. Review it, change anything, then publish on a free yayasite.com address.
  5. Move your domain. Connect your own domain when you are ready. It connects free at every tier.

Common questions

What does yaya read from my WordPress website?

yaya reads the public page at the address you paste. It drafts your business description from the business name, the page description, the first paragraphs and any phone or email it finds. When yaya builds your site, it tries to copy up to 8 photos from the page, takes an accent color from it, and keeps a font when the page names one yaya offers. If yaya cannot read the page, nothing is copied. You edit everything before you publish.

Will my WordPress website go offline?

No. yaya does not touch your WordPress account. Your current site stays live until you point your domain at yaya.

Can I keep my domain?

Yes. Every site gets a free address on yayasite.com, and your own domain connects free at every tier.

What does yaya do after I publish?

yaya keeps working: SEO and GEO content, posts, review asks and follow-ups. Anything that costs money or reaches a customer waits for your approval.