Blogger to WordPress Migration Without Losing SEO

Why Move From Blogger to WordPress

In four steps: export your Blogger content as XML; import it into WordPress; match permalinks and set 301 redirects for every old URL; then fix images, internal links and Search Console. Traffic survives on the redirects — each old Blogspot URL must 301 (permanent, ranking-signal-passing) to its new WordPress home.

Move when Blogspot's ceilings start costing you: the blogspot.com subdomain instead of your own domain authority, no plugin ecosystem, limited themes, and Google owning the roadmap. WordPress on hosting from ₹300–₹400/month gives you your domain as the canonical site, LSCache-speed serving, plugins for everything and exportable data. Keep the Blogspot blog alive read-only for a transition month — the redirect setup needs it reachable.

Step 1: Export Your Blogger Content (XML)

Export Your Blogger Content (XML). Allow 80 and 443 to the world, and restrict SSH (22) or RDP (3389) to known IPs. A site that times out after a firewall change is usually a closed web port, not a dead server. If you lock yourself out, use the console in the client area or email support@webji.services before you reboot in a loop.

Step 2: Import Into WordPress

Import Into WordPress. Allow 80 and 443 to the world, and restrict SSH (22) or RDP (3389) to known IPs. A site that times out after a firewall change is usually a closed web port, not a dead server. If you lock yourself out, use the console in the client area or email support@webji.services before you reboot in a loop.

Step 3: Match Permalinks and Set 301 Redirects

The permalink decision comes before redirects. Set WordPress to a structure that lets you mirror Blogspot's year/month pattern if you want exact matches, or accept the change and redirect wholesale — the 301 redirects guide covers the mechanics.

Two redirect layers work: keep Blogger active and set its theme to emit a per-post redirect. The Blogger import in WordPress includes a 'Blogger to WordPress Redirection' plugin step that writes the mapping — or, if you control the domain, put the redirects in .htaccess. Batch-verify: crawl your old sitemap (Blogspot's /sitemap.xml) and confirm each URL returns 301 then 200 at its destination. Miss even ten high-traffic posts and you will see it in Search Console within a fortnight.

Step 4: Fix Images, Internal Links and Search Console

The post-import cleanup checklist:

• Images — pull Blogger-hosted images local (media-import plugins handle it) so posts stop depending on Google's CDN.

• Internal links — search posts for 'blogspot.' references and update them to the new domain.

• Search Console — add the new domain property, submit the new sitemap, and let the old property's coverage wind down.

• Analytics — repoint GA4 to the new domain.

Then watch Search Console's Page Indexing report weekly for a month: stray 404s are missing redirects — add them one by one.

DIY vs Professional Migration Cost

Free migration is offered subject to terms and approval. It is not an unattended button, and it is not a promise for every custom stack. Open a ticket with the current host login or a full backup, keep the old host online until you have checked the copy, and only then change DNS.