Want to see if I can try exporting a site I deleted

minababe · Member · Oct 21, 2020 at 3:52 pm
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Dear WordPress.com,

I deleted one of my sites. Before I did, I exported everything. I thought I had downloaded the export, but it seems as if I didn’t, and now the link to the download has expired. Is there a way I can still get this export?
minababe · Member · Oct 21, 2020 at 4:38 pm
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Oops, title is wrong.

CORRECTION: I HAD exported it. It’s just that the download link expired.
kokkieh · Staff · Oct 22, 2020 at 5:45 am
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Hi there,

The only way to generate a new export for the site is to undelete the site first, which we can only do for 30 days after deletion.

What is the URL of the site in question?
minababe · Member · Oct 22, 2020 at 12:57 pm
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Hi! Thank you very much for your quick and courteous response! It’s nycgentrificationwatch.wordpress.com.
supernovia · Staff · Oct 22, 2020 at 7:10 pm
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@minababe, thanks! With your permission, we’ll restore the site so you can export again.

Please confirm as soon as possible, since you’re currently more than halfway through the 30 day grace period before the old site is purged.
minababe · Member · Oct 22, 2020 at 7:30 pm
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@supernovia:

Yes, please restore so I can export. I will download ASAP and let you know when I’ve successfully downloaded everything.
supernovia · Staff · Oct 22, 2020 at 8:54 pm
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That’s done now. Cheers!
minababe · Member · Oct 22, 2020 at 9:35 pm
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@supernovia: Thank you! I’ve downloaded the export and media files, so the site can be deleted finally.
staff-totoro · Staff · Oct 22, 2020 at 11:33 pm
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Hi there,

Thanks for confirming. Before you close the site we recommend creating your export file, then importing it into your new site while the old one is still live.

This way the import should proceed without issue. After the import (on your new site) is complete, make the WordPress.com site private. Then take a look at your new site one more time to see that setting the WordPress.com site to “private” did not lead to any changes.

Then, once you’re sure you don’t need anything else from the old site, it’s safe to delete it, which you can do here: https://wordpress.com/settings/delete-site/nycgentrificationwatch.wordpress.com
minababe · Member · Oct 24, 2020 at 2:16 am
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@staff-totoro:

Thank you very much! I’ll be checking to make sure that everything has been imported successfully (everything seems okay for now but I’ll double check this weekend anyway), and will switch off the old site as soon as possible.
supernovia · Staff · Oct 24, 2020 at 6:14 am
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Sounds good. And just note you can easily make the old site private (which also disables it from public view) then come back and delete it after a few months when you’re sure you don’t need anything from it.

Cheers!

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