Opera's web browser housed a community feature that allowed anyone to create blogs and online communities on the My Opera website. Recently, they announced that My Opera is shutting down and all users are advised to download and export their content and move to other services. In this article, we will show you how to move from My Opera to WordPress.
At WPBeginner, we've helped thousands of users make the move to WordPress from Tumblr, Blogger, WordPres.com, and other services.
When your site is hosted by a third party blogging service provider, there are certain limitations on what you can do with it. Sometimes they may even decide to shut down the service, like My Opera did. Trust us, they're not the first to do that, and they won't be the last either.
This is an opportunity for you to be free from third party blogging services and run your own hosted WordPress site with complete freedom.
A self-hosted WordPress.org site is not the same as a WordPress.com blog. We have prepared a guide for users on the differences between WordPress.com and the self-hosted WordPress.org site. Take a look so you can make an informed decision.
You will need to have a domain name and a good web hosting company that knows WordPress. We recommend that you use Bluehost because they will give you a free domain and 50% discount on their hosting plan (special for WPBeginner users). Bluehost is also an officially recommended WordPress hosting provider.
To export your blog, you need to log in to your My Opera account and click on the wrench icon at the top right of the screen and select Account .
This will take you to your account page where you need to click on Blog Settings link.
On the blog settings page, you will see a big blue button labeled Export your blog. You must click this button to start the export process.
On the next screen, My Opera will inform you that your WordPress export is being processed. You will receive an email notification when it is ready to download. You must check your inbox to receive an email from My Opera. This email will have the link for your WordPress export file, which you need to download to your computer.
Now that you have exported your My Opera data, the next step is to set up a new WordPress installation on your web host. WordPress is very easy to install and it only takes a few clicks. We have a step by step tutorial on how to install WordPress in 5 minutes. Once you've installed WordPress, it's time to import your content to your new self-hosted WordPress website.
Once you have successfully installed WordPress, the next step is to import your My Opera blog into your new WordPress blog. Login to the admin area of your WordPress site and click on Tools »Import .
On the next screen you will see a list of available import options. WordPress can import data from many blogging services. You will notice that My Opera is not listed there. This is because your My Opera file is already in WordPress format and is ready to be imported the same way you would import a WordPress blog into another WordPress blog.
To begin the import process, you need to click on WordPress, which will open a pop-up asking for your permission to install the WordPress Importer plugin.
You have to click on 'Install Now' button to proceed. WordPress will now download and install the import plugin. Once this is done, you must click on Activate Plugin &Run Importer continue.
On the next screen, you will be prompted to upload the file you want to import. Just click Choose file to select the XML file you downloaded from My Opera and then click Upload file and import button.
That is all. The importer will run and import your My Opera blog posts into your WordPress blog.
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