How to Switch from Blogger to WordPress without Losing Google Rankings
The most popular (and competitive ones) blogging platforms are Blogger and WordPress. WordPress is considered more powerful than the Blogspot platform because of the large collection of plugins. But Blogger is a great platform for beginners to start blogging and learn the basics of this “craft”. If users want to have the full control over the migration of your blog from Blogger to WordPress template without losing your Google rankings, then these advices are exactly what you need.
The step-by-step instruction for switching from Blogger to WordPress themes
Blogger is a free tool for creating blogs that is provided by Google and as a result of your blog is located on Blogger your blog uses the complex URL, as a type of yourname.blogspot.com although you can add a custom domain name for your Blogger blog. But here it is not about that, but about the full control over the site using one of WooCommerce themes. Here is what you need to do:
It is necessary to create a backup copy of your blog in Blogger system
Before carrying out any task, you need to make a backup copy of your Blogger blog, and keep it in a safe place.
It is necessary to register a domain name and buy hosting
You will need to register a unique domain name and buy hosting service package. It is up to you to make this choice.
Start the import your blow from Blogger to one of WooCommerce themes:
Open the WordPress Admin Dashboard and go to Tools> Import, select where Blogger;
Then you will be redirected to a page where they should activate the plugin Blogger Importer, click on Activate Plugin & Run Importer;
Now you'll be redirected to a page where you have to get authorization to WordPress able to access your blog. Click Allow Access to continue;
After that, you will be redirected to a page where you can choose to your blog in Blogger, and simply select the blog that you want to import by clicking Import.
Now you will be able to collect all WordPress posts and comments from your blog on Blogger and transfer them to the new site on the WordPress theme.
Change the permalink structure
Permanent links are URL-addresses of all messages that were transferred from the system of Blogger. To keep the structure as it was on Blogger by default, you must change the configuration setting> permalinks> custom structure. And use the following format:
/%year%/%monthnum%/%postname%.html
Configure redirection option
Open your Blogger Dashboard and select Templates. Scroll through the template page and select "Revert to Classic Templates" to switch from XML-based Blogger templates to the Tag based templates.
Set Maintain Blogger Permalink plugin
Now you need to install the plugin called Maintain Blogger Permalink plugin. Under Tools> Maintain Blogger Permalinks click on the button "Maintain Blogger Permalinks". That is the last step to completely transfer your Blogger website to WordPress theme.
In a case users have any questions related to the use of WooCommerce themes or other WordPress templates; they can visit our forum and technical support service available for you 24/7.
In a case users have any questions related to the use of WooCommerce themes or other WordPress templates; they can visit our forum and technical support service available for you 24/7. 
