Test to transfer WordPress blogs to blogspot

 TESTING, TESTING: Trying Out A Way To Preserve WordPress Blogs Without Recreating Each One From Scratch

I used to have my blog on blogspot, which is a Google product. It comes free with my Google account. There was a "blogger" app available through the Apple app store that I could use on my iPad when we traveled. The blogger app was discontinued  in 2019, so I switched to an account on WordPress that came with free 3 GB storage and an app in the Apple app store.

The 3 GB free storage lasted until October 2025. I paid $50 for an annual subscription for 6GB of space, thinking that it would take another 6 years to run out.

WRONG

I hit the 6 GB limit in August 2026 - the 3 GB didn't even last a year, probably because iPhone photos are getting bigger and I post a lot of photos.

I've been using my full macbook when we travel for a couple of years now, since my husband, Andy, kindly offered to schlep my computer in a carry-on backpack. 

The next level subscription is $600 per year for 50 GB. Nope, nope, nope. That's too much for an occasional travel blog, and at the rate I'm going 50 GB won't last long.

I decided to revisit blogspot. Turns out: it's still there, still works, and as long as I use the blogspot interface to upload photos (that will compress them), the blog photos will not count towards my Google storage.

NEXT QUESTION: What do I do with my WordPress blogs? I don't want to continue to pay for a space I'm no longer using. The goal is to preserve the WordPress blog without having to recreate each one from scratch.

This blog post is my first solution - print the WordPress blogs to a PDF, store the PDF on my google drive, and post a blogspot blog with a link to the PDF. PDFs are tiny; even a lot of them won't make a serious dent in my Google storage. BUT - the PDFs' appearance may be a little klugy due to the embedded WordPress formatting.

SOOOOOO

Please click on this link to see my blog from May 16, 2019 - the first day on a Mediterranean cruise starting in Rome.

Please let me know if you can see it. 

May 16, 2019 Arrival in Rome