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The latest and greatest version of WordPress , WordPress 2.2 has just released. Some of the new features include

1. Addition of WordPress widgets to the core of WordPress and enabled for default themes. WordPress widgets needed to be added as a plugin in the earlier versions.

2. Protection from activating a plugin or editing a file that may break your blog

3. Improved speed optimization to your blog

4. A new Blogger Importer similar to that in wordpress.com blogs which you can now use to import your posts and comments from Blogger Beta without any user interaction beyond entering your login details.

We worked out methods such as the one on TechCounter where we had success importing blogger beta posts to Wordpress, which even though did the job needed some time and patience and sometimes if you did not set your Blogger settings right, you might come across an error or two.

Now all you need to do is upgrade to WordPress 2.2 even if already completed the importing from blogger to wordpress. If you are a blogger thinking about moving to WordPress from Blogger Beta, then look no further. Download Wordpress 2.2 here and then

Step # 1: After installing WordPress on your domain, go to Manage and then Import

Step # 2: Provide authorization to WordPress to Import from Blogger Beta

Click on Blogger, the first option. You will then be asked to provide authorization to allow Wordpress to import your posts and comments from Blogger beta to your WordPress blog. As you can see it says

” To use this importer, you must have a Google account, an upgraded (new, was Beta) blog, and it must be on blogspot or a custom domain”

so check , check and check

Step # 3: Sign into your Blogger account

Step # 4: Once you authorize, press Import and magic starts happening. All your Blogger posts, comments and categories are imported to the Wordpress blog you just created.

Congratulations !!! Post in the comments if this method worked out for you

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