WordPress.org

Sergey Biryukov

Samuel Wood (Otto)

Ryan McCue

Workshopshed

The Blogger Importer imports your blog data from a Google Blogger site into a WordPress.org installation.
<h4>Items imported</h4>
<ul>
<li>Categories</li>
<li>Posts (published, scheduled and draft)</li>
<li>Comments (not spam)</li>
<li>Images</li>
</ul>
<h4>Items not imported</h4>
<ul>
<li>Pages</li>
<li>Widgets/Widget Data</li>
<li>Templates/Theme</li>
<li>Comment and author Avatars</li>
</ul>
<h3>Reference</h3>
<ul>
<li>https://www.simplepie.org/</li>
</ul>
The following were referenced for implementing the images and links
<ul>
<li>https://wordpress.org/plugins/remote-images-grabber/</li>
<li>http://notions.okuda.ca/wordpress-plugins/blogger-image-import/</li>
<li>https://wordpress.org/plugins/cache-images/</li>
<li>https://wordpress.org/plugins/tumblr-importer/</li>
<li>https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/14525</li>
<li>https://wpengineer.com/1735/easier-better-solutions-to-get-pictures-on-your-posts/</li>
<li>https://web.archive.org/web/20211121020918/http://www.velvetblues.com/web-development-blog/wordpress-plugin-update-urls/</li>
<li>http://wordpress.stackexchange.com/questions//media-sideload-image-file-name (not working)</li>
<li>https://code.tutsplus.com/a-guide-to-the-wordpress-http-api-the-basics–wp-25125t</li>
</ul>
<h3>Known Issues</h3>
<ul>
<li>Some users have reported that their IFrames are stripped out of the post content.</li>
<li>Requests for better performance of larger transfers and tranfers of images</li>
<li>Review of behavior when it re-imports, partiularly are the counts correct</li>
<li>Review using get_posts or get_comments with the appropriate parameters to get the counts and exists instead of using SQL</li>
<li>Incorrect notice, PHP Notice: The data could not be converted to UTF-8. You MUST have either the iconv or mbstring extension installed. This occurs even when Iconv is installed, could be related to Blogger reporting 0 comments</li>
<li>When the importer is running it’s not possible to stop it using the stop button</li>
<li>Blogger’s count of comments include those not linked to a post e.g. the post has been deleted.</li>
</ul>
<h3>Filters and Actions</h3>
These actions and filters have been added so that you can extend the functionality of the importer without needing to modify the code.
Action – import_start – This is run when the import starts processing the records for a new blog
Action – import_done – This is run when the import finishes processing the records for a blog.
Filter – blogger_importer_congrats – Passes the list of options shown to the user when the blog is complete, options can be added or removed.

Blogger Importer

Running the Blogger Importer in PHP 7 throws the following warning:

Deprecated: Methods with the same name as their class will not be constructors in a future version of PHP; Blogger_Importer has a deprecated constructor in /xxxxxx/wp-content/plugins/blogger-importer/blogger-importer.php on line 44

Another user reported this months ago, but it's not fixed yet.

Deprecated constructor warning

Imports posts, images, comments, and categories (blogger tags) from a Blogger blog then migrates authors to WordPress users.

Bytes Vibe

Feed Importer for Blogger helps you seamlessly migrate your content from Blogger to WordPress using the new .atom export format. After Blogger’s recent updates, the default WordPress importer no longer works correctly. This plugin solves that problem with a modern, reliable solution.
Key Features:
<ul>
<li>✅ Works with New Blogger Export Format – Supports the latest .atom files</li>
<li>✅ Import Posts & Pages – Migrate all your content easily</li>
<li>✅ Automatic Image Import – Downloads images locally to your WordPress media library</li>
<li>✅ Real-Time Progress Tracking – See live progress with AJAX-based import</li>
<li>✅ Duplicate Detection – Prevents importing the same post twice</li>
<li>✅ Featured Images – Automatically sets the first image as featured image</li>
<li>✅ Batch Processing – Handles large imports without timeout issues</li>
<li>✅ Author Mapping – Maps Blogger authors to WordPress users</li>
<li>✅ Clean & Intuitive UI – Easy-to-use admin interface</li>
</ul>
Why Choose This Plugin?
The default WordPress Blogger Importer is broken after Blogger’s latest changes. Existing alternatives are either: 
– Paid and expensive 
– Outdated and unmaintained 
– Don’t handle images properly 
– Timeout on large imports
This plugin is free, modern, and built specifically for Blogger’s new export system.
What Gets Imported:
<ul>
<li>Blog posts</li>
<li>Pages (optional)</li>
<li>Images (downloaded to media library)</li>
<li>Post titles and content</li>
<li>Publication dates</li>
<li>Author information</li>
<li>Original Blogger URLs (for redirects)</li>
</ul>
Perfect For:
<ul>
<li>Bloggers migrating from Blogger to WordPress</li>
<li>Agencies handling client migrations</li>
<li>Anyone tired of broken import tools</li>
</ul>
<h3>Additional Info</h3>
Support:
<ul>
<li>Join our Telegram community: https://t.me/bytesvibe1</li>
<li>Visit our website: https://bytesvibe.com</li>
</ul>
Requirements:
<ul>
<li>WordPress 6.0 or higher</li>
<li>PHP 8.0 or higher</li>
<li>MySQL 5.6 or higher</li>
<li>At least 128MB PHP memory (512MB recommended for large imports)</li>
<li>File upload size limit of at least 64MB</li>
</ul>
Privacy:
This plugin does not collect or store any personal data. All import processing happens on your server.
Credits:
Built with ❤ by BytesVibe.com

Feed Importer for Blogger

Import Blogger posts, pages and images into WordPress even after the latest Blogger updates. Modern importer with AJAX progress tracking.

Blogger Importer vs Feed Importer for Blogger