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<p>The WordPress Importer will import the following content from a WordPress export file:</p>
<ul>
<li>Posts, pages and other custom post types</li>
<li>Comments and comment meta</li>
<li>Custom fields and post meta</li>
<li>Categories, tags and terms from custom taxonomies and term meta</li>
<li>Authors</li>
</ul>
<p>For further information and instructions please see the <a href="https://wordpress.org/support/article/importing-content/#wordpress" rel="ugc">documention on Importing Content</a>.</p>
<h3>Filters</h3>
<p>The importer has a couple of filters to allow you to completely enable/block certain features:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>import_allow_create_users</code>: return false if you only want to allow mapping to existing users</li>
<li><code>import_allow_fetch_attachments</code>: return false if you do not wish to allow importing and downloading of attachments</li>
<li><code>import_attachment_size_limit</code>: return an integer value for the maximum file size in bytes to save (default is 0, which is unlimited)</li>
</ul>
<p>There are also a few actions available to hook into:</p>
<ul>
<li><code>import_start</code>: occurs after the export file has been uploaded and author import settings have been chosen</li>
<li><code>import_end</code>: called after the last output from the importer</li>
</ul>


WordPress Importer


Good for the main use cases: restore from backup, and moving posts between blogs. Unfortunately the image import doesn't seem to work (WordPress 6.3 with plugin 0.8.1), which makes it a pain to clean up image-heavy posts.



One thing I'd like to do with this that I can't is to import another copy of a cross-post and merge the comment threads. As it is, the best I can do is import the duplicate copy and then use another plugin (or dig into the database) to move the comments around.


Works well for moving posts between blogs.

Import posts, pages, comments, custom fields, categories, tags and more from a WordPress export file.

Kerfred

<p>This plugin migrates sections, categories, posts, images, medias and tags from Joomla to WordPress.</p>
<p>It has been tested with <strong>Joomla versions 1.5 to 5.4</strong> and the latest version of WordPress on huge databases. It is compatible with multisite installations.</p>
<p>Major features include:</p>
<ul>
<li>migrates Joomla sections as categories</li>
<li>migrates categories as sub-categories</li>
<li>migrates Joomla posts (published, unpublished and archived)</li>
<li>migrates Joomla web links</li>
<li>uploads all the posts media in WP uploads directories (as an option)</li>
<li>uploads external media (as an option)</li>
<li>modifies the post content to keep the media links</li>
<li>resizes images according to the sizes defined in WP</li>
<li>defines the featured image to be the first post image</li>
<li>keeps the alt image attribute</li>
<li>keeps the image caption</li>
<li>modifies the internal links</li>
<li>migrates meta keywords as tags</li>
<li>migrates page breaks</li>
<li>can import Joomla articles as posts or pages</li>
</ul>
<p>No need to subscribe to an external web site.</p>
<h4>Premium version</h4>
<p>The <strong>Premium version</strong> includes these extra features:</p>
<ul>
<li>migrates authors and other users with their passwords</li>
<li>migrates the navigation menus</li>
<li>SEO: migrates the meta description and the meta keywords</li>
<li>SEO: keeps the Joomla articles IDs or redirects Joomla URLs to the new WordPress URLs</li>
<li>compatible with <strong>Joomla 1.0</strong> and <strong>Mambo 4.5 and 4.6</strong> (process {mosimages} and {mospagebreak})</li>
<li>migrates Joomla 1.0 static articles as pages</li>
<li>migrates Joomla 2.5+ featured images</li>
<li>migrates Joomla 2.5+ post links</li>
<li>migrates Joomla 3.1+ tags</li>
<li>migrates Joomla 3.7+ custom fields</li>
<li>migrates Mambo data</li>
<li>migrates Elxis data (Joomla 1.0 fork)</li>
<li>ability to run the import automatically from the cron</li>
</ul>
<p>The Premium version can be purchased on: <a href="https://www.fredericgilles.net/fg-joomla-to-wordpress/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.fredericgilles.net/fg-joomla-to-wordpress/</a></p>
<h4>Add-ons</h4>
<p>The Premium version allows the use of add-ons that enhance functionality:</p>
<ul>
<li>K2</li>
<li>EasyBlog</li>
<li>Flexicontent</li>
<li>Zoo</li>
<li>Kunena forum</li>
<li>sh404sef</li>
<li>JoomSEF</li>
<li>OpenSEF</li>
<li>WP-PostViews (keep Joomla hits)</li>
<li>JComments</li>
<li>JomComment</li>
<li>Komento</li>
<li>JDownloads</li>
<li>Joomlatags</li>
<li>Attachments</li>
<li>Rokbox</li>
<li>RokGallery</li>
<li>JoomGallery</li>
<li>PhocaDownload</li>
<li>PhocaGallery</li>
<li>Joom!Fish translations to WPML</li>
<li>JEvents events</li>
<li>Contact Manager</li>
<li>Docman</li>
<li>Virtuemart</li>
<li>JReviews</li>
<li>Mosets Tree</li>
<li>User Groups</li>
<li>WPML</li>
<li>Simple Image Gallery & Simple Image Gallery Pro</li>
<li>RSGallery</li>
<li>Community Builder</li>
<li>RSBlog</li>
<li>AllVideos</li>
<li>HikaShop</li>
<li>Acymailing</li>
</ul>
<p>These modules can be purchased on: <a href="https://www.fredericgilles.net/fg-joomla-to-wordpress/add-ons/" rel="nofollow ugc">https://www.fredericgilles.net/fg-joomla-to-wordpress/add-ons/</a></p>
<h3>Demo</h3>
<p><iframe loading="lazy" title="Demo FG Joomla to WordPress" width="750" height="422" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/bXOQ70s6YS8?feature=oembed" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" referrerpolicy="strict-origin-when-cross-origin" allowfullscreen></iframe></p>
<h3>Translations</h3>
<ul>
<li>English (default)</li>
<li>Esperanto (eo)</li>
<li>French (fr_FR)</li>
<li>Spanish (es_ES)</li>
<li>Italian (it_IT)</li>
<li>German (de_DE)</li>
<li>Polish (pl_PL)</li>
<li>Bulgarian (bg_BG)</li>
<li>Brazilian (pt_BR)</li>
<li>Greek (el_EL)</li>
<li>other can be translated</li>
</ul>


FG Joomla to WordPress


Frederic has put a ton of great work and effort into building great plugins. The paid version is worth way more than the asking price. I have used multiple migration plugins of his for different platforms and it makes transition to WordPress so much easier.



Support is also phenomenal. I've rarely needed support, but when I do, they're fast to respond with an easy solution.


Best way to relieve my clients from joomla pain

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