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Joomla to Wordpress Import Wizard
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A script that allows users to import their Joomla content to Wordpress. This version of the script has been tested and works on all versions of Joomla between 1.0.12 - 1.5 and Wordpress 2.3.2 -2.7 and works pretty smoothly. So it should work with the latest versions of both CMS platforms!
Instructions:
- Unzip Joomla2WordPress.zip
- Edit config.php and enter all missing values
- Upload files to /export on your server
- Add Categories in wordpress which you want to import into
- Open www.yoursite.com/export/index.php on a browser
- Select either a Joomla Section, Category or Links Category
- Select a Wordpress Category to import into
- Repeat Steps 5-7 till all of your articles have been imported
- Enjoy and Spread the word!
Minor glitch: If you create a WP category which is empty (has no posts), the articles will import just fine, but the category may not appear in the categories widget until you open at least one post in that category in /wp-admin and just hit save. If anyone knows how to fix this minor bug, please contact the author.
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written by Devin Walker, October 13, 2009
I tried this and it kept giving errors. Looked promising though, thanks for the effort!
written by Denise, November 29, 2009
# Upload files to /export on your server
Where did you upload the files to? Can you just set up any folder and upload them and then have access to them to import into Wordpress?
Where did you upload the files to? Can you just set up any folder and upload them and then have access to them to import into Wordpress?
written by Denise, November 29, 2009
Where do you upload the files to exactly, in order to be able to access them from Wordpress import feature?
written by MarcoG, February 09, 2010
Hi all, after some debugging I found that in order to have import works with WP 2.8, you have to modify index.php, line 379, from:
$query = "INSERT INTO ".$wptblprefix."posts (id, post_author, post_title, post_content, post_date, post_modified, post_name, post_category) VALUES ('', '$ID5', '{$import[1][$j]}', '{$import[2][$j]}', '{$import[3][$j]}', '{$import[4][$j]}', '$post_name', '$wpsection')";
to:
$query = "INSERT INTO ".$wptblprefix."posts (ID, post_author, post_title, post_content, post_date, post_modified, post_name) VALUES ('', '$ID5', '{$import[1][$j]}', '{$import[2][$j]}', '{$import[3][$j]}', '{$import[4][$j]}', '$post_name')";
This to take account of the differences in WP database structure in versions 2.7 and 2.8.
$query = "INSERT INTO ".$wptblprefix."posts (id, post_author, post_title, post_content, post_date, post_modified, post_name, post_category) VALUES ('', '$ID5', '{$import[1][$j]}', '{$import[2][$j]}', '{$import[3][$j]}', '{$import[4][$j]}', '$post_name', '$wpsection')";
to:
$query = "INSERT INTO ".$wptblprefix."posts (ID, post_author, post_title, post_content, post_date, post_modified, post_name) VALUES ('', '$ID5', '{$import[1][$j]}', '{$import[2][$j]}', '{$import[3][$j]}', '{$import[4][$j]}', '$post_name')";
This to take account of the differences in WP database structure in versions 2.7 and 2.8.
written by capcut, March 03, 2010
i ve 2.9 and it doesn't work, anyone has an idea how to modify index.php in this case? after importing i can see the articles in my wordpress but every article ends after 3 or 4 sentences, although its quite longer ? greets capcut
written by ryzsy, March 14, 2010
Thank you for this great tool. I tried to import all the articles from 2006 to today, but I managed to do it till January 2009. What would be the problem? Do you have any idea?
written by muchad, June 15, 2010
For joomla or mambo to wordpress 2.9.2, u can use plugin from here
http://it-gnoth.de/projekte/wo...-plugins/
I 've success import all Joomla articles to wp.
this is the wp: http://uin-malang.ac.id
visit my web: http://muchad.info
http://it-gnoth.de/projekte/wo...-plugins/
I 've success import all Joomla articles to wp.
this is the wp: http://uin-malang.ac.id
visit my web: http://muchad.info
written by Kanwaljit Singh Nagra, July 15, 2010
Hi All,
Do this work for Wordpress 3.0 as well?
Thanks,
Kam
Do this work for Wordpress 3.0 as well?
Thanks,
Kam
written by thkouk, July 24, 2010
It works with some minor changes. Posted them here:
http://www.thkouk.gr/2010/07/transfering-content-from-joomla-to-wordpress/
http://www.thkouk.gr/2010/07/transfering-content-from-joomla-to-wordpress/
written by Matic, September 15, 2010
There is great plugin for wordpress that does this job:
http://wordpress.org/extend/pl...migrator/
Have just done it on wordpres 3.0.1 and it was very easy! Actually it is a single click job.
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http://wordpress.org/extend/pl...migrator/
Have just done it on wordpres 3.0.1 and it was very easy! Actually it is a single click job.
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written by Matic, September 15, 2010
btw: that plugin for wordpress also support url structure to be migrated, but I didn't test it
written by affordable website design, October 27, 2010
@MarcoG thanks ur tweak worked - just imported joomla 1 into WP 3+ thanks!
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