How to migrate from bbPress without losing data

Sofia Romano Sofia Romano 2 months ago Resolved

Reference guide. The bbPress importer preserves original dates, maps forums to spaces and forum categories to Jetonomy categories, and supports a dry run.

  1. Back up your database.
  2. Run wp jetonomy import bbpress --dry-run to preview.
  3. Run the import; it batches large datasets to avoid timeouts.
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Priya Nair Priya Nair

One caveat for larger communities: keep an eye on the indexes. At a few thousand rows the difference is night and day.

Elena Petrova Elena Petrova

This deserves more votes. It is a small change with an outsized impact on day-to-day use.

Bob Martinez Bob Martinez

One caveat for larger communities: keep an eye on the indexes. At a few thousand rows the difference is night and day.

Finn O'Brien Finn O'Brien

Adding a small note: the same idea applies on mobile, just with a bit more attention to tap targets.

Theo Lindqvist Theo Lindqvist

Appreciate the clear steps. The dry-run tip in particular saved me from a mistake I would not have caught otherwise.

Elena Petrova Elena Petrova

I respectfully disagree on one detail. In my setup the opposite held true, though I suspect it comes down to community size.

Marco Silva Marco Silva

Great point. I had not considered the angle you raised in the second paragraph — it reframes the whole thing for me.

Noah Bennett Noah Bennett

This deserves more votes. It is a small change with an outsized impact on day-to-day use.