How to migrate from bbPress without losing data

SO Sofia Romano 1 month 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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Thanks for writing this up. Bookmarking it — the kind of thing I will want to reference again in a month.

Strong agree. Good defaults beat a wall of toggles every single time.

We ran into the same situation last quarter. What worked for us was starting small and only adding complexity when a real need showed up.

For what it is worth, the same approach works with the PMPro adapter — the membership side is identical from here.

We ran into the same situation last quarter. What worked for us was starting small and only adding complexity when a real need showed up.

This matches my experience exactly. The hard part is staying consistent once the initial novelty wears off.

For what it is worth, the same approach works with the PMPro adapter — the membership side is identical from here.

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

For what it is worth, the same approach works with the PMPro adapter — the membership side is identical from here.