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26
Jul
2008

Joomla2WordPress – A Joomla importer for WordPress

Tags: convert, converter, import, importer, Joomla, Joomla2WordPress, Mambo2WordPress, WordPress

Categories: Software

After plenty of Googling, I could find no easy way of importing content (news articles and links) from a Joomla install in to a new WordPress install. The closest I came across was
Mambo2WordPress (direct download), but the original author’s page has been removed, so I could no longer tell if it was being maintained.

It was late, I needed it done, Google was failing me, so I took that chap’s script and modified it to work with recent Joomla & WordPress installs and then added some!

No support is provided, and you’re free to do with this script as you wish (be nice and leave the notice/credits intact).

Download

Download: Joomla2WordPress v1.0 zip file (~6KB).

Installation

From the enclosed readme.txt:

Installation ============ + Unzip the downloaded zip file in your WordPress install directory, and this will create a new joomla2wordpress directory. + In that new directory, edit config.php and supply the details for the Joomla and WordPress databases. + Visit that new folder in your browser, and follow the instructions. I.e. If your blog URL is http://www.myblog.com/wordpress/, then visit http://www.myblog.com/wordpress/joomla2wordpress/ and follow instructions.

Screenshots

: Introduction

: Step 1

: Step 2

Leave a comment below if you need help. Be warned, though, it’ll be slow coming and might not come at all!

12 Responses:

Damien Mulley » Blog Archive » Fluffy Links - Wednesday July 30th 2008 Wed, 30th Jul, 2008 4:41 am :

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Wiirincontrol Thu, 18th Dec, 2008 5:06 pm :

Getting this error on step 2 “Could not retrieve WordPress categories’
Any idea why?
cgarvey Thu, 18th Dec, 2008 5:19 pm :

Maybe a WordPress version issue? If you let me know what version of WordPress you’re using, I’ll test further.
Nick Dawson Thu, 18th Dec, 2008 10:21 pm :

I don’t know what to say … only to offer a humble and earnest “THANKS!”
Great script, worked flawlessly!
New mobile Fri, 30th Jan, 2009 7:36 am :

Thank you very much! Very useful script!
Benjamin Büschenfeld Sun, 1st Mar, 2009 11:44 am :

Hey,

after Step 3 I get this error:

INSERT INTO wp_term_relationships (object_id, term_taxonomy_id) VALUES (’66′, ’4′)
Query failed

do you have an idea ?
cgarvey Sun, 1st Mar, 2009 12:31 pm :

What version of WordPress are you importing in to?
Benjamin Büschenfeld Sun, 1st Mar, 2009 5:20 pm :

2.7.1
mcnutty Mon, 24th Aug, 2009 5:47 am :

“Query failed inserting Section” in between articles for the categories. I’m on WordPress 2.8.4 from Joomla 1.0
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Muska Wed, 23rd Jun, 2010 11:54 am :

“Query failed inserting Section” in between articles for the categories. I’m on WordPress 2.8.4 from Joomla 1.0
cgarvey Wed, 23rd Jun, 2010 1:28 pm :

The script hasn’t been changed to deal with later versions of WordPress/Joomla. There are 2 good alternatives, though.

1) A migration plugin for WordPress: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/joomla-to-wordpress-migrator/
2) A similar script : http://azeemkhan.info/2008/joomla2wordpress-import-wizard-v3/