Joomla content mapped into WordPress

FG Joomla to WordPress Premium reads the Joomla database and maps sections to WordPress categories and categories to subcategories. Published, unpublished and archived articles can be imported as posts or pages. The importer also handles web links, tags and page breaks, and maps Joomla meta keywords to WordPress tags. It has been tested with Joomla versions 1.5 to 6.0 and the latest WordPress version on large databases, and supports multisite installations.

Premium account, SEO and URL options

Premium transfers authors and other visitors with their passwords, along with navigation menus. It can migrate Joomla meta descriptions and meta keywords. For article URLs, choose to preserve Joomla article IDs or redirect Joomla URLs to the new WordPress URLs.

Media and internal links

Uploading post media and external media to WordPress uploads directories is optional. The importer can update post content to maintain media links, resize images to WordPress-defined sizes and use the first post image as the featured image. It retains image alt attributes and captions, and updates internal links during migration.

Legacy platforms and custom fields

Premium supports Joomla 1.0 and Mambo 4.5 and 4.6, including the {mosimages} and {mospagebreak} tags. It can import Joomla 1.0 static articles as pages, Joomla 2.5 and later featured images and post links, Joomla 3.1 and later tags, and Joomla 3.7 and later custom fields. Mambo data and Elxis data, an early Joomla fork, are also supported.

Extension add-ons and scheduled imports

Premium supports add-ons for additional Joomla components and content types. Options include K2, EasyBlog, Flexicontent, Zoo, Kunena, sh404sef, JoomSEF, OpenSEF, WP-PostViews, JComments, JomComment, Komento, JDownloads, Joomlatags, Attachments, Rokbox, RokGallery, JoomGallery, PhocaDownload, PhocaGallery, Joom!Fish translations to WPML, JEvents, Contact Manager, Docman, Virtuemart, JReviews, Mosets Tree, User Groups, WPML, Simple Image Gallery, Simple Image Gallery Pro, RSGallery, Community Builder, RSBlog, AllVideos, HikaShop and Acymailing. WP-PostViews can keep Joomla hit counts. The importer can execute automatically from cron.

Database connection and import

Install and activate the extension in WordPress, then open Tools > Import > Joomla (FG). Enter the Joomla database host, port, database name, username, password and table prefix. The standard MySQL port is 3306; the connection details are in Joomla's configuration.php file.

If Joomla and WordPress are on various hosts, the WordPress server must be able to access the Joomla database. You can allow a remote MySQL connection from the WordPress host, or export the Joomla database and import it into the WordPress database environment, then connect using those database credentials. Once connected, choose the migration options and run the import manually or through cron. Copying remote media requires PHP's allow_url_fopen directive; if the remote host does not allow it, the migration must be run on localhost. Articles in the Joomla trash are not imported. Unpublished and archived articles are imported as drafts.