Reference guide. The bbPress importer preserves original dates, maps forums to spaces and forum categories to Jetonomy categories, and supports a dry run.Back up your database.Run wp jetonomy import bbpress --dry-run to preview.Run the import; it batches large datasets to avoid timeouts.

This is expected behavior, not a bug. The guard you are hitting is intentional — it protects against a class of mistakes that used to cause data loss.If you need the other behavior, there is a documented filter you can hook to override it per site.

How to migrate from bbPress without losing data

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

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

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[deleted] OP 2 months ago

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

[deleted] OP 2 months ago

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

[deleted] OP 2 months ago

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

How to migrate from bbPress without losing data

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