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.

How to migrate from bbPress without losing data

sofia 3 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.

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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david 3 weeks ago Accepted

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.

carlos 2 months ago

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.

elena 3 months ago

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

alice 3 months ago

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.

bob 3 months ago

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

lena 3 months ago

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

aisha 3 months ago

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

jamal 3 months ago

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

hana 3 months ago

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

maya 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.

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