Import / Export ?

Resolved wasanajones
(@wasanajones)

7 years ago

Hi – thanks for this great plugin.

I’m trying to export and import forum topics via CSV to create and edit in bulk.

Wordpress Tools nor WP All Export Pro are not picking up WPForo as a custom post type – do you have an alternative for exporting forums/topics and importing them back in?

Regards

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Plugin Support gVectors Support
(@gvectorssupport)

7 years ago

Hi @wasanajones,

Please read this support topic:

https://ww.wp.xz.cn/support/topic/move-to-new-domain-2/

Thread Starter wasanajones
(@wasanajones)

7 years ago

thanks for reply, however that instruction says you can’t migrate if there are existing users.

Thread Starter wasanajones
(@wasanajones)

7 years ago

is it really not possible to export topics from the forum, edit them and re-import, or export to another site that already has users?

this is a critical issue.
Plugin Author gVectors Team
(@gvectors-team)

7 years ago
All forum data in your database, so you can export and import whenever you want. All data in your server MySQL database. So just use database table export and import tools and you’re ready. It’s like other plugins, there is no any issue here.

The only issue is unique IDs in tables. You should understand that in database tables you can’t import data with the same ID, so the destination / target database should be empty (new installed wpForo).
- This reply was modified 7 years ago by gVectors Team.
Thread Starter wasanajones
(@wasanajones)

7 years ago

thanks for prompt reply –

so it is NOT possible to edit forums/topics outside of the site.

we would have to export wpForo – then deactivate, uninstall and clean the database and then install, activate, and then re-import…

correct?

Plugin Author gVectors Team
(@gvectors-team)

7 years ago

No that’s not correct. If you want to edit forums just navigate to Dashboard > Forums > Forums admin page and click on Edit icon of any forum you want.
Here is the documentation: https://wpforo.com/docs/root/categories-and-forums/forum-manager/edit-forum/

I was talking about moving data from one website/forum to another. That means the export/import. But now you’re talking about editing forums and topics. So please specify again what exactly you want to do?

Thread Starter wasanajones
(@wasanajones)

7 years ago

I’m not sure if you’re purposefully obfuscating this information or you truly don’t understand what this means:

“I’m trying to export and import forum topics via CSV to create and edit in bulk.”

I’ve deleted WPForo and gone with BBPress, so its not really necessary to answer this now.

Plugin Author gVectors Team
(@gvectors-team)

7 years ago

Ok, I see, in any case, you can do that using Your Hosting cPanel > phpMyAdmin > Database Export as CSV option or install phpMyAdmin Plugin for WordPress and do the same.