Title: Migrate from Custom DB to WordPress DB
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Migrate from Custom DB to WordPress DB

 *  Resolved [staboa01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/staboa01/)
 * (@staboa01)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrate-from-custom-database-to-wordpress-database/)
 * Greettings,
 * I need migrate a custom website to wordpress plataform, but i have problem to
   migrate data (custom database model (Entity Relationship) in microsoft sql 2000
   to standard database model in Mysql), im search any tools in plugins directory
   and google but i dont had success. Please, you can telling me what is the best
   practice or how to make this process.
 * Thanks for your attentions.

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 *  [Abhishek Jain](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wrool/)
 * (@wrool)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrate-from-custom-database-to-wordpress-database/#post-2050405)
 * see this [http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/move_from_microsoft_SQL_Server.html](http://dev.mysql.com/tech-resources/articles/move_from_microsoft_SQL_Server.html)
 * and [http://dev.mysql.com/doc/migration-toolkit/en/](http://dev.mysql.com/doc/migration-toolkit/en/)
 *  Thread Starter [staboa01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/staboa01/)
 * (@staboa01)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrate-from-custom-database-to-wordpress-database/#post-2050728)
 * Thanks for you response, but i´m looking for some plugin or applications wordpress
   that make data migration to WordPress MySql Database. Any idea?
 * Greetings.
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrate-from-custom-database-to-wordpress-database/#post-2050730)
 * Please don’t make your topic titles in all caps. It’s shouting and as we all 
   know, shouting is a bit rude 🙂
 * If you want to export your data from a custom DB to WordPress’s schema, you’re
   going to have to do a lot of custom coding.
 * This link tells you what we have already by way of easy-import:
    [http://codex.wordpress.org/Importing_Content](http://codex.wordpress.org/Importing_Content)
 * But without knowing the details of your DB schema, I can only speculate that 
   this is a seriously custom job and you may need to hire a DB expert.
 *  Thread Starter [staboa01](https://wordpress.org/support/users/staboa01/)
 * (@staboa01)
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrate-from-custom-database-to-wordpress-database/#post-2050732)
 * I was reading about MySql Migration Toolkit and the licence of this program is
   ending, so MySql Team has release MySql Workbench environment replacing the previos
   app. Then, MySql Workbench dont have migration module/feature in this moment.
   I need another way… Any idea?
 *  Moderator [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * (@ipstenu)
 * 🏳️‍🌈 Advisor and Activist
 * [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrate-from-custom-database-to-wordpress-database/#post-2050735)
 * Manually copy the data over post by post?
 * You’re talking about a CUSTOM setup right now. No one has a quick/easy way to
   convert something they’ve never seen into WordPress 🙂

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 * Last reply from: [Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipstenu/)
 * Last activity: [15 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/migrate-from-custom-database-to-wordpress-database/#post-2050735)
 * Status: resolved

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