Title: Movable Type Import Last modified: August 18, 2016 --- # Movable Type Import * [holli](https://wordpress.org/support/users/holli/) * (@holli) * [22 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/movable-type-import/) * In the description of WordPress I read, that it can import all the entries and comments from Movable Type. But how??? In the zip.-file I found a gm-2-b3.php to import Greymatter entries but I miss a adequate file for Movable Type. Could anybody help me? I use the latest version of MT withe the berkeley database. I like WordPress very much, but without my old entries I can’t use it. Thanx in advance, Holger Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) * [vlad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/vlad/) * (@vlad) * [22 years, 7 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/movable-type-import/#post-25702) * from [http://wordpress.org/about/features:](http://wordpress.org/about/features:) * > We currently have importers for Greymatter, Blogger, and b2. Work on importers > for _Movable Type_, Textpattern, and pMachine are _under way_. * i actually wrote a script that converted my mt posts and comments to wordpress, but 1. it’s an ugly hack 2. it’s for mysql * btw, you weren’t planning on using the berkeley db for wordpress, were you? it’s mysql only as of now. * [cavlec](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cavlec/) * (@cavlec) * [22 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/movable-type-import/#post-26412) * Apologies for reopening a closed thread, but… could you tell me more about this hack? I am interested in moving my blog to WP, but as it is, my MT installation uses the post ID in the permalink (I know, I know, cruft-free URLS rule!), and I can’t see any way to keep the IDs as is unless I convert the MySQL database. Ideas? * [willm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willm/) * (@willm) * [22 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/movable-type-import/#post-26413) * A MT-Wordpress import script is now included in the distribution. Haven’t tried it myself. I’m surprised you didn’t come across a mention of it when you searched the forum before posting. * [cavlec](https://wordpress.org/support/users/cavlec/) * (@cavlec) * [22 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/movable-type-import/#post-26414) * I know that, but the import script works off the MT text export, which does not preserve post IDs. I want to preserve post IDs, and I don’t see how I can without directly converting the database. * Moderator [Matt Mullenweg](https://wordpress.org/support/users/matt/) * (@matt) * [22 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/movable-type-import/#post-26415) * Post IDs are, by their nature, platform specific. Rather than directly converting the database if you have a little programming skill you could try the following. Modify the mt-export template (I don’t remember where the file is, it’s a normal template file) to export something like `POST_ID: 123` on a new line. Then add a case to the switch statement in import-mt.php to import the ID. * [misterx](https://wordpress.org/support/users/misterx/) * (@misterx) * [22 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/movable-type-import/#post-26416) * just out of curiosity, what do you use the post id for? I’m not trying to be a smart ass. I can’t figure it out… * [willm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willm/) * (@willm) * [22 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/movable-type-import/#post-26417) * You might want to use the post ID in permalinks if you did a lot of linking to previous posts within your blog, and didn’t want to keep typing long URLs based on the date and time. It’s a matter of personal choice. * [antifuse](https://wordpress.org/support/users/antifuse/) * (@antifuse) * [22 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/movable-type-import/#post-26418) * If you’re taking the time to look up the post ID for a previous post, you can take the time to cut and paste a permalink from your page… That’s all I do… and permalinking by post ID is bad for the very reason that if you switch content management systems, there’s a 99% chance that your post id’s won’t be kept (just as an example, you don’t see MT importing Blogger’s post id’s… yet how come people never complain about THAT?) * [willm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/willm/) * (@willm) * [22 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/movable-type-import/#post-26419) * Yeah, but he’s already permalinked by post ID, obviously not thinking about the future implications – probably never thought he would want to switch from MT – so it’s a little late for the lecture now. * [kristin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kristin/) * (@kristin) * [22 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/movable-type-import/#post-26433) * I dont see this file in the milestone package do I have to download it seperately? * [kristin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kristin/) * (@kristin) * [22 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/movable-type-import/#post-26436) * nevermind i found it 🙂 Viewing 11 replies - 1 through 11 (of 11 total) The topic ‘Movable Type Import’ is closed to new replies. * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) * 11 replies * 8 participants * Last reply from: [kristin](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kristin/) * Last activity: [22 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/movable-type-import/#post-26436) * Status: not resolved ## Topics ### Topics with no replies ### Non-support topics ### Resolved topics ### Unresolved topics ### All topics