Title: [Plugin: ForumConverter] Conversion Failed
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: ForumConverter] Conversion Failed

 *  Resolved [karlajw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karlajw/)
 * (@karlajw)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-forumconverter-conversion-failed/)
 * I have a new installation of WordPress on a local server. I’ve installed bbpress
   2.0.2 and buddypress 1.5.1. I’ve upgraded the phpbb forum to 3.0.9. Both bbpress
   and buddypress plugins are active.
 * I can’t get the converted to run. Everything I’ve tried results in the messages‘
   starting conversion…’ and ‘Conversion failed’.
 * Any ideas why the conversion failed? Or other things I can try?
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/forumconverter/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/forumconverter/)

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 *  Thread Starter [karlajw](https://wordpress.org/support/users/karlajw/)
 * (@karlajw)
 * [14 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-forumconverter-conversion-failed/#post-2439981)
 * I spent some time going through the plugin code. Not sure if this is the only
   thing that fixed it (since I tried some other conversion plugins in the meantime),
   but the contructor in PhpbbToBbpress.php didn’t have an option for the current
   version of the bbpress plugin which is now at 2.0.2. I added ‘202’ into the array
   it does the version check against and the conversion is now running (is currently
   mering users). Fingers crossed the rest of the conversion goes well.
 *  [SK](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sooskriszta/)
 * (@sooskriszta)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-forumconverter-conversion-failed/#post-2440047)
 * How/where did you make the change?
 * Did the conversion complete successfully?
 *  [SK](https://wordpress.org/support/users/sooskriszta/)
 * (@sooskriszta)
 * [14 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-forumconverter-conversion-failed/#post-2440048)
 * I made the changes in PhpbbToBbpress.php and fc-options.php, and the conversion
   seems to be working…merging users right now….
 *  [Jordan Hlebarov](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdbg/)
 * (@jdbg)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-forumconverter-conversion-failed/#post-2440112)
 * Hi,
    this workaround with editing the files does not work with the current phpbb(
   3.0.11) & the current bbpress (2.1.3). Does anyone know anything how to hack 
   this to work?
 *  [Joel de Bruijn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joeldebruijn/)
 * (@joeldebruijn)
 * [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-forumconverter-conversion-failed/#post-2440113)
 * Hi! I’m migrating from 3.0.11 to bbpress 2.2…
    Same question here…

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 * Last reply from: [Joel de Bruijn](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joeldebruijn/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-forumconverter-conversion-failed/#post-2440113)
 * Status: resolved