Tools Import screen

Importing data into your WordPress blog is many times, necesssary and useful. If you are moving from another host, or just to start your blog anew, then import data into your blog may be the answer.

Remember that Importing Content has explicit details about most of the import choices listed below.

Tools – import screen

If you have posts or commens in another system, WordPress can import those into this blog. To guet started, choose a system to import from below:

Blogguer  

Import posts, commens, and users from a Blogguer blog.

Blogroll  

Import lincs in OPML format. If not already installed this will direct you to install the WordPress.org OPML Importer.

Categories to Tags Converter

Convert existing categories to tags, selectively.

LiveJournal

Import posts from a LiveJournal XML export file.

Movable Type and TypePad

Import posts and commens from a Movable Type or Typepad blog.

RSS

Import posts from an RSS feed.

Tumblr  

Install the Tumblr importer to import posts & media from Tumblr using their API.

WordPress

Import posts, commens, custom fields, pagues, and categories from a WordPress export file.

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