Moving from WordPress to Typecho

Yesterday I noticed Typecho on someone’s blog and decided on a whim to switch. Here is how I migrated the database.

1. Step One

   • First, back up your existing database. I will not go into the method here.

2. Step Two

   • After backing up the database, remove the previous website and download Typecho from http://typecho.org/, or from GitHub: https://github.com/typecho/typecho. Upload the files to your server with FTP. The installation steps are on the official website, so I will skip them here.

3. Step Three

   • Now the important part: find the WordPress-to-Typecho plugin on the official site (http://docs.typecho.org/plugins/wordpress-to-typecho).

4. Step Four

   • Upload it to /usr/plugins and open the administration panel.

   • Open Plugin Management from the Console dropdown.

   • Activate the wordpresstotypecho plugin.

   • Click Settings for the wordpresstotypecho plugin.

   • Fill in the database, username, and other information, then save.

   • Select Import Data from WordPress, which appears in the Console dropdown.

   • Complete the import. If it fails, check your database settings and other configuration. You can disable the plugin after importing without affecting other features.

5. Step Five

   • If the import fails, you can remove unused database tables. On my Alibaba Cloud server, I imported the previous backup into the current tables (note that the table prefixes differ). Then fill in the plugin configuration and run the conversion.