Hi,
We are changing the domain name and design of our website. Can I first export the users and topics (only those who have started or replied to topics, etc.) from the existing forum and then import them into the new site?
Thank you,
@deep-line-digital,
Yes, you can export your wpForo forum content including users and topics and import them into a new site with a different domain and design. To do this, you need to export the relevant database tables such as those with the wpforo_ prefix, as well as WordPress user tables (wp_users and wp_usermeta) via PhpMyAdmin. Then you can import these tables into the new site's database after installing WordPress and wpForo. This process allows you to migrate your forum content to a new site. Note that wpForo uses WordPress users, so user data is managed through WordPress itself. For detailed steps on exporting, you can use PhpMyAdmin's export feature selecting only the data (not structure) and enabling "Truncate table before insert" for import compatibility.
@wpforo-support Hi,
Thank you for your response. Finding a solution is great. However, the process seems a bit complicated to me. Is there a document, video, or something similar where I can find detailed information about the process?
Thank you,
I'm sorry but this kind of requests are out of the our support forum scope. This is a very complex and large work. It can only be done by corresponding services like gConverter or ProfProjects. So there is no an easy steps to perform such work, you should well know SQL and wpForo database structure. Also it may need some custom script for re-mapping IDs.
