Migrating posts from WordPress
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Last updated: 08/05/2021
This zettel describes the process that I used to migrate content from my old WordPress site to markdown.
H2 Prerequisites
Node.js, which you can download here.
NPM for managing JS libraries.
A copy of
wordpress-export-to-markdown. In the wordpress-export-to-markdown directory, run npm install to install dependencies.
H2 Exporting
First, in the WordPress admin panel, go to Tools > Export. Choose “All Content” and hit “Download Export File”. It will take some time for the xml file to download depending on the size of the WordPress site.
Then, rename the downloaded file to export.xml
H2 Converting
Navigate to the wordpress-export-to-markdown directory and run node index.js .
Specify the path to export.xml as prompted.
Specify the output folder.
Answer additional options prompted by the script according to your preference.
The script will run and images from the WordPress site will be automatically downloaded.
Done :D
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