Reference guide. The bbPress importer preserves original dates, maps forums to spaces and forum categories to Jetonomy categories, and supports a dry run.Back up your database.Run wp jetonomy import bbpress --dry-run to preview.Run the import; it batches large datasets to avoid timeouts.

This is expected behavior, not a bug. The guard you are hitting is intentional — it protects against a class of mistakes that used to cause data loss.If you need the other behavior, there is a documented filter you can hook to override it per site.

How to migrate from bbPress without losing data

Sofia Romano 3 weeks ago Resolved

Reference guide. The bbPress importer preserves original dates, maps forums to spaces and forum categories to Jetonomy categories, and supports a dry run.

Back up your database.
Run wp jetonomy import bbpress --dry-run to preview.
Run the import; it batches large datasets to avoid timeouts.

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Yuki Tanaka 6 days ago

We ran into the same situation last quarter. What worked for us was starting small and only adding complexity when a real need showed up.

Omar Haddad 6 days ago

I respectfully disagree on one detail. In my setup the opposite held true, though I suspect it comes down to community size.

Grace Adeyemi 6 days ago

For what it is worth, the same approach works with the PMPro adapter — the membership side is identical from here.

Noah Bennett 6 days ago

For what it is worth, the same approach works with the PMPro adapter — the membership side is identical from here.

Priya Nair 5 days ago

This matches my experience exactly. The hard part is staying consistent once the initial novelty wears off.

David Kim 5 days ago

For what it is worth, the same approach works with the PMPro adapter — the membership side is identical from here.

Hana Park 3 days ago

Great point. I had not considered the angle you raised in the second paragraph — it reframes the whole thing for me.

Bob Martinez 3 days ago

Appreciate the clear steps. The dry-run tip in particular saved me from a mistake I would not have caught otherwise.

Carlos Mendes 2 days ago

Following this thread closely. We are about to face the exact same decision and the replies here are gold.

Bob Martinez 2 days ago

One caveat for larger communities: keep an eye on the indexes. At a few thousand rows the difference is night and day.

Maya Okafor 2 days ago

I respectfully disagree on one detail. In my setup the opposite held true, though I suspect it comes down to community size.