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Edited by Lionstacey, JoeyCalvert, Toniacutie, Anna

Both b2evolution and WordPress are free and open-source CMS. However Wordpress is the most used CMS platform in the world and its notability increasing from day to day. The popularity of WordPress is caused by it’s simplicity and efficiency at the same time. It has an enormous number of easy to setup plugins and huge amount of themes for website customization. Opposite to b2evolution, WP is a modern platform which is prefered by the majority. That is why, some users migrate from one to another. In the steps below, you will find, how to migrate from b2evolution to WordPress automatedly.

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  1. 1
    Back up your b2evolution site. Do not worry, there is no danger for your website, but for proper safety it is recommend you to backup your information. You can save all the date on external storage device, USB flash drive or any hard drive.
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  2. 2
    Get FTP access details for your b2evolution and WordPress websites.All you need is to find out from your host provider you FTP host, FTP username and password.
  3. 3
    Install your target CMS platform.Before the start of migration, your WordPress platform should work well.
  4. 4
    Sign in for cms2cms Register an account on cms2cms.com, provide you username, email and password. You can also login via your Facebook and Google+ accounts.
  5. 5
    Provide the URLs of your sites. Specify the URL of your source b2evolution and your target WordPress websites.
  6. 6
    Connect your sites Download the connection bridge, extract it and remember it’s location. Provide your FTP host, username, password, find it out from your host provider. Connect to your site via FTP, copy cms2cms folder and insert it to the root folder of your new WordPress site. The root folder is the top one with the index.php file.
  7. 7
    Run the migration At first run a free demo migration to test this service especially for your site. When you are satisfied with the results start Full migration right away.
  8. 8
    Set up the design for your WordPress website You can find a lot of design options in WordPress themes directory to install on your new WordPress site. Download any of them and set up. There are a lot of free and commercial themes available.
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    Widen up the functionality of your new site. Download any plugins you need from WordPress official site.
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Edit Tips

  • You are able to implement 301 redirects from the old to new URLs in order to preserve your SEO juice and rankings.
  • Estimate the price of your migration before proceeding with it.
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Edit Warnings

  • Make sure, your source CMS is installed and source website is available on the internet before the migration
  • Automated tools does not migrate custom content only default types.
  • It is not possible to migrate design and themes from b2evolution to WordPress.

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Categories: Migration Software

Recent edits by: Toniacutie, JoeyCalvert, Lionstacey

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