Hi,
We had an old website (old.wattlet.fr/forums) with an existing forum. I’ve tried to import it to our new website http://www.wattlet.fr/forums. The bbpress version on the old website has been updated to 2.5.9. I’ve used the import feature under tools/forum, but surprisingly there are no options to select bbpress 2 from the dropdown list. I just see bbpress1.This selection doesn’t use the same table. Currently it is using wp_posts tables. Did I miss something? What I’m trying to do seems to be so simple !

Luc

[@lwathelet Participant 8 years, 7 months ago]

No answer ? No one had the same problem ?

[@robkk Moderator 8 years, 7 months ago]

I haven’t tested this lately, but you could export then import 1 forum at a time using this plugin. This plugin might only import topics that are not closed, and it may autosubscribe topic authors to topics, and maybe auto favorite too.

https://github.com/pippinsplugins/bbPress-Export-and-Import

I recommend testing it out on a localhost installation.

https://codex.bbpress.org/getting-started/testing-your-bbpress-installation/creating-a-test-site/

[@lwathelet Participant 8 years, 7 months ago]

Thanks for your answer. But how do I run it in WP ? There are no documentation. I installed it as a standard plugin but nothing appeared in the menus

Thanks
Luc

[@casiepa Moderator 8 years, 7 months ago]

Bonjour Luc,
Spending 2 seconds on the code, it seems to add an export or import button on the forum (only for admin), so try in your ‘/wp-admin > Forums’ and check if there is an extra button to export somewhere.

I am looking around if any other plugins or so would exist to help you out.

Pascal.

[@seth23 Participant 8 years, 3 months ago]

Pascal,

I am looking for a way to export all forums, topics, and replies from one bbPress to import to another. I went to the forum page, but I don’t see an export or import button. I have looked all around the rest of the admin area and don’t see anything regarding a bbPress export or import. I found a few places that recommended this plugin, but I don’t have any clue how to use it.

Thanks, Seth

[@seth23 Participant 8 years, 3 months ago]

Never mind, I found both the export and import. I was looking on the Forum list page. I found it on each individual forum edit page in the forum attributes box.