I would like to migrate my vBulletin v3 forum over to the latest version of bbPress. I tried the migration tool from bbPress but it says there is nothing to migrate.

Is vBulletin v3 supported? If not, is my only option to update to vBulletin v4 first? I would like to avoid that as the upgrade costs $200 and I wouldn’t be using the software.

Please help.

[@casiepa Moderator 9 years, 1 month ago]

Hi,
According to the codex, only v4.x is supported (https://codex.bbpress.org/getting-started/importing-data/import-forums/)
Can you maybe first upgrade from your v3 to v4 ?
Pascal.

[@mikebare Participant 9 years, 1 month ago]

Yes I could upgrade but the vbulletin upgrade costs $200 which seems like a waste of money since I won’t be using vbulletin any longer. Anyone else?

[@casiepa Moderator 9 years, 1 month ago]

Ouch, ok, let me have another look

EDIT: In my 2.5.8 install of bbPress, I see vBulletin3 in the list, so I would say give it a try on a testsite. Get WordPress, bbPress then Tools > Forums > Import forums

Pascal.

[@vitormadeira Participant 8 years, 9 months ago]

Hey @mikebare, have you got good news regarding your migration from vbulletin to bbPress?

Thanks.