Do you want to get the website migrated from Joomla to WordPress? Both are the most popular CMS ( Content Management Systems). Still did not get the difference between both of them?
Joomla is an open-source content management system that is not more powerful, and user-friendly than WordPress. It functions only 2.1% of websites and owns 3.5 % of the market which makes it the third most used CMS while WordPress functions 40.6% of the websites and owns 64.5% of the market. That’s why most users prefer working on WordPress rather than Joomla. In this article, we’ll explain how to move from Joomla to WordPress, in detail.
Importance of Joomla to WordPress migration service:
It is important for users to migrate from Joomla to WordPress because WordPress provides much better, quick, and easy development to world-class websites with proper maintenance and management. WordPress helps in loading the page faster and hence improves the website’s performance. It is the easiest and the most user-friendly CMS for non-developers. It contributes to improving SEO and is flexible in improving ranking with major search engines.
Switch from Joomla to WordPress
Joomla and WordPress both use PHP programming language and MySQL database and have the same hosting requirements. Joomla is not easy to use because there are a few extensions and designs available. Whereas WordPress is one of the most popular website builders, have easy to access, and has a lot of extensions and designs to use.
In order to get your website migrated from Joomla to WordPress, users need to follow the steps.
1) Install and set up WordPress:
WordPress is easy to install as it’s a 5 – 6 minute process, Many good companies provide WordPress installation services, and can easily contact the hosting account’s dashboard with just 1 click. Once you have installed WordPress, you’ll see the dashboard on the top.
2) Install FG Joomla to WordPress Plugin:
FG Joomla plugin is necessary to install because WordPress does not support Joomla migration directly. This plugin is a popular free version that supports Joomla 1.5 up to 3.9.
To install the plugin all you need is to go to Plugins >> Add new>> install and activate FG Joomla to WordPress plugin.
3) Import your Joomla website to WordPress:
After activation, go to Tools>> click on the “run importer” link below the Joomla FG importer tool.
This will launch Joomla importer and you need to add your Joomla website information ( website URL and database settings ) and you’ll be able to get your database information from Joomla’s website admin area.
All you need is to go to System>> Global Configuration page and hit on the server tab.
This page will have all information of your database except the password. If you have forgotten your password then just go to the configuration.php file that is located in the Joomla website’s folder, and you can reset your password.
Now enter your information in Joomla importer and then hit on Test the database connection button.
After clicking if it starts working then a message of “Connected Successfully” will appear on the screen. Fill out the Behaviour section save settings and hit on the Start /Resume Importer button to continue.
4) Modify Internal Links
Once done, you will see a message of IMPORT COMPLETED appears and a 100 % progress bar. Make sure to import Joomla content ( all pages, posts, and media files) from there to a new WordPress site. After importing content, hit on the Modify Internal Links button. Now you can visit your new WordPress site to see imported content and to verify that internal links are pointed to the right URLs.
Once all migration is done, you can deactivate the FG Joomla plugin from your WordPress site.
5) Point the domain name to your new WordPress site:
The last but not least step is to point the domain name to your new WordPress site. Gratefully this step is easy but will take up to 24 hours due to DNS generation. You can also change the domain name from the General settings as well.
Steps to do after migrating content from Joomla to WordPress
Once you have migrated the Joomla site to WordPress, you are able to build your new WordPress site by following the mentioned steps.
1. Set up Permalinks and Redirects.
Permalinks are actually the permanent URLs that direct users to the web pages. WordPress has a total of six permalink structures so choosing the right permalink structure is one of the most important steps for setting up the WordPress site.
All you need is to go to Settings >> Permalinks
WordPress uses the Plain structure including ID-based slug example.com/?p=123.
This will help us to differentiate our page from another one. So the best way is to use a post name permalink structure. You can either create a custom structure to display or can rely on the permalink structure generated by WordPress which is the most SEO friendly and is the short and simple URL. 
Once you have chosen a permanent structure, hit on the Save Changes button.
2. Check your broken links
There are chances of having broken links while migrating the Joomla website to a WordPress site. In order to locate broken links we suggest you use the Broken Link Checker plugin. This plugin helps you to find and fix broken links simultaneously.
Using an SEO audit tool like Google Search Console can also help you in locating the broken pages experiencing 404 errors.
3. Install the Redirection plugin
Once you are done with finding broken links, then you need to install and activate Redirection plugin on your website.
Go to tools >> Redirection page, enter http://example.com/index.php/(.*) in the Source URL field and http://example.com/$1 in the Target URL field, Click on the Add Redirect button to save changes, as shown in the image below.
Now WordPress will redirect the old Joomla website URL to the new WordPress permalink structure.
4. Install the WordPress theme
For a new WordPress site, you need a new WordPress theme as well. There are thousands of new and paid WordPress themes.
5. Install WordPress Plugins
After getting your WordPress theme done you need to install all essential WordPress plugins There are thousands of free and paid WordPress plugins like Yoast SEO, Visual Composer WooCommerce, sleeknote, Monsterinsights, Contact form 7, and many more.
6. Customize Web Design
Once you have bought a WordPress theme and you need to customize the theme as per your choices, you can customize the web design because an attractive and good-looking design can hit a solid impression on visitors.
For designing a website you need to search for good web design references and focus on mobile mockups as well. Keep the design simple and have knowledge of the basics codes like HTML and CSS.
Conclusion
We have tried to explain in detail how to migrate a Joomla website to WordPress.We have shown the process of using FG Joomla step by step. By using FG Joomla to WordPress plugin we can import files, and create a new website in simple steps. If you still have any queries about the plugin or about the process, you can contact us.
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