Movable Type and TypePad Importer Plugin

Import posts and comments from a Movable Type or TypePad blog.

1. Upload the movabletype-importer folder to the /wp-content/plugins/ directory
2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
3. Go to the Tools -> Import screen, Click on Movable Type and TypePad

0.6.2

• Testing the plugin up to WordPress 6.4.2
• Update link references from http to https.

0.6.1

• Test the plugin up to WordPress 6.2

0.6

• Add support for WordPress 6.1

0.5

• Remove comment_exists check for importing comments. In testing, I found no duplicated comments via this method, and it’s extremely slow on large imports. If this check is needed, then define(‘WP_MT_IMPORT_ALLOW_DUPE_COMMENTS’, false);
• Disable cache invalidation and both term and comment counting during import, for speed. Re-enable them after import.
• Disable autocommit during import, commit once every 500 posts and after complete import. Huge speed boost. To force autocommit to be left alone, define(‘WP_MT_IMPORT_FORCE_AUTOCOMMIT’,true);

0.4

• String updates

0.3

• Use BASENAME, if present, as the slug for the post.

0.2

• Add check for WP_LOAD_IMPORTERS

0.1

• Initial release