Why Migrate to TravelFeed?
Considering a switch? Here’s why migrating to TravelFeed from WordPress is a smart choice:
- Affordable Pricing: Get a free TravelFeed account with monetization or managed hosting from $15/month, whereas WordPress managed hosting starts from $35/month with added costs for plugins and themes.
- Built-in SEO: TravelFeed is SEO-ready out of the box. With WordPress, you need extra plugins.
- Social Integration: TravelFeed is not only a blogging software, but also a social network that gets your content seen by many travel blog readers, a feature missing in WordPress.
- Speedy Performance: Experience faster load times with TravelFeed, while WordPress can lag behind.
- Travel-Centric Design: Our platform is crafted for travelers. WordPress can be complex and generic.
- Superior Security: TravelFeed offers a secure, maintenance-free experience, in contrast to the regular vulnerabilities in WordPress.
- Special Features: TravelFeed provides unique travel tools without additional costs. With WordPress, you might need paid plugins.
- Innovative AI Blogger: A unique feature on TravelFeed, whereas other tools require costly subscriptions.
- Built in Monetization: TravelFeed is fully integrated with Hive for easy monetization and a great community
Migrating to TravelFeed gives you specialized tools and a smoother experience tailored for travel bloggers. For an in-depth comparison, see our detailed post.
Step 1: Prepare the WordPress Export File
To move your content from WordPress, an Export File (.xml) is needed.
- Go to your WordPress Dashboard.
- Select: Tools > Export.
- Choose 'All content' and click ‘Download Export File’.
Ensure the file is in .xml format. If it’s a zip file, extract the .xml file before proceeding.
Step 2: Importing to TravelFeed
Navigate and manage your import with these steps:
- Access the TravelFeed Dashboard.
- Click on 'Drafts' (in the sidebar).
- Click 'Import' (in the tabs right beside 'Published'). On mobile, it's a green import icon.
- Select 'WordPress'.
- Upload your .xml Export File.
Import Details
- What’s Imported: Posts, drafts, and pages from WordPress.
- What’s Not Imported: Comments and media files. Ensure media files are manually moved if removed from WordPress.
Post-Import Actions
All selected posts/pages/drafts are imported as unpublished HTML drafts.
To publish a post, just open the draft and review it ("preview" button on the top right) to check that the formatting is correct. Generally, the formatting should look good as long as it follows standard HTML, but if you are using some plugins in WordPress within posts that use their own short codes, these need to be edited manually. Add locations to your posts and ensure that all data is imported correctly and finalize your post settings according to your preferences.
If you are posting to Hive, be aware that Hive has a limit of one new post every 5 minutes - if you post more often than that, the post will still be published on TravelFeed and your own domain (if you use TravelFeed Hosting), but for Hive, if posting fails due to the 5 minute limit, our system will retry posting an hour later - if you publish too many posts at once, some might not go out to Hive.