If you've been blogging at Tumblr for some time now, but are looking for something a little less microblogging meets Web 2.0, WordPress is the next best thing! Not only is it a highly customizable blogging tool, but you can also import your old Tumblr posts into your new WordPress blog. Read on to find out how to migrate your Tumblr posts to WordPress.
Tumblr 2 WordPress is a fabulously free service that does the guesswork for you. It's an online tool that creates a WXR (WordPress eXtended RSS) file from your Tumblr site, which can then be important into WordPress. And best of all, it actually works.
To begin, scroll down to the Tumblr to WordPress Exporter module on the page.
Type in your Tumblr account. Under Content format select HTML, and under Permalinks you can decide how you'd like the external links to format. Since we can't actually import the photos and music files you might have posted on your Tumblr, you'll have to link back to the original blog post so that your blog entries still have some context.
Further down, you can also decide whether or not you want the posts to be immediately published, comments to be enabled or disabled, or if people can link to your Tumblr-on-WordPress entries.
When you've decided, hit Export".
If you haven't already, start an account at WordPress. Walk through that process and meet us at step three.
Head over to your WordPress Dashboard, available at the top under My Blogs.
Then, on the left-hand side of the screen, click on the Tools bar. After your browser takes you to that page, click on "Import". Select the option to import a WordPress export file.
Select the file from your hard drive. Then select Upload file and import.
WordPress will ask you to assign authors. Select your WordPress username from the drop down menu, and then select "Download and import file attachments." Click submit when you're done.
This could take awhile. So, please, grab a milkshake.
When your import is finished, WordPress will send you a kind and friendly email that your blog is ready for pimpin'. This is perfect, because you've been waiting for this moment throughout this entire how-to.
Click the link. You'll notice that some of your photos might be missing -- it might be necessary for you to go through and either re-link or individually upload photos. But in essence, your Tumblr blog is there, right there, on your WordPress.
