Ghost Importer

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wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you

Share of active installs on each version of this plugin · 100% run the current release. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.

Refined from the date this plugin crossed into its current band.

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1. ★★★★★ Pixelbart

   3.8y ago

   A really great and simple plugin that imports almost all of Ghost’s content. After the import, you only have to set the categories and upload images because the plugin cannot do that, even if the function is theoretically included. Thanks for this! This topic was modified 3 years, 7 months ago by Pixelbart.

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2. ★★★★★ Velda

   6.6y ago

   We were trying to figure out how to import from Ghost to WordPress, and after several failed attempts at converting .json to .xml and importing that, I tried this plugin. Worked great on WordPress 5.3.2. Thanks, Tyson!

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3. ★★★★★ Anonymous User 9588130

   8.3y ago

   Imported all of my posts, images, everything. Couple of tiny nuances, but saved me a tonne of times. Things you will need to change: 1) Categories get imported as tags. 2) Excerpts are missing (if you have set them). 3) Pages get imported as posts. All minor things, great plugin. Like I said, saved me hours. Great work!

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4. ★★★★★ Chocolalato

   8.6y ago

   Fairly spartan. There is an option to do a “dry run.” However doing so only shows that 0 of 0 posts would have been imported. I bit the bullet and went ahead and ran it. Even though it still said 0 of 0 posts imported… when I clicked on the posts, they were all imported. Included drafts that had not been published. I haven’t looked super closely at the posts themselves, so it’s possible that there will be issues that need to be corrected, but such is life. Tight work!

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Automated install-time checks, tested on PHP 7.2.16 · WP 5.3.2

Growth timeline

Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow

1. 2026-01-18 40+ → 30+ down after 2 days in tier
2. 2026-01-16 30+ → 40+ up after 4 days in tier
3. 2026-01-12 40+ → 30+ down after 43 days in tier
4. 2025-11-30 30+ → 40+ up after 6 days in tier
5. 2025-11-24 40+ → 30+ down after 17 days in tier
6. 2025-11-07 30+ → 40+ up after 61 days in tier
7. 2025-09-07 40+ → 30+ down after 1 days in tier
8. 2025-09-06 30+ → 40+ up after 4 days in tier

Competes with

The plugins that solve the same job, ranked by shared tags then reach, closest match first. The letter on the right is each plugin's health grade (A best, F worst).

• B Blog-in-Blog 800+ installs · 4.5★ · 2 shared tags B
• W WP-CMS 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 2 shared tags D
• WordPress Importer 2M+ installs · 3.1★ · 1 shared tag B
• SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle 400K+ installs · 4.8★ · 1 shared tag A
• White Label CMS 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A
• Widget Importer & Exporter 200K+ installs · 4.6★ · 1 shared tag A

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Ghost Importer: 30+ active installs, 4.5★ (4 reviews). Plugin Pulse (WP Mayor), as of 2026-08-31. https://plugins.wpmayor.com/plugin/import-from-ghost