Migrate to WordPress.com
by Automattic · Backup
Also makes 78 other plugins · 18.2M+ installs across the portfolio →
A WordPress plugin that helps users to migrate their sites to WordPress.com
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Health
A 86/100
Few reviews
Active installs
2K+
≈2.4K estimated
Momentum
+0%
downloads vs prior 30d
Biggest opportunity: Swap “copy” and “transfer” for “deployment” and “wordpress migration”. “copy” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “deployment” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “transfer” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “wordpress migration” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
86 health vs 75 average across 553 Backup plugins
Install conversion
How it's measured →3.5%
of downloads still active
At least 2K of 57.7K lifetime downloads are still running, above its category: the median Backup plugin keeps 1.6%, across 282 plugins.
Downloads count every update, not just first installs, so older and more frequently released plugins read lower. Compare against other Backup plugins, not across the directory. wp.org reports active installs as the bottom of a band, so the real rate is this or higher.
This plugin shipped 7 releases in the last 12 months, and every existing install that updated counted as another download. wp.org publishes no split between first installs and updates, so we show the raw rate rather than guess at one.
Details
Directory ranking optimization
How it's scored →How well this listing is tuned to rank in WordPress.org search, on the factors an owner controls. Not popularity, optimization.
Excellent listing optimization
Most to gain: Rating quality
Updated 2 days ago
Tested up to WordPress 7.1.4, the current branch or newer
4.7★ over 9 reviews, smoothed to 4.19★ and held back under 25 reviews
5 of 5 tags set · short description in place
To rank higher: Too few reviews to rank on quality — nudge happy users to leave one.
Get the full rank-higher report →Search visibility
How it's tracked →Directory searches this plugin turns up in, and which way each one is moving. WordPress.org publishes no history of search positions, so this starts the day we first tracked a keyword and never backfills.
38
Momentum
Losing ground
-0.1
Velocity
places per keyword, 28d
18%
Breadth
of keywords climbing, 28d
0.0
Acceleration
recent half vs earlier
wp.org is where the directory puts the plugin for that search. On merit is where it would sit if results were ranked on rating, support and updates, without the install boost. The last column is how far the wp.org position moved, from our first reading in the last 90 days to the latest.
| Keyword | wp.org | On merit | wp.org move, 90 days |
|---|---|---|---|
| migrate your tag | #13 | #21 | 0 |
| move your tag | #19 | #22 | up 5 |
| migrate to wordpress | #21 | #22 | down 1 |
| migration your tag | #22 | #22 | up 2 |
| deployment | #14 | #19 | down 2 |
| migrate wordpress | #22 | #21 | down 1 |
| wordpress migration | #23 | #22 | — |
| migrate users | #19 | #19 | down 3 |
| wordpress migrate | #21 | #21 | down 3 |
| copy your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
| transfer your tag | Not in the top 24 | ||
41 searches this plugin appeared in over the last 90 days, 9 listed. 32 left out as unrelated or noise (years, numbers, stray words). 2 of its tags aren't in the top 24 for their own search.
What to do about it
- Swap “copy” and “transfer” for “deployment” and “wordpress migration”. “copy” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “deployment” sits at #14 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. “transfer” isn't earning its slot: you're not in the first 24 results for its own search. “wordpress migration” sits at #23 untagged, close enough for a declared tag to move it up. All five slots are taken, so one has to go.
- One page off on “migrate”. #13 puts you just past the first ten results, where almost all the clicks stop. The gap to close is small.
Daily downloads
Since 2 Mar 2023 · 1,340 days · wp.org + Plugin Pulse archive
30-day downloads
Rolling 30-day volume · peak 8.2K · peaks are release surges
Directory rank vs rivals
wp.org popularity rank over time · higher is better · when a rival's line climbs above yours, they've overtaken you
Rating trend
Star average over time · dips mark rough releases
Health trend
Composite health score, snapshotted daily
Update activity
How busy the existing users are, measured as downloads in the last 30 days for every 1,000 active sites. A spike means a new release everyone's pulling; a long, slow decline means an aging user base that updates less.
Release cadence
Actively maintainedHow often this plugin actually ships. A steady rhythm is the maintenance signal a single "last updated" date can't show.
7
releases in the last 12 months
2d ago
latest release · v6.77 · 29 Oct 2026
9
tagged releases on record
Recent releases
What its installed base runs
via wordpress.orgShare of active installs on each version of this plugin. Green is the current release; a big slice on older versions is a user base that has stopped updating.
Estimated active installs
The public count shows “2K+”. Our estimate pins where the real number sits.
Crossed into this band 5 months ago; a band this size takes about a year or more to cross, which places it about 39% of the way through.
At the current install trend, crossing 3K+ in roughly 205 days.
Install history since 1 Mar 2023
Recent reviews
All reviews on wp.org ↗- ★★★★★ skyislandalliance6mo ago
WordPress’ support team is excellent and responded in a timely manner each day. For some websites, the transition may be easy. Ours was challenging and took 20 days, start to finish, after much troubleshooting. We’re a mid-sized organization with 20,000 supporters and hundreds of webpages, plus a store using WooPayments. That made things complex. Our website was completely down for three hours at one point and our store was down for two weeks. Part of this had to do with the loss of a team member on our end who had some knowledge about WooPayments. Also, we’re using a web contractor who’s involved but not immersed in our website. The Jetpack migration and WooPayment migrations were complex and the help-docs provided didn’t map to our view. We are on the other side now, just surprised at the time it took.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ seeworthy1.0y ago
I am doing more and more website migrations and redesigns these days, and Migrate to WordPress.com is a huge time-saver. The support is excellent, and my clients are very happy with the results. I couldn’t ask for more.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ pixelpete1.1y ago
I had been self-hosting on GoDaddy for years. GoDaddy support is so-so. Expect to pay extra even for something like migrating your pHP servers from one version to another. I tried it myself but it crashed the site. So I had to restore. Long story short, I got tired of the backend of patching and keeping up with updates, I opted to move my hosting to wordpress.com This plugin made everything easy. I couldn’t add the plugin through the Dashboard so I had to FTP it to the wp-content folder manually. Once it showed up in the dashboard and I activated it, it worked like a charm.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ ctripodi1.7y ago
Thanks to the excellent support from Mike and JJ, I was able to get my new site up and running smoothly the same day.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Gustavo Hilario1.7y ago
Amazingly easy to use!
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ kazimahmood1.9y ago
It was a very smooth exercise that did not disrupt the publishing process. Recommendable. Best hosting.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Ryan2.0y ago
Worked well! Even on a big, complex site with 20+ years of cruft. This topic was modified 1 year, 8 months ago by Ryan.
Read on wp.org ↗ - ★★★★★ Vishnu Gopal3.7y ago
Works reliably and is easy and fast!
Read on wp.org ↗
Latest updates
via wp.org changelogRecent releases and news for this plugin
- — Version 5.88 Tweak: Code Restructuring Tweak: Added support for PHP 8.4 5.88
- — Version 5.81 Icons and Tags updated 5.81
- — Version 5.72 Improved UI/UX Improved Migration Process 5.72
- — Version 6.65 Improvement: Enhanced secret generation using the secure random_int function. Improvement: Improved connection key generation mechanism. Improvement: Optimized migration of large database tables. Tweak: Improved file upl 6.65
- — Version 6.72 Tweak: Added validation checks for input params. 6.72
- — Version 6.74 Deploy releases to WordPress.org (#15) Return an error for sites with no credentials (#14) Point “Go to WordPress.com” at the destination site (#18) Include pull request numbers in the release changelog (#17) 6.74
Behavioral tests
via WP HiveAutomated install-time checks, tested on PHP 8.1.12 · WP 6.7.1
Languages
via translate.wordpress.orgTranslated into 58 languages, 10 at 90% or more
Plus 34 more locales with partial translations.
AI assistants
How it's measured →Whether ChatGPT and Claude name this plugin when asked the category question, and whether the readme gives them something to quote.
Share of voice
How often each assistant names Migrate to WordPress.com when asked about this topic, where it comes in the answer, and how that compares with its wp.org search position. Latest run 25 Oct 2026.
- Assistants
- ChatGPT, Claude
- Topics tracked
- Migration
Readme readiness
5 of 8 pass · checked 28 Oct 2026Can an assistant quote this readme? Eight deterministic checks over the wp.org listing, no model involved.
- ✓ Says what it does "A WordPress plugin that helps users to migrate their sites to WordPress.com"
- ! Has a FAQ No FAQ section.
- ! FAQ asks real questions No FAQ to judge.
- ! Names who it is for Never says who the plugin is for or what they use it for.
- ✓ Names what it works with Mentions WP-CLI.
- ✓ Headings and lists 3 headings and 2 lists.
- ✓ Enough to quote 1,712 characters of description.
- ✓ Tags match the text 4 of 5 tags appear in the text; "copy" does not.
Growth timeline
Install-tier crossings we have observed, and how long each tier took to outgrow
- 2026-06-09 1K+ → 2K+ up after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-08 2K+ → 1K+ down after 3 days in tier
- 2026-06-05 1K+ → 2K+ up after 3 days in tier
- 2026-06-02 2K+ → 1K+ down after 1 days in tier
- 2026-06-01 1K+ → 2K+ up after 479 days in tier
- 2025-02-07 900+ → 1K+ up after 21 days in tier
- 2025-01-17 800+ → 900+ up after 18 days in tier
- 2024-12-30 700+ → 800+ up after 1 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).
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Migrate Guru – Site Migration & Cloning 200K+ installs · 4.9★ · 3 shared tags A -
Migratico Lite 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
Hostney Migration 10+ installs · 3.6★ · 3 shared tags -
WP STAGING – Backups & Restore, Migration & Clone Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups 100K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
Backup Migration 80K+ installs · 4.8★ · 2 shared tags A -
SiteGround Migrator 80K+ installs · 4.2★ · 2 shared tags A
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