wp2hugo 0.1.1

A Python CLI application that converts a WordPress WXR backup file to MD files usable by Hugo.

wp2hugo

This Python module helps you convert a WordPress WXR file to MD files.

The MD files can then be used to start up a Hugo site, making this module an important first step if you want to convert your WordPress site to Hugo.

Description

The module has two run modes: create and stats.

Run mode create will open your WXR XML file and create the required MD files.

Run mode stats will dump some quick statistics about the WXR XML file, including number of posts, number of pages, number of tags and number of categories.

Installation

Install the module using pip.

pip3 install wp2hugo

Usage

Create

To create the MD files, use create. wp2hugo create <xmlfile> --outdir <directory> --lowercasetags

Parameters:

• <xmlfile>
  • Path to the WXR XML file
  • Required: yes
• --outdir <directory>
  • Path to the output directory, will be created if not existing
  • Default: ./out
  • Required: no
• --lowercasetags
  • Whether or not to convert tags from WXR files to lowercase
  • Default: false
  • Required: no

stats

To display statistics about the WXR file, use stats.

wp2hugo stats <xmlfile>

Parameters:

• <xmlfile>
  • Path to the WXR XML file
  • Required: yes

Create export

The WXR export can be created using one of two methods:

• export from the WordPress web dashboard
• export made from using the WP CLI tool

Wordpress web deashboard

Follow these steps to create the export.

• Log in to your WordPress site
• Go to Tools -> Export
• Ensure that All content is selected
• Click the Download Export File button

Your web browswer will now download the generated export file.

WP CLI tool

Setting up and using the WP CLI tool is outside the scope of this README, but please consult the documentation.

It is fairly straightforward, and requires either console access to where the WordPress files are located, or access via SSH.

Credits

This Python module is heavily based on the wxr2md module by Dion Susanto. A huge thanks go out to him for his work.

License

MIT

Author

This module was created by Jostein Elvaker Haande.