For the first time ever BlogWranglers was asked if we could move a blog from HubSpot to WordPress. All we needed to hear was move and WordPress and we were all in. Another blog migration here we come.
Well, what a surprise upon logging into the account at HubSpot. Here is what we found;
- There is no blog or website Export function in HubSpot
- There is no access to the database in HubSpot
It’s Hard Work to Migrate from HubSpot
The account is structured in way that really prevents leaving HubSpot. So far, all of the major content managements systems that we have worked with offer some sort of export or migration tool or access to the database and file system, so HubSpot was quite a disappointment on this point.
We ended up doing a lot of heavy lifting, the hard way, and successfully transferred the website content into a fresh WordPress installation on our dedicated server.
The client is very happy now and grateful to have reduced his monthly expenses considerably.
If you are considering a migration from HubSpot to WordPress contact the experienced team at BlogWranglers.
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Curious – has Hubspot made any changes in the last 10 months since this blog post was written? Is there still no easy way to migrate blog posts from Hubspot? I’m looking to switch over from Hubspot to WordPress and want to know what I’m in for. Is a manual export of the data the only solution?
Hey Melissa, I’m looking at using WordPress vs. Hubspot and I’m interested in what made you want to switch…
in comparing the analytics of Hubspot, call-to-action functionality, and automated SEO checking it seems pretty useful. Are there plugins in wordpress that trumped this for you?
Thanks
Hi,
The main reason we’re looking to make the switch is to have the blog at the same domain (www.site.com/blog). This will help us with our search engine rankings.
Melissa
Disclaimer: I work for HubSpot Support
To clarify, we do not actively prevent customers from moving off of our platform. In fact, we help them do it. The easiest way to migrate from HubSpot to WordPress is to use the RSS feed of the HubSpot blog and follow these instructions: http://codex.wordpress.org/Importing_Content#Importing_from_an_RSS_feed
It won’t carry over the pictures, but it definitely saves a lot of work. Hope that helps.
Joss
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Don’t whine much, but this http://blogwranglers.com/moving-day-a-migration-from-hubspot-to-wordpress is what it looks like when I do.
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