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Import your WordPress export file as draft posts, and your subscriber CSV from your newsletter plugin.

Download your WordPress export (.xml) and import it as posts; your subscribers come from your newsletter plugin or email service as a CSV.

  1. In WordPress, open Tools, then Export, choose Posts or All content, and download the .xml file.
  2. In Facet, open Settings, then Import your work, and pick WordPress under Switching from another platform?
  3. Select Import posts, upload the .xml, select Preview (nothing is written), then Import now. Posts land as drafts with their images, tags and excerpts.
  4. WordPress has no subscriber list of its own. Export a CSV from your newsletter plugin or email service, select Import subscribers, upload it, preview, then Import now.
  5. In Import history, use Add as redirects on the posts import so old links keep working.

If this didn't work

  • Images are missing: Facet copies images from your old site while importing. Keep the WordPress site online, roll back the import and run it again.
  • "The CSV has no email column": pick which column holds email addresses under Match your columns, then preview again.

Private and password-protected posts stay private. An unsubscribe or opt-out column in your CSV keeps those people unsubscribed.

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