# Handling user passwords when importing from another forum software?

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-user-passwords-when-importing-from-another-forum-software/29324
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [27 Maio , 2015 19:37 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-user-passwords-when-importing-from-another-forum-software/29324 "2015-05-27T19:37:55Z")
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### Author: ![michaeld](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/michaeld/32/1594_2.png) [@michaeld](https://meta.discourse.org/u/michaeld)
#### Post date: [27 Maio , 2015 20:58 UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-user-passwords-when-importing-from-another-forum-software/29324/3 "2015-05-27T20:58:31Z")

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We have a plugin that does exactly what @jeffwidman suggests.

It’s not that hard to add in an importer.

You only need to do two things to accomplish this:

- Make sure the importer stores the password hash in a custom user field called `import_pass`,
- Install [GitHub - communiteq/discourse-migratepassword: Support migrated password hashes · GitHub](https://github.com/communiteq/discourse-migratepassword) plugin

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