# 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:** [May 27, 2015, 7:37pm 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:** ![pfaffman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/pfaffman/32/120154_2.png) [@pfaffman](https://meta.discourse.org/u/pfaffman)\
**Post date:** [October 25, 2016, 9:21pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/handling-user-passwords-when-importing-from-another-forum-software/29324/4 "2016-10-25T21:21:17Z")

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I just wrote an importer for [mylittleforum](http://www.mylittleforum.net/) (not yet, but soon to be, submitted as a PR) and included an `import_pass` field as recommended here. I’d totally forgotten about it when my client (who’s using [https://www.communiteq.com/](https://www.communiteq.com/)) claimed that his old passwords worked! I thought he was crazy at first. 🙂

Thanks, @michaeld!

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