# Import Existing Wordpress Users into Discourse

**URL:** <https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-existing-wordpress-users-into-discourse/135823>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [December 13, 2019, 12:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-existing-wordpress-users-into-discourse/135823 "2019-12-13T00:21:47Z")\
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**Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 12:21am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-existing-wordpress-users-into-discourse/135823/1 "2019-12-13T00:21:47Z")

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Hey all,

Maybe I am missing something, but how do I achieve the following?

Existing Wordpress site containing hundreds of registered members.  
New Discourse self hosted installation using Wordpress as SSO provider.

I need to import all of the existing Wordpress Users into Discourse so that they don’t need to first login to the Wordpress site in order to gain access to the Discourse notifications.

These users are NOT tech savvy and asking them to first login to the website is just too complex for them.

They are currently used to using a Google Groups noticeboard system that they can communicate with posts purely via email. Thus they will not reliably self provision within the new hosted Discourse.

Any ideas would be greatly appreciated.

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