# Migrate FROM discourse

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-from-discourse/178941
**Category:** WordPress
**Created:** [February 8, 2021, 6:35pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-from-discourse/178941 "2021-02-08T18:35:56Z")
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### Author: ![Mark\_Schmucker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/mark_schmucker/32/124810_2.png) [@Mark\_Schmucker](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Mark_Schmucker)
#### Post date: [February 9, 2021, 10:08pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrate-from-discourse/178941/11 "2021-02-09T22:08:26Z")

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> [@omarfilip](#):
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> The Discourse user’s `external_id` will match the WP `user_id` .

I’m not interested in migrating from Discourse, but I am interested in this. Can you elaborate where this field is found? Using [Data Explorer](https://meta.discourse.org/t/32566?silent=true), I don’t see it under the users table or any other table.

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