# Migrating vB5 to Discourse

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-vb5-to-discourse/28755
**Category:** Support
**Created:** [May 13, 2015, 9:32am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-vb5-to-discourse/28755 "2015-05-13T09:32:46Z")
**Posts on this page:** 1
**Showing post:** 2

<div class="post-metadata">

### Author: ![Abdul\_Munim\_Zahid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/abdul_munim_zahid/32/39786_2.png) [@Abdul\_Munim\_Zahid](https://meta.discourse.org/u/Abdul_Munim_Zahid)
#### Post date: [May 13, 2015, 12:13pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-vb5-to-discourse/28755/2 "2015-05-13T12:13:13Z")

</div>

I have imported a vBulletin forum many times. Where exactly are you getting stuck?

If you don’t care about your attachments you can use the easier way of importing where you first convert your forum to vanila format and then import the vanilla file to the WordPress.

Use the following tutorial:

> [@Migrate a Vanilla forum to Discourse](https://meta.discourse.org/t/how-to-migrate-from-vanilla-to-discourse/27273):
>
> I know there are a lot of posts about importing contents from a vanilla forum, but theres a lack of comprehensive guide! Not everyone can afford to hire a developer to migrate their forums and this is my way of giving back to this community smile So here it goes: You Need: Terminal (if mac) or alternative for windows A mind strong enough to understand and follow this guide! Patience A cup of coffee Step 1: Getting the Importer file! Use this addon to get the porter file: [Vanilla Porter A…](http://vanillaforums.org/addon/porter-core)

[https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-via-vanilla/26184](https://meta.discourse.org/t/import-via-vanilla/26184)

---

_[View the full topic](https://meta.discourse.org/t/migrating-vb5-to-discourse/28755)._