# PHPBB to Discourse Migration Speed Optimization

**URL:** https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-to-discourse-migration-speed-optimization/403319
**Category:** Migration
**Tags:** phpbb
**Created:** [May 19, 2026, 1:24pm UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-to-discourse-migration-speed-optimization/403319 "2026-05-19T13:24:09Z")
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### Author: ![RGJ](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/meta/user_avatar/meta.discourse.org/rgj/32/523185_2.png) [@RGJ](https://meta.discourse.org/u/RGJ)
#### Post date: [June 6, 2026, 9:09am UTC](https://meta.discourse.org/t/phpbb-to-discourse-migration-speed-optimization/403319/14 "2026-06-06T09:09:25Z")

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> [@cocococosti](#):
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> I suggest you don’t either, for security purposes.

With all due respect but I don’t see a ground for this. Our migratepassword plugin has been around for over a decade and there haven’t been any security issues.

As long as you keep the `migratepassword_allow_insecure_passwords` setting disabled it will impose the same password security restrictions as Discourse core does.

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