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=== Substack Importer === |
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Contributors: wordpressdotorg |
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Tags: importer, substack |
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Requires at least: 5.2 |
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Tested up to: 5.7.1 |
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Requires PHP: 5.6 |
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Stable tag: 1.0.3 |
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License: GPLv2 or later |
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License URI: https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html |
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The Substack Importer allows you to import content from a Substack newsletter into your WordPress site. |
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== Description == |
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The Substack Importer will import content from an export file downloaded from your Substack newsletter. |
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The following content will be imported: |
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- Posts and images. |
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- Podcasts. |
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- Comments (only for publicly accessible posts). |
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- Author information. |
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In the future, we plan to improve the importer by: |
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- Mailing lists. |
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- Enhancing the performance of processing export files with many posts and media. |
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== Installation == |
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This plugin depends on the [WordPress Importer](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-importer) plugin which needs to be installed first. |
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To install the Substack Importer: |
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1. Upload the `substack-importer` directory to the `/wp-content/plugins/` directory |
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1. Activate the plugin through the 'Plugins' menu in WordPress |
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== Changelog == |
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= 1.0.3 = |
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* Identify authors for draft posts as "Draft Posts" |
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= 1.0.2 = |
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* Republishing to fix a CI error. |
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= 1.0.1 = |
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* Remove unnecessary load_meta_data line. |
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* Fix embeds not displaying properly on website. |
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= 1.0.0 = |
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* Add post meta for paid content. |
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* Convert Instagram embed to a link. |
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* Add the subtitle as a H2 at the beginning of the post. |
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* Set the correct comment_status for posts. |
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= 0.1.0 = |
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* Refactored the importer. |
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* Add support for authors. |
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* Add support for comments. |
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* Conversion of content to Gutenberg blocks. |
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* Convert the export to WXR and use the WordPress Importer plugin to import the WXR. |
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* Add progress indicator |
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* Add support for attachments. |
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= 0.1 = |
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Early proof-of-concept version. |
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== Frequently Asked Questions == |
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= After about 30 seconds, the import stops and I am seeing a blank screen. What happened? = |
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When trying to import a large number of posts and images, timeouts can occur. To solve this, you can try to run the import |
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several times until all content has been imported. |
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