Key steps to migrate from Medium to WordPress<\/strong><\/p>\n Before you start migrating your content from Medium to WordPress, it’s important to realize that migrating from Medium to WordPress involves more than just copying and pasting your content. Some additional things to consider include:<\/p>\n In other words, there are a lot of moving parts to combine and get working. Nevertheless, transferring all of your content is not as difficult as it sounds — all you have to do is follow these five steps. Before we can get started, you’re going to need a WordPress website set up and ready to go. This involves:<\/p>\n If you’re not sure how to do that, check out steps 2-3 in our how to make a website guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n Once you have your fresh WordPress install set up, you’re ready to migrate from Medium. In the past, Medium let you export your content in a format that was compatible with WordPress’ built-in importer tool. Unfortunately, that’s no longer true now. But to get around this issue, you can use this free exporter tool<\/a> to export your Medium content in a format that works with WordPress.<\/p>\n All you need to do is enter your…<\/p>\n If you have a custom domain name with Medium, your website will begin to export immediately. However, if you don’t, you’ll be asked for a Medium export file<\/em>. To obtain yours, sign into Medium and click on your profile photo:<\/p>\n\n
What you need to consider when you migrate from Medium to WordPress<\/h2>\n
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\nHow to migrate Medium to WordPress (5 steps)<\/h2>\n
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![\n<\/a><\/p>\nYou are free to choose the author for your content, either importing it from Medium or choosing a new user. You should choose the option that aligns with how your Medium blog assigned authors. Also, be sure to tick the box that says Download and import file attachments<\/em>. This will ensure your images are transferred as well.<\/p>\nFinally, click Submit<\/em> and WordPress will automatically import all your Medium content. You can check to make sure everything is in order by going to your Posts<\/em> page, and manually scrolling through your content.\n<\/div>\n3. Upload your images to WordPress<\/h3>\nAlthough the importer does its best to transfer images, it may not get them all because of the way they’re hosted on Medium. If this is the case, you’ll need another tool to ensure they migrate properly.\u00a0For this, we recommend the Auto Upload Images plugin.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n](\"https:\/\/mllj2j8xvfl0.i.optimole.com\/cb:c5QE.37290\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/themeisle.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/assign-authors.png\"){kind=link}