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Importing WordPress Content into Evolution CMS with evo-wpImport

A look at evo-wpImport and why WordPress-to-Evolution migration tooling mattered.

Content migration is one of the places where CMS adoption either accelerates or stalls. For teams moving from WordPress to Evolution CMS, a reusable importer matters far more than a theoretical “it can be done”.

The referenced evo-wpImport work aimed to turn that migration into a repeatable process instead of a one-off manual copy job. That is useful not only for saving time, but for preserving structure, dates, and editorial momentum during a platform move.

As an ecosystem artifact, import tooling is especially important because it lowers the cost of switching. A CMS grows not only by adding features, but by making entry and migration paths easier for real teams.

This is exactly the kind of module worth remembering in the Evolution ecosystem: it solved a practical adoption problem rather than just adding another isolated backend feature.

Source: evo-wpImport module gist.

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MODX Evolution Star Rating with jQuery Raty

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Moving Evolution CMS Elements into Files for IDE-Based Editing

Why teams moved templates and other elements into files, and what breaks if include-based workflows are set up carelessly.