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title: Migration from Disqus/WordPress/Commento to Remark42
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Remark42 supports importing comments from Disqus, WordPress, Commento, or native backup format. All imported comments have an `Imported` field set to `true`. All methods below remove existing comments from the site if they are present, please see the [restoration documentation](https://remark42.com/docs/backup/restore/) for instructions on import preserving existing comments.

### Initial import from Disqus

1. Disqus provides export of all comments on your site in a gzipped file. This option is available in your Moderation panel at Disqus Admin > Setup > Export. The export will be sent into a queue and then emailed to the address associated with your account once it's ready. Direct link to export will be something like `https://<siteud>.disqus.com/admin/discussions/export/`. See [importing-exporting](https://help.disqus.com/en/articles/1717199-importing-exporting) for more details
2. Move this file to your Remark42 host within `./var` and extract, i.e., `gunzip <disqus-export-name>.xml.gz`
3. Run import command (`ADMIN_PASSWD` must to be enabled on server for it to work) - `docker exec -it remark42 import -p disqus -f /srv/var/{disqus-export-name}.xml -s {your site ID}`

### Initial import from WordPress

1. Use [that instruction](https://wordpress.com/support/export/) to export comments to file using standard WordPress functionality
2. Move this file to your Remark42 host within `./var`
3. Run import command (`ADMIN_PASSWD` must to be enabled on server for it to work) - `docker exec -it remark42 import -p wordpress -f /srv/var/{wordpress-export-name}.xml -s {your site ID}`

### Initial import from Commento

1. Move exported json file to your Remark42 host within `./var`
2. Run import command (`ADMIN_PASSWD` must to be enabled on server for it to work) - `docker exec -it remark42 import -p commento -f /srv/var/{commento-export-name}.json -s {your site ID}`

Comments are imported for the domain specified in the provided file, with `https://` prefix. If you want to import comments for a different domain or for `http://` domain, you'll need to export them after importing, alter the export file `url` property and re-import them.