Sofia Romano

Appreciate the clear steps. The dry-run tip in particular saved me from a mistake I would not have caught otherwise.

The importer preserves original dates and maps forums to spaces. Always run with --dry-run first to preview counts, take a database backup, then run the real import. It batches large…

One caveat for larger communities: keep an eye on the indexes. At a few thousand rows the difference is night and day.

Adding a small note: the same idea applies on mobile, just with a bit more attention to tap targets.

Run wp jetonomy flush-rules (or visit Settings > Permalinks and save) after changing the base slug. The 404s are stale rewrite rules — regenerating them fixes it immediately.

Solid breakdown. The only thing I would add is to back up before making the change — better safe than sorry.

This is expected behavior, not a bug. The guard you are hitting is intentional — it protects against a class of mistakes that used to cause data loss. If you…

Following this thread closely. We are about to face the exact same decision and the replies here are gold.

Could you say more about how you measured the result? I want to try this but I am not sure what success would look like.

This deserves more votes. It is a small change with an outsized impact on day-to-day use.

Strong agree. Good defaults beat a wall of toggles every single time.

Adding a small note: the same idea applies on mobile, just with a bit more attention to tap targets.

For what it is worth, the same approach works with the PMPro adapter — the membership side is identical from here.

Tried this on a staging copy first and it behaved exactly as described. Confident enough to roll it to production now.

This deserves more votes. It is a small change with an outsized impact on day-to-day use.

This matches my experience exactly. The hard part is staying consistent once the initial novelty wears off.

For what it is worth, the same approach works with the PMPro adapter — the membership side is identical from here.

I respectfully disagree on one detail. In my setup the opposite held true, though I suspect it comes down to community size.

I respectfully disagree on one detail. In my setup the opposite held true, though I suspect it comes down to community size.

Following this thread closely. We are about to face the exact same decision and the replies here are gold.