Moving a HikaShop shop to another site, from Joomla to WordPress, from WordPress to Joomla, or from one server to another, does not need an export: HikaShop imports another HikaShop through its database, with the shop configuration, the methods and the orders.
It is one of the shops HikaShop can import: see all the import options.
Before you start
Supported versions: HikaShop 6.4 and later, Joomla or WordPress, in any direction.
The database of the source shop must be on the same MySQL server as the site which receives the import. Install the same edition of HikaShop on the new site first.
Make a backup of your database and your files. The import adds to what is already in HikaShop and never deletes anything, but a backup costs nothing.
What is imported
- The configuration (when ticked)
- Custom fields
- Zones, tax rates and tax categories
- Shipping and payment methods, with their configuration
- Categories, products, variants, prices, images and files
- Users and their addresses (user accounts keep their password between Joomla and WordPress)
- Coupons, discounts and limits
- Orders, their addresses, lines and statuses, warehouses
Not imported:
- The plugins and their files, which are installed separately
- The templates and the display settings of the source site that are not in the HikaShop configuration
Steps
- In the HikaShop back office, open Products > Import and choose Import from another shop.
- Pick another HikaShop in the list of shops.
- Choose what to import with the boxes of "What to import": orders also need the customers and the catalog, they are imported with them.
- Fill in the settings (see below) and click Start the import.
- Keep the page open until the message "The import is finished" appears. A step which fails stops the import and can be tried again or skipped.
The settings
- CMS of the shop: Joomla or WordPress.
- Database name: the database of the source site.
- Table prefix: the prefix of the tables of the Joomla or WordPress of the source, for example jos_ or wp_.
- Source site path: the absolute path of the source site, to copy the images and the files.
After the import
- Check the shipping and payment methods: the plugins they use must be installed on the new site.
- Check the configuration, which the import replaced when "Configuration" was ticked.
- Untick "Configuration" to bring only the catalog into a shop which is already set up.
Questions
Can I bring only the products?
Yes: in "What to import", keep the catalog and untick the other parts. Orders always come with their customers and the catalog.
Do the customers keep their password?
Yes, between Joomla and WordPress in both directions: the hash is moved and HikaShop checks both formats.
Do the payment methods work after the import?
Their settings are imported. The plugins they use must be installed and enabled on the new site.
Back to the import page, which also covers the CSV import and the import of orders. Something else went wrong? See solving problems.