{"id":2804764,"date":"2018-10-10T14:59:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-10T14:59:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/?p=2804764"},"modified":"2018-10-11T10:10:56","modified_gmt":"2018-10-11T10:10:56","slug":"import-your-website-to-wordpress","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wpml.org\/th\/announcements\/2018\/10\/import-your-website-to-wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Toolset&#8217;s Tutorial on Importing Custom Database Designs into WordPress"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">We just published a full-length tutorial on <a href=\"https:\/\/toolset.com\/learn\/how-to-import-a-database-into-wordpress\/\">How to Migrate from Custom Database Design into WordPress<\/a>. 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