Joomla 3.x–5.x WP UpdraftPlus

Convert Akeeba Full Backup to UpdraftPlus

Client-side offline conversion: unpacks Joomla database & media assets, maps schema to WordPress tables (`wp_posts`, `wp_terms`, `wp_users`), remaps image URLs, and generates ready-to-restore UpdraftPlus `.gz` & `.zip` archives.

Drop your Akeeba Backup file(s) here or browse

Accepts single or multi-part Akeeba .jpa / .j01 / .j02 series and .zip backups

Multi-Part JPA (.j01 + .jpa) Web Worker + OPFS Featured Image Sync

What happens automatically?

Joomla SQL to WP SQL: Translates #__content to wp_posts, categories to wp_terms, and admin users to wp_users.
Asset Path Rewrite: Rewrites images/... media links into standard WordPress wp-content/uploads/... structure.
UpdraftPlus Packaging: Compresses exact split entities (-db.gz, -uploads.zip, -plugins.zip, -themes.zip, -others.zip).
SEO Redirection Bridge: Generates a companion redirect plugin to retain all legacy Joomla article URLs.

JSZip & Pako Engine Secure In-Memory

Articles & Tags

#__content items

UpdraftPlus Target Configuration

Specify destination WordPress schema parameters and metadata transformation options.

Source: Joomla Site

New WordPress Site URL

Replaces legacy site URL in database options & post content.

Old Joomla Site URL

Used for deep string replacement and 301 redirects.

Target WP Table Prefix

Default is wp_. UpdraftPlus restores against this prefix.

New WP Admin Username

Owner assigned to migrated content (Role: Administrator).

Admin Email

Primary contact in wp_options.

UpdraftPlus Package Key

UpdraftPlus unique site identifier hash in file names.

WP Media Attachments & Thumbnails Maps intro images to _thumbnail_id

Generate 301 SEO Plugin Includes redirect bridge in plugins.zip

Web Worker + OPFS Decompressor Background streaming avoids tab memory freeze

Preserve Joomla Tags Maps #__tags to post_tag taxonomy

Convert <hr id="system-readmore"> Translates to WP  tag

Bundle Starter Theme Fulfills Updraft themes.zip requirement

Custom Fields & ACF JSON Export Maps #__fields to postmeta and exports ACF JSON

Gutenberg AST Block Translation Converts Bootstrap grids & Page Builder trees to WP blocks

Two-Pass Internal Link Graph Rewriter Rewrites internal article & SEF links directly in post content

UpdraftPlus Backup Set Ready!

All 5 UpdraftPlus backup components have been assembled according to official naming specs.

Database 0 KB

backup_...-db.gz

Gzipped MySQL dump containing converted wp_posts, wp_terms, and wp_users.

Uploads 0 KB

backup_...-uploads.zip

Joomla /images/ folder remapped for WordPress wp-content/uploads/.

Plugins 0 KB

backup_...-plugins.zip

Includes the auto-generated joomla-301-redirects SEO preservation bridge.

Themes 0 KB

backup_...-themes.zip

Ready-to-use WordPress theme package formatted for UpdraftPlus restore.

Others 0 KB

backup_...-others.zip

UpdraftPlus content companion (languages, custom assets, index safeguards).

Restoration Target

Location: wp-content/updraft/

Updraft Format: Standard 5-Part

Schema: wp_

Convert Akeeba Full Backup to UpdraftPlus

What happens automatically?

UpdraftPlus Target Configuration

Conversion Pipeline Web Worker (OPFS)

UpdraftPlus Backup Set Ready!