10 Best Import Markdown Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Import Markdown has 2,000+ active installs on WordPress.org. These 10 plugins share its category or its tags on WordPress.org, are actively maintained, and each has at least 100 active installs. They are ordered by how closely they match, not by our opinion.
The 10 closest alternatives to Import Markdown
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Widget Importer & Exporter
Closest match4.7 (117) 200,000+ active installsImport and export your widgets.
Shares the import, importer tags on WordPress.org. About 100 times the installs, last updated May 23, 2026.
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4.7 (130) 4,000+ active installsEasily move your blog from Blogger to WordPress. Import all your content and setup 301 redirects automatically.
Shares the importer tag on WordPress.org. About 2 times the installs, last updated 12 days ago.
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4.3 (26) 3,000+ active installsImport attachments from another WordPress blog using a WXR file.
Shares the import, importer tags on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, no update since September 25, 2014.
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4.2 (28) 3,000+ active installsImport posts from CSV files into WordPress.
Shares the import tag on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, last updated July 30, 2026.
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4.5 (52) 3,000+ active installsImport Eventbrite Events into WordPress website and/or Event Calendar. Nice Display with shortcode & Event widget.
Shares the import tag on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, last updated 20 days ago.
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4.8 (115) 3,000+ active installsDisplay Facebook events on your WordPress site with auto-updating feeds using Live Feed Builder or Events Importer. No API key needed.
Shares the import tag on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, last updated 21 days ago.
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S2W – Import Shopify to WooCommerce
4.7 (42) 3,000+ active installsEasily migrate all Shopify products and their collections(categories) to WooCommerce after several clicks
Shares the import tag on WordPress.org. About 1.5 times the installs, last updated 21 days ago.
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4.9 (107) 40,000+ active installsAlternative CSV Importer plugin. Simple and powerful, best for geeks.
Shares the importer tag on WordPress.org. About 20 times the installs, last updated July 16, 2026.
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4.8 (115) 100,000+ active installsEasily export or import your WordPress customizer settings!
Shares the import tag on WordPress.org. About 50 times the installs, last updated June 16, 2026.
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4.3 (79) 1 million+ active installsImport your demo content, widgets and theme settings with one click. Theme authors! Enable simple theme demo import for your users.
Shares the import tag on WordPress.org. About 500 times the installs, last updated April 22, 2026.
Switching from Import Markdown: common questions
What is the best alternative to Import Markdown?
Widget Importer & Exporter is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 200,000+ active installs with a 4.7 out of 5 rating.
Which Import Markdown alternative has the most users?
One Click Demo Import, with 1 million+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Import Markdown alternative is rated highest?
Really Simple CSV Importer, rated 4.9 out of 5 by 107 reviewers. Only plugins with at least 50 reviews are counted.
Are these Import Markdown alternatives free?
Every plugin listed here is free to install from WordPress.org. Where WordPress.org marks a plugin as commercial, the developer also sells a paid version or add-ons, and that is shown on each plugin.
How are alternatives chosen?
Automatically, from WordPress.org data: plugins that share a category top 10 with Import Markdown score highest, then plugins that appear in the same WordPress.org rankings, then plugins with the same tags, weighted so rare tags count more than common ones. Plugins by the same author and plugins rated under 4.0 are left out.
How we choose these alternatives
Nothing on this page is picked by hand. Every day we walk the whole WordPress.org directory, then score every plugin against Import Markdown on three signals: sharing a category top 10 counts most, then appearing in the same WordPress.org rankings, then carrying the same tags, with rare tags counting for more than common ones like "wordpress". Plugins by the same author are excluded, so an author's own add-ons cannot fill the list, and so is anything rated below 4.0 or with fewer than 100 active installs. The ten highest scores are what you see, in that order. Full methodology.
The bottom line
Widget Importer & Exporter is the closest match to Import Markdown by the data we track, and One Click Demo Import has the widest reach with 1 million+ active installs. Blogger Importer Extended shipped the most recent release, on August 26, 2026. The list is rebuilt every day from WordPress.org, so a plugin that stops being maintained drops out on its own.
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