10 Best Substack Importer Alternatives in 2026
Updated September 7, 2026 · Ranked by how closely each plugin matches, from WordPress.org data · How this works
Substack Importer has 1,000+ 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 Substack Importer
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WPML to Polylang
Closest match5.0 (20) 5,000+ active installsImport multilingual data from WPML into Polylang.
Shares the importer tag on WordPress.org. About 5 times the installs, last updated 28 days ago.
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4.3 (26) 3,000+ active installsImport attachments from another WordPress blog using a WXR file.
Shares the importer tag on WordPress.org. About 3 times the installs, no update since September 25, 2014.
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4.7 (124) 900+ active installsA plugin to migrate PrestaShop e-commerce solution to WooCommerce
Shares the importer tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 24 days ago.
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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 4 times the installs, last updated 12 days ago.
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4.7 (117) 200,000+ active installsImport and export your widgets.
Shares the importer tag on WordPress.org. About 200 times the installs, last updated May 23, 2026.
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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 40 times the installs, last updated July 16, 2026.
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Starter Templates & Sites Pack by ThemeGrill
4.7 (197) 70,000+ active installsPremium starter sites and website templates by ThemeGrill. Import demo content, widgets, and theme settings with one click.
Shares the importer tag on WordPress.org. About 70 times the installs, last updated 17 days ago.
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4.9 (32) 100+ active installsA plugin to migrate categories, articles, news, and images from SPIP to WordPress
Shares the importer tag on WordPress.org. 100+ installs against 1,000+, last updated 24 days ago.
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4.6 (45) 800+ active installsSave your time by automatically converting from .DOCX to content with all WordPress post attributes.
Shares the importer tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated February 13, 2026.
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4.6 (111) 700+ active installsA plugin to migrate articles, stories, pages, categories, tags, images from Drupal to WordPress
Shares the importer tag on WordPress.org. A similar number of installs, last updated 24 days ago.
Switching from Substack Importer: common questions
What is the best alternative to Substack Importer?
WPML to Polylang is the closest match: it shares the same WordPress.org tags and has 5,000+ active installs with a 5.0 out of 5 rating.
Which Substack Importer alternative has the most users?
Widget Importer & Exporter, with 200,000+ active installs reported by WordPress.org.
Which Substack Importer 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 Substack Importer 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 Substack Importer 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 Substack Importer 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
WPML to Polylang is the closest match to Substack Importer by the data we track, and Widget Importer & Exporter has the widest reach with 200,000+ 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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