Trilobita DocVault Migrator

Trilobita DocVault Migrator moves your downloads from another download plugin into Trilobita DocVault. It copies the files, titles, descriptions, categories, download counts, expiry dates and access settings, and records where each document came from so your old links can keep working.

WordPress Download Manager is a third-party plugin. This plugin is not affiliated with or endorsed by its developers; Trilobita DocVault and this migrator are developed by Trilobita.

Your existing plugin’s data and files are never changed: everything is copied, so you can check the result before you switch the old plugin off.

Supported sources:

• WordPress Download Manager – on the same site, or on another WordPress install on the same server.

How it works:

1. Configure – choose the source plugin and where it is installed.
2. Preview – a dry run checks every package and file and shows what will be imported, what will be skipped and why. Nothing is written.
3. Migrate – documents are created in batches, with a progress bar. Afterwards you can download a CSV log, or roll the migration back.

What is migrated:

• Title, description and excerpt
• Files, copied into DocVault and registered as the first version
• Tags (WordPress Download Manager)
• Categories, with one level of parent category. An existing category with the same slug is reused only if it holds nothing but documents; otherwise a separate “(documents)” category is created, so documents are never mixed into your blog categories.
• Download counts
• Expiry dates (WordPress Download Manager)
• Access settings: public, logged-in users only, or specific user roles

Keep old links working: with Trilobita DocVault 1.6.0 or later, old WordPress Download Manager download links, package, category and tag shortcodes, and package, download, category and tag URLs keep working after migration, without editing your pages. With earlier DocVault versions the documents still migrate, and the old links start working once DocVault is updated, without migrating again.

Multi-file packages: WordPress Download Manager packages can hold several files. Choose one DocVault document per file (recommended), or the first file only.

File types: free DocVault accepts PDF, DOC, DOCX, XLS, XLSX, PPT, PPTX, ODT, ODS, ODP, RTF, CSV and TXT. The dry run lists any files of other types and says which ones Trilobita DocVault Pro can add (images, ZIP, AI and EPS). DocVault Pro is not required.

Not migrated: email, password, social and form locks, payment, quota and download limit settings, and per-download history (the total count is kept). Packages that use these are noted in the log.

Privacy

The migrator does not send any data to external services. It stores a migration log (document titles, IDs and notes) in your WordPress database, which is removed when you delete the plugin. It does not collect or store personal data about visitors.