[wp-meta] [Making WordPress.org] #5550: Make all importer plugins available on GitHub

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#5550: Make all importer plugins available on GitHub
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 Reporter:  SergeyBiryukov   |      Owner:  (none)
     Type:  task             |     Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:
Component:  Version Control  |   Keywords:
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 Currently, WordPress Importer plugin is the only importer that has a
 [https://github.com/WordPress/wordpress-importer/ GitHub repo], others are
 still maintained in SVN on the Plugin Directory, which makes contributions
 harder. As a result, most of the importers are outdated, not tested with
 recent WordPress versions, and not even compatible with PHP 7, let alone
 PHP 8.

 Per @jrf in https://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/49143#comment:11:
 > Would it make sense to add a repo in the GH organization with each of
 the importers in a separate folder? or to possibly add them to the
 existing WordPress Importer repo in a separate `importers` folder with a
 separate subfolder for each of the add-on plugins?
 > This might make contributions now and in the future easier?

 I think this would be a good first step to keep them maintained on a
 regular basis.

 This applies to:
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/blogger-importer/ Blogger Importer]
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/blogware-importer/ Blogware Importer]
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpcat2tag-importer/ Categories to Tags
 Converter]
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/dotclear-importer/ DotClear Importer]
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/greymatter-importer/ GreyMatter Importer]
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/livejournal-importer/ LiveJournal
 Importer]
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/movabletype-importer/ Movable Type and
 TypePad Importer]
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/opml-importer/ OPML Importer]
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/rss-importer/ RSS Importer]
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/stp-importer/ STP Importer]
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/textpattern-importer/ TextPattern
 Importer]
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/tumblr-importer/ Tumblr Importer]
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/utw-importer/ Ultimate Tag Warrior
 Importer]

 Note: Some of these have a very low number of active installs and may not
 be relevant anymore, so this could be done in several ways I can think of:
 * For all of them, for consistency.
 * On a case-by-case basis for those that still have a non-trivial amount
 of active installs.
 * At least for those listed in the WordPress admin.

 For reference, these are the ones listed on the Import screen in the admin
 as of WordPress 5.6:
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/blogger-importer/ Blogger Importer]
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wpcat2tag-importer/ Categories to Tags
 Converter]
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/livejournal-importer/ LiveJournal
 Importer]
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/movabletype-importer/ Movable Type and
 TypePad Importer]
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/rss-importer/ RSS Importer]
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/tumblr-importer/ Tumblr Importer]
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-importer/ WordPress Importer]

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