Devto WP Importer

A WordPress plugin that imports your Dev.to articles into WordPress posts with one click.
It includes duplicate prevention via Dev.to article ID mapping and incremental updates on subsequent imports.

Features

• One-click import from the WordPress admin dashboard (Tools -> Dev.to Importer)
• Duplicate prevention using post meta mapping (_devto_wp_importer_devto_id)
• Smart updates using Dev.to edited_at change detection
• Full content import (title, HTML body, excerpt, tags, and metadata)
• Cover image sideloading to featured image
• Configurable post status, author, and import scope (published or all)
• Encrypted API key storage
• Extensible via plugin-specific actions and filters

Installation

1. Place this plugin in your wp-content/plugins/ directory.
2. Run composer install.
3. Activate the plugin from WordPress admin.
4. Go to Tools -> Dev.to Importer.
5. Enter your Dev.to API key (from dev.to/settings/extensions).
6. Click Import Articles from Dev.to.

Development

Install development dependencies:

composer install

Update dependency versions from composer.json (modifies composer.lock):

composer update

Run PHPCS:

composer phpcs

Auto-fix with PHPCBF:

composer phpcbf

Production Build

Install production dependencies only:

composer install --optimize-autoloader --no-dev -q

Build release package:

chmod +x bin/build.sh
bin/build.sh

Architecture

See DEVELOPMENT-PLAN.md for detailed architecture, API behavior, mapping rules, and import workflow.

Extensibility

Filters

• devto_wp_importer_api_request_args
• devto_wp_importer_should_import_article
• devto_wp_importer_article_post_data
• devto_wp_importer_post_status
• devto_wp_importer_article_meta_data

Actions

• devto_wp_importer_before_import
• devto_wp_importer_after_import
• devto_wp_importer_article_imported
• devto_wp_importer_article_updated
• devto_wp_importer_article_skipped