To migrate Mighty Networks to WordPress, export your member list as an .xlsx file, import those people as WordPress users, rebuild Spaces and courses by hand, and let paid subscriptions run out on Mighty while you set up new billing. Members and their profile data move.
Active subscriptions do not. The cost figures in this guide exclude subscription billing.
Quick Summary
- TrueCommunity, a community and LMS plugin for WordPress, can host your members, groups, feed and courses on your own site. The free plugin on WordPress.org covers the community and basic courses.
- Mighty exports members (Launch plan or higher) as .xlsx. Posts, comments, lessons and videos have no single export, so budget manual time for them.
- Active Stripe subscriptions do not transfer. Plan an overlap period and a re-subscribe step for paying members.
- Mighty’s pricing page lists Launch at $79 per month with a 2% transaction fee. TrueCommunity Pro starts at $119 per year with no platform cut (excluding subscription billing on both sides).
- Mighty has native iOS and Android apps. TrueCommunity has no dedicated app yet and works in phone browsers.
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What moves, what you rebuild, and what stays behind
The biggest mistake in a Mighty move is assuming there is a “download everything” button. There is not. The member list exports cleanly, and almost everything else is manual.
Use this table to scope the work before you commit to a date.
| Item | Moves automatically? | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| Member names and emails | Yes, via export | Download the .xlsx, then import as WordPress users |
| Tags, badges, custom field answers | Exported, but no direct WordPress equivalent | Map to roles, profile fields or group membership |
| Space memberships | Exported as data | Recreate Spaces as groups, then enroll members |
| Posts and comments | No | Archive the important ones, repost pinned content |
| Courses, lessons, quizzes | No | Rebuild in your WordPress course builder |
| Videos and attachments | No | Download your originals, re-upload or embed |
| Passwords | No | Members set a new password on WordPress |
| Active paid subscriptions | No | Run both systems in parallel, then move billing |
Key takeaway: Your member list is the only asset that moves cleanly. Treat everything else as a rebuild project and schedule it like one.
Step 1: Export your member data from Mighty Networks
Full member data is unlocked on the Launch plan or higher, according to Mighty’s help documentation. If you are on a lower plan or a trial, upgrade for one billing month before you plan to export.
- Sign in as Network Host and open Admin, then Members, then Member List.
- Click Download. Mighty emails you a link to the file.
- Agree to the condition that you will not sell or share the member data.
- Download the .xlsx and store it somewhere private and encrypted.
You can export for the whole network, for one Space, or for each paid Plan. A Space-level export requires you to be both Network Host and Space Host. Export the whole network first, then export each paid Plan separately so you have a clean list of paying members.
The export includes Space memberships, tags, badges, custom field answers, referrer data and avatar URL. The Space-level list also carries name, email, membership type, join date and last active. That is a useful set, but it is a spreadsheet, not a site backup.
Step 2: Map the export to WordPress
Before you import anything, decide what each column becomes. This is the step most guides skip, and it is where migrations go wrong.
| Mighty export field | WordPress destination |
|---|---|
| Name | Display name and first or last name |
| User email (also used as login) | |
| Join date | Keep in a spreadsheet for reference, or a custom user field |
| Space memberships | Group membership or course enrollment |
| Membership type or paid Plan | A role or a segment list, used for re-subscribe emails |
| Tags and badges | Groups, or badges if you use gamification |
| Custom field answers | Profile fields or user meta |
| Avatar URL | Download images and upload as profile photos (optional) |
| Referrer data, last active | Keep in the spreadsheet for analysis |
Clean the file before import. Remove duplicate emails, test accounts and anyone who has been inactive for years. A smaller, active list gives you better deliverability on the first announcement email.
Step 3: Install WordPress and the community plugin
You need WordPress 6.3 or later, PHP 8.0 or later and pretty permalinks. Install the free TrueCommunity plugin from WordPress.org, then follow the install guide and the quick setup. The setup covers your community name and URL, logos, which modules to switch on, email settings and user migration.
TrueCommunity runs on existing WordPress accounts, so anyone who can log in is a member. There is no separate sign-up. That makes your import simple: get the people into WordPress as users, and they appear in the member directory.
Set your sender name, reply-to and footer in the mail settings first. A branded sender helps members recognise your announcement emails. Use an SMTP plugin so your invitations reach inboxes.
Step 4: Import members as WordPress users
Create the users from your cleaned spreadsheet with a user import tool or WP-CLI. Import emails and names, set a default role, and do not send the default WordPress welcome email yet. You will send your own message later, once the site is ready.
TrueCommunity’s user migration feature then brings existing WordPress users into the community in batches of 100, with background batches every 15 minutes. For a large list, start the batches a few days before launch so they finish well ahead of the cutover.
Passwords do not come across from Mighty. Plan for every member to use the WordPress “lost password” flow on first login, and say so clearly in your announcement. This is the single most common support question in the first week.
Quick tip: Import a test batch of five people, including yourself and a colleague, and walk the whole login path before you load the full list.
Step 5: Rebuild Spaces, posts and courses
Mighty has no official export for posts, comments or Spaces. One vendor-written migration guide makes the same point: videos, lesson text, attachments and community posts have to be collected manually. Start with an inventory, because you will not rebuild everything and you should not try.
Spaces become groups
Map each Space to a group. TrueCommunity groups can be public, private or locked, each with its own feed, member list and admin, moderator and member roles.
Only site administrators can create groups, so decide your structure up front. See how to create a group for the steps.
Posts and discussions
Decide what has lasting value: pinned welcome posts, rules, onboarding threads and a handful of best discussions. Copy those into the activity feed as new posts, optionally crediting the original author in the text.
Let the rest go. Old chatter rarely earns the hours it takes to repost.
Courses and quizzes
Download your own video originals and lesson files from your records before you cancel. Then create each course with sections and lessons, and add auto-graded quizzes with seven question types.
Enroll whole groups at once, and future group members are enrolled automatically. Only administrators can create courses.
The free plugin includes courses, lessons, quizzes, enrollment and progress tracking. Pro adds drip content, prerequisites, assignments, live classes and course sales. The Free vs Pro comparison lists exactly which feature sits where.
Step 6: Handle paid memberships and Stripe subscriptions
Active subscriptions do not transfer from Mighty to WordPress. The recurring charge belongs to the billing relationship Mighty set up, and moving it is not something the export covers. Plan the switch as a new purchase for each paying member.
TrueCommunity does not ship paid memberships or subscription billing yet; they are planned, not available. What it does support in Pro is selling courses through WooCommerce or Easy Digital Downloads, with automatic enrollment on purchase and renewal of expired access.
The course must be Private. TrueCommunity does not process payments itself, so fees come from your store and payment gateway.
That shapes your options for members who currently pay a monthly fee for community access:
- Sell the courses and keep the community included. Buyers get enrolled and join the community on the same account.
- Use a separate membership or subscription tool for recurring access, and keep TrueCommunity as the community and learning layer.
- Move to one-time or annual course access if recurring billing is not essential to your model.
Whichever route you pick, run it as an overlap. Keep Mighty live and billing until the WordPress site is tested, invite paying members to join on the new site, then let the old subscriptions end at their next renewal date. Do not cancel anyone’s subscription on their behalf before they have confirmed access on the new site.
Watch out: Check what Mighty’s cancellation and refund terms say about content and member access before you cancel. Download everything you need first, and cancel only after the new site is live.
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Plan to migrate Mighty Networks to WordPress in a four-week timeline
A calm cutover beats a heroic weekend. This schedule assumes a community of a few hundred to a few thousand members.
- Week 1, prepare. Export members, take an inventory of Spaces and courses, install WordPress and the plugin, and set your community URL and branding.
- Week 2, build. Create groups, rebuild courses and import users. Test login, password reset and email delivery with a small group.
- Week 3, soft launch. Invite a few trusted members, fix what they find, and send the first announcement to everyone with a clear date.
- Week 4, cut over. Point your community link to WordPress, move paying members, and keep Mighty read-only or live until subscriptions end.
Downtime is close to zero because the two systems run side by side. The only hard switch is the link you share publicly.
Member communication: what to tell people
Send three short emails. The first announces the move, the date and the reason.
The second, a week before, gives step-by-step login instructions including the password reset. The third, on launch day, links directly to the new community.
Keep the language practical. Say what changes (new address, new login) and what stays (your people, your courses, your price if it stays the same). For paying members, state exactly when their old subscription ends and what they need to do to continue.
SEO, redirects and links
Most private communities have little public content, so the SEO risk is small. If you have public landing pages or a custom domain pointing at Mighty, repoint the domain to WordPress or add a 301 redirect from each old page to its closest equivalent. Update links in your email footers, social profiles and course welcome emails.
You can choose your own community path in the name and URL settings. The default is yoursite.com/community, and it can be changed.
GDPR, consent and exported data
An exported member list is personal data, so treat it that way. Keep it in encrypted storage, share it with as few people as possible, and delete the spreadsheet once the import is verified. Mighty requires you to agree not to sell or share the data when you download it, and that applies to your handling afterwards.
Review your privacy policy so it names the new location of your data. With TrueCommunity, data sits in your own WordPress database and the plugin does not send it to the company. That simplifies your answer when a member asks where their information lives.
Rollback plan
Do not cancel Mighty on the day you launch. Keep the old network available, even if only on a lower plan, for one full billing cycle. If something fails on WordPress, you can point members back with a single announcement.
Also keep your original export file and your downloaded media in a dated folder. If a lesson or attachment is missing on the new site, you will have the original to hand.
What about the Mighty Networks mobile app?
Mighty’s pricing page lists availability on iOS, Android and the web, and its higher tiers include custom branded apps. TrueCommunity has no dedicated mobile app yet. It works in phone browsers, with a layout that runs on its own pages and a per-member dark mode.
If a native app is central to how your members engage, that is a real gap. If most of your engagement is email prompts and a browser tab, the browser version is usually enough.
Cost: Mighty Networks versus a self-hosted WordPress community
The cost argument for moving is not a lower sticker price in month one. It is that a platform fee scales with your revenue and your plan tier, while a plugin licence stays flat.
Assumptions: Hosting is $10 to $40 per month for a modest community site. Mighty’s prices come from its official pricing page, checked on October 15, 2026. Figures exclude subscription billing and Stripe’s own processing fee.
| Option (excluding subscription billing) | Plan price | Transaction fee |
|---|---|---|
| TrueCommunity Pro, Solo (1 site) | $119 per year, or $249 lifetime | None from TrueCommunity |
| TrueCommunity Pro, Studio (5 sites) | $199 per year, or $399 lifetime | None from TrueCommunity |
| Mighty Launch | $79 per month ($950 per year on annual billing) | 2% |
| Mighty Scale | $179 per month | 1% |
| Mighty Growth | $354 per month | 0.5% |
Prices checked on October 15, 2026. TrueCommunity prices come from the live pricing page; Mighty prices come from its official pricing page.
Three years on Mighty Launch at the annual rate is $950 x 3 = $2,850. Three years of TrueCommunity Solo yearly is $119 x 3 = $357, and hosting at $10 to $40 per month adds $360 to $1,440 over 36 months.
That puts the WordPress total between $717 and $1,797. The lifetime Solo plan, at $249 plus the same hosting, comes to $609 to $1,689.
The transaction fee is on top. If your members pay $5,000 in a month and you are on Launch at 2%, the platform fee is $100 for that month.
Mighty’s help documentation says the fee comes out of your Stripe payout, and Stripe’s own processing fee is charged in addition. On WordPress you pay your gateway’s fees and nothing to TrueCommunity.
Cost check: These totals leave out subscription billing, which on WordPress needs its own tool. Price that layer before you compare, because recurring billing is the part Mighty bundles in.
Renewals on TrueCommunity yearly plans stay at the same price, with no intro discount followed by a jump. Every plan has a 14-day money-back guarantee, including renewals. If a licence lapses, the plugin keeps working, but updates and support stop until you renew.
When TrueCommunity fits (and when it does not)
It fits if you want a private community and courses on a site you own, with one flat licence instead of a platform plan plus a revenue cut. It suits coaches, creators, associations and brands who already use WordPress or are happy to. Members, groups, courses, quizzes and gamification share the same accounts, so there is no second tool to connect.
It does not fit if any of these are central to your business:
- A native app. There is no dedicated mobile app today, only the browser experience.
- Built-in recurring memberships. Paid memberships and subscription billing are planned, not shipped. Course selling works through WooCommerce or Easy Digital Downloads.
- Certificates and SCORM. TrueCommunity does not offer them.
- Member-created groups or courses. Only administrators can create both.
- A hands-off host. WordPress means you or your developer manage hosting, backups and updates.
- Importing history. There is no migration tool for Mighty posts and comments, only for existing WordPress users.
If those limits are acceptable, start with the free plugin, rebuild one Space and one course, and see how it feels with real members. Move to Pro when you need advanced course rules, sales or gamification. See what Pro adds and the plans and pricing when you are ready.
Frequently Asked Questions
Can I export my community from Mighty Networks and import it into WordPress?
You can export your member list, but not the whole community. Mighty provides an .xlsx download of members, and posts, comments, lessons and videos have to be collected manually. Import the members as WordPress users, then rebuild Spaces and courses on the new site.
How do I export my Mighty Networks member list?
Go to Admin, then Members, then Member List, and click Download. A link to the file is emailed to you, and you must agree not to sell or share the data. Full member data needs the Launch plan or higher, and a Space-level download needs you to be both Network Host and Space Host.
Will members keep their passwords and paid subscriptions when I move to WordPress?
No to both. Members set a new WordPress password through the reset flow, and active subscriptions do not transfer. Run Mighty and your new site in parallel, invite paying members to rejoin, and let old subscriptions end at their renewal date.
What happens to my posts, courses and videos when I leave Mighty Networks?
They do not move automatically, so download your own originals before you cancel. Rebuild courses in your WordPress course builder and repost only the discussions worth keeping. Check Mighty’s cancellation terms before you cancel so you know how long your content stays accessible.
How much does Mighty Networks cost compared with a self-hosted WordPress community?
Mighty’s pricing page lists Launch at $79 per month with a 2% transaction fee, Scale at $179 with 1%, and Growth at $354 with 0.5%. TrueCommunity Pro starts at $119 per year, with a $249 lifetime option, and takes no cut of your sales. Add hosting, and price your subscription billing tool separately, since recurring billing is excluded from these figures.
Which WordPress plugin is the best alternative to Mighty Networks?
For a community plus courses in one plugin on your own site, TrueCommunity is built for that combination, with a free version on WordPress.org. It is not the right pick if you need a native mobile app or built-in subscriptions today. Try the free plugin on one group and one course before you decide.
How do I move Stripe subscriptions from Mighty Networks to WordPress?
You do not move them; you replace them. Set up new billing on your WordPress side, invite each paying member to sign up there, and let the Mighty subscription end at the next renewal. Keep both live during the overlap so nobody loses access or is charged twice.
Can WordPress replace the Mighty Networks mobile app?
Only partly. TrueCommunity works in phone browsers but has no dedicated app. If members rely on push notifications and an app icon, plan for that difference or stay on a platform with a native app.
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