Importer cannot reach Joomla DB on another host
The importer cannot connect to a Joomla database on another server or host, even when the credentials look correct.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
5 public reports · first reported 20 June 2024 · last reported 19 December 2025
What's going wrong
Site owners moving from Joomla to WordPress often host the old database on a different server than the new site.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
In the idea report
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