HTML Import 2
Imports well-formed HTML files into WordPress pages.
4.3(32 reviews)
·6.0K+ active installs·Updated 8 years agoAs of April 2026, HTML Import 2 is a WordPress pages plugin with 6.0K+ active installations and a 4.3/5 rating from 32 reviews. It has been downloaded 294K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.0+ and PHP false+. Available on WordPress.org since 2009. Last updated 8 years ago — may have compatibility concerns. Downloads are down 12% this week. Top alternative: WP-PageNavi.
4.3/532 reviews
6.0K+active installs
294K+total downloads
17 yearssince 2009
Overview
Imports well-formed static HTML files into WordPress. Requires PHP 5.
This plugin will import a directory of files as either pages or posts. You may specify the HTML tag (e.g. <body>, <div id="content">, or <td width="732">) or Dreamweaver template region (e.g. ‘Main Content’) containing the content you want to import.
If importing pages, the directory hierarchy will be preserved. Directories containing the specified file types will be imported as empty parent pages (or, if an index file is present, its contents will be used for the parent page). Directories that do not contain the specified file types will be ignored.
As files are imported, the resulting IDs, permalinks, and titles will be displayed. On completion, the importer will provide a list of Apache…
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Ratings & Reviews
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Recent Reviews
Saving me a bucket load of time
by pookywiss77·4 years ago
I have about 2,600 pages to get up on a WordPress site and this is saving me so much time. It works perfectly. Especially helpful that I can use the file name as the slug, so I can do an easy quick htaccess rewrite for each folder.
not working
by boatsurfer2011·4 years ago
Not working yet
Even on WP 5.5.1
by deirdrebeth·5 years ago
This worked great. I’ve still got clean-up to do, but all the pages are there. <3
Saved a ton of time
by mlipenk·5 years ago
I had a static site with over 1000 pages. This plugin saved me a ton of time in migrating it to a WordPress site. THANK YOU.
OMG I love it!
by revixi5·6 years ago
Ok, it does not do all the job for you but how can I complain? It did save me a lot of hours of work! Thanks a milion time for this little gem. Hope you’ll keep it updated because it’s very usefull and well done.
Download Trends
Today: 14Yesterday: 22This week: 122Period total: 8K
Compatibility
| WordPress | 3.0+ requiredTested up to 4.6.30 |
| PHP | false+ required |
Version Adoption
v2.6
96.9%
Other
3.1%
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Changelog
2.6
- Removed ancient magic runtime quotes call, wow.
- Checking for empty string instead of empty() to allow for directories named ‘0’ or similar
- Bail out earlier if XML can’t be loaded, to avoid fatal errors
- More efficient link rewriting
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