Migrating from WordPress to the Built-in Blog
Why move to the built-in blog?
If you’re currently running a WordPress blog alongside your Vacation Labs website — whether on Hostinger, a subdomain, or through a reverse proxy — the built-in blog solves several pain points:
- No more security incidents. WordPress installations require constant plugin updates, security patches, and monitoring. Hacked blogs, injected redirects, and malware have been recurring issues. Your blog runs on the same secure infrastructure as your main website with no plugins to exploit.
- No separate hosting to manage. No Hostinger account, no reverse proxy configuration, no SSL certificates to renew, no hosting provider migrations. Everything is managed from one place.
- Better for SEO. Your blog lives on your main domain under a subdirectory (e.g.,
www.yourdomain.com/blog) instead of a subdomain. Search engines treat subdirectory content as part of your main site, which helps your overall domain authority. - One admin panel. Write posts, manage categories, and configure settings from the same backoffice where you manage your tours and bookings.
What’s available today
The built-in blog covers the core blogging workflow:
- Create and publish posts with rich content, featured images, and SEO fields
- Organize posts with categories
- Category and author listing pages with pagination
- Blog Cards section for showcasing posts on any page
- Full sitemap integration (XML and HTML)
- Content sections within posts (tour cards, collection cards, and more)
For a full guide, see Getting Started with Your Blog.
What’s coming soon
- WordPress import tool — Automatically migrate your existing WordPress posts, images, and categories to your Vacation Labs blog. This is in active development.
- Author profiles — Dedicated author pages with bios, profile photos, and social links.
How to migrate
Since the automatic import tool is not yet available, migration is a manual process. Our support team can help.
- Contact us at support@vacationlabs.com and mention that you’d like to migrate from WordPress to the built-in blog.
- We’ll review your existing blog content and help plan the migration.
- You can start publishing new posts immediately while we work on moving older content.
You don’t have to migrate everything at once. Many operators start by publishing new posts on the built-in blog while keeping their WordPress archive accessible during the transition.
Related Articles
- Getting Started with Your Blog — full guide to the blog
- Creating and Managing Blog Posts