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# Tumblr will migrate all of it’s half a billion blogs to WordPress on the backend

[Link →](https://automattic.com/2024/08/27/shipping-tumblr-and-wordpress/)

> We’re not talking about _changing_ Tumblr. We’re not turning Tumblr _into_ WordPress.

> This won’t be easy. Tumblr hosts over half a billion blogs. We’re talking about one of the largest technical migrations in internet history. Some people think it’s impossible. But we say, “challenge accepted.”

[Nilay Patel on Threads](https://www.threads.net/@reckless1280/post/C_Oq5A1PPRp): „And I thought our WordPress migration was complicated“, [speaking of The Verge’s recent migration](https://eay.cc/2024/publishing-web-development-nerdery-zum-polygon-redesign/).