FG Joomla to WordPress by Kerfred is the workhorse plugin for moving content out of Joomla. It walks the Joomla database directly, maps sections to categories, ingests articles, downloads media and resizes images to WordPress's registered sizes. Each imported row gets stamped with fgj2wp_old_joomla_id postmeta, every imported term carries an equivalent termmeta and plugin settings live in the fgj2wp_options wp_options key. Progress lands in wp-content/debug.log if WP_DEBUG_LOG is on.

SleekView Charts reads the postmeta breadcrumbs and joins them back to wp_posts, wp_terms and wp_postmeta for a real import audit. A Number counts articles imported successfully. A donut breaks them down by Joomla section (now a WordPress category). A bar lists imported attachments by file extension so the media outcome is visible. An area shows ingestion volume over time, which is useful for the multi-pass imports the plugin recommends on big databases.

For agencies running the Premium add-ons (K2, JComments, Virtuemart, Joom!Fish to WPML), the same chart cards extend to those rows through the equivalent postmeta keys, so the dashboard scales as the migration scope grows.

FG Joomla to WordPress is reliable on huge databases because it works in passes and keeps state in postmeta. The trade-off is that the plugin UI shows a live log and forgets it as soon as the page closes. For agencies running a months-long Joomla-to-WordPress engagement that is a real gap.

Charting the fgj2wp postmeta makes the import history persistent and shareable. The client sees the same dashboard the migration lead sees, which is the difference between a confident handover and a long meeting about how many articles actually landed.