Confluence importer Business
The Confluence to Plane importer lets you transfer your Confluence pages and content to Plane's Wiki. This is useful when you want to bring your documentation, notes, and structured content from Confluence into your Plane workspace as Wiki pages.
The importer takes exported Confluence content and converts it into Plane Wiki pages. It preserves your page structure, including subpages, and maintains the hierarchical organization of your Confluence space within Plane's Wiki system.
Plane supports both XML and HTML Confluence exports. XML is the preferred format and is selected by default in the Confluence importer. HTML remains available as a legacy format for existing HTML exports.
Export your Confluence content
First, you need to export your content from Confluence:
- Navigate to your Confluence space.
- Go to Space settings (you can find this in the space sidebar or settings menu).
- In the left sidebar, expand General if it's not already expanded.
- Click on Export space.
- In the export options:
- File format: Select XML. XML is the preferred format for Confluence imports.
- HTML (legacy): HTML exports are also supported for existing exports. If you need to export HTML, choose Export each item, with attachments. Comments are excluded.
- Click Export.
- The system will process your export and show a progress bar with time elapsed, time remaining, and completion percentage.
- Once complete, you'll see "Export complete. Download here.". Click the download link.
- Confluence will generate a ZIP file containing your exported content.
Import Confluence content
Once you have your exported ZIP file:
Go to the Imports section in your Plane workspace.
Click Import next to the Confluence option.
On the Confluence import page, use the format dropdown to select XML. XML is selected by default; choose HTML only when importing a legacy HTML export.
Click Upload Confluence Exported ZIP.
Select and upload the ZIP file you exported from Confluence.
Wait for the upload to complete. You'll see a "Upload complete!" message.
Click Start Import to begin processing your Confluence data.
The import will process in phases. Once finished, the status will change to "Finished".
After the import completes, your Confluence pages will be available in Plane's Wiki section. The page hierarchy from Confluence will be preserved, with main pages and their subpages organized in the same structure.
Imported fields
Here's how different Confluence elements are handled during import:
| Confluence | Plane |
|---|---|
| Markdown | Markdown |
| Videos | Links |
| Embeds | Links |
| Attachments | Links |
| Text and background colors | Text and background colors |
| Links | Links |
| Subpages | Nested pages |
| Page mentions | Links |
| User mentions | Link (Atlassian user) |
| Table background colors | Not imported |
| Block highlight | Text highlight (not supported) |
| Columns | Rendered Vertically (not supported) |
| Comments | Not supported |
| Databases | Tables |
| Collapsible | Callout |