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Converting Trello Mirrors to Placker Mirrors automatically

How to convert Trello mirror links into fully synced Placker mirrors for boards imported through the Placker interface, and how to enable parent/child mirrors from checklist card links in the Board Settings

Written by Gustavo Braga
Updated today

Trello mirrors vs. Placker mirrors

Trello mirrors are limited. They work as links to the original card, not independent synced copies. If you want changes to reflect across boards automatically (status, due dates, members, and more), you need Placker mirrors, which keep cards fully synchronized.

When you add a mirror-related power-up to your Trello boards (Card Mirroring, Advanced Mirroring, or Workflow) and import those boards into Placker, the conversion from Trello mirrors to Placker mirrors happens automatically.

However, boards imported through the Placker interface directly, or added through other power-ups, do not get converted automatically by default. For those boards, you can trigger the conversion manually through the board settings.

How to convert Trello mirrors to Placker mirrors

  1. Open the board in Placker.

  2. Go to Board Settings and open the Mirror Settings tab.

  3. Enable Automatically detect and convert Trello mirrors to Placker mirrors.

  4. Click Save changes.

You can also click Trigger conversion to run the process immediately for existing mirrors on that board.

Once enabled, any new Trello mirrors detected on that board will be converted to Placker mirrors automatically going forward.

Parent / Child mirrors from checklist card links

In Trello, you can add a card URL to a checklist item to link it to another card. Placker can detect these links and automatically create a parent/child mirror relationship between the two cards. Once linked, updates like status, due dates, and members are synced between them.

For this to work, the linked card must already be on a board that is also imported in Placker.

How to enable or disable this feature

  1. Open the board in Placker.

  2. Go to Board Settings and open the Mirror Settings tab.

  3. Under Create Parent / Child mirrors, toggle Automatically detect and create Parent / Child mirrors by Trello card URL.

  4. Click Save changes.

You can disable this setting at any time if you prefer to manage card links without creating mirrors automatically.

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