WordPress Export Content

To export the content of your current WordPress Blog ( Pages and Posts ) to an XML file so that this can be imported into another location or kept as a backup. Login to WordPress as administrator, by simply entering the url_of_your_website/wp-admin in your Browser. Enter the appropriate username and password {which was provided while installing WordPress} and then click on Log In as shown in Diagram 1.

Diagram 1

After logging in as WordPress Admin, a Dashboard page opens as shown in Diagram 2.

The Dashboard provides access to different WordPress functions and features.

Diagram 2

In the left menu, locate the link Tools. Click Tools. From the drop down menu that appears click on Export, to download an XML file of your blog’s content ( Pages and Posts ), as shown in Diagram 3.

This output delivered, which is often referred to as WordPress eXtended RSS or WXR, will contain your posts, pages, comments, categories, and tags.

Diagram 3

On click of Export, a page is displayed as shown in Diagram 4.

If you want to export all post, pages, comments, custom fields, terms, navigation menus and custom posts, select the radio button of All Content.

1. Content published within a time frame – set a Start Date and/or an End Date
2. Content authored by specific users. Use the Authors drop-down menu.
3. Posts belonging to a specific Category or Tag.
4. Only posts or only pages, using the Content Types filter.
5. Specific posts Statuses

NOTE: This will ONLY export posts, pages, comments, categories, and tags.

Any specific uploads such as PDF files and images will need to be manually downloaded as a a back up or for transfer to the new Blog installation.

The current version of the WordPress installation gives you the option to import uploaded files, but the blog you are importing from must be live and serving images properly in order for it to work. So, do not delete your current Blog until after its media files and uploads have successfully downloaded to hard disk.

If you are planning to export your content to another blog platform, it’s best to download and save your images from your WordPress Media Library before trying to import/upload them into the new blog.

Diagram 4

After clicking on Download Export File, a new window will open to download the xml file as shown in Diagram 5.
NOTE: The Save file, radio button is active.

Diagram 5

On click of OK, a file browser will open up. Navigate to an appropriate folder on your hard disk and save the xml file on your local computer, - eg: “X:\wpxml”. Here X represents an appropriate drive letter on your computer.

The xml file would be successfully downloaded and saved in the folder chosen as shown in Diagram 6.

Diagram 6

Once you have saved the xml file, you can use the import function on another WordPress site to import this site.
For this, please refer to tutorial WordPress Import which is covered on this website.

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