Title: backup a single plugin
Last modified: December 26, 2021

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# backup a single plugin

 *  [theconsul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theconsul/)
 * (@theconsul)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-a-single-plugin/)
 * Hi and Merry Xmas,
 * I am making use of a single plugin cooked.
 * This plugin does not have the option to export/import anthing.
 * Since I am redesigning my site on another domain, is there a possiblity to backup
   a single plugin with it’s database tables and import it again directly in the
   database?
 * There are numerous pluginns for backups but I do not want/have to backup the 
   entire website.
 * Thanks
 * Roger
    -  This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by [theconsul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theconsul/).
    -  This topic was modified 4 years, 5 months ago by [Jan Dembowski](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jdembowski/).
      Reason: Moved to Fixing WordPress, this is not an Developing with WordPress
      topic

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 *  [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/)
 * (@pidengmor)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-a-single-plugin/#post-15195963)
 * Check with the plugin authors. Maybe it has an export/import settings functions.
 * Or, export the original database to create the new site, change the urls with
   search and replace (`oldsite.com` >> `newsite.com`), and then add the plugin 
   to `/wp-content/plugins/`. It should use the settings stored in the database.
 *  Thread Starter [theconsul](https://wordpress.org/support/users/theconsul/)
 * (@theconsul)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-a-single-plugin/#post-15195973)
 * plugin authors do not have that functionality, I checked already of course but
   thanks for the tip
 *  [barnez](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pidengmor/)
 * (@pidengmor)
 * [4 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/backup-a-single-plugin/#post-15195977)
 * I’d try the database route. It should work. Good luck!

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