Title: Difference between this and WordPress Import Export?
Last modified: September 1, 2016

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# Difference between this and WordPress Import Export?

 *  [banks305](https://wordpress.org/support/users/banks305/)
 * (@banks305)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difference-between-this-and-wordpress-import-export/)
 * Hello,
 * What is the difference between this plugin and the options to Import Export that
   already comes with the WordPress system?
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-importer/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-importer/)

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 *  [Luke Cavanagh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukecavanagh/)
 * (@lukecavanagh)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difference-between-this-and-wordpress-import-export/#post-7675188)
 * [@banks305](https://wordpress.org/support/users/banks305/)
 * So when you go Tools > Import from the site dashboard, it will give you different
   platforms to import content from. If you select WordPress at the bottom of the
   list, it will actually install this plugin.
 *  Thread Starter [banks305](https://wordpress.org/support/users/banks305/)
 * (@banks305)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difference-between-this-and-wordpress-import-export/#post-7675301)
 * Thank you for your reply.
 * So this plugin doesn’t do anything more than what the default import export options
   already provide?
 *  [Luke Cavanagh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukecavanagh/)
 * (@lukecavanagh)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difference-between-this-and-wordpress-import-export/#post-7675363)
 * [@banks305](https://wordpress.org/support/users/banks305/)
 * It is the default importer tool for WordPress.
 *  [Joseph Dickson](https://wordpress.org/support/users/josephdickson/)
 * (@josephdickson)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difference-between-this-and-wordpress-import-export/#post-7675372)
 * This plugin hasn’t been updated in a really long time and Desktop Server lets
   me know it every time 🙁
 *  [Luke Cavanagh](https://wordpress.org/support/users/lukecavanagh/)
 * (@lukecavanagh)
 * [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difference-between-this-and-wordpress-import-export/#post-7675375)
 * [@joseph](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joseph/) Dickson
 * There is a new version of the WordPress Importer that is being worked on.
 * > [WordPress Importer Redux](https://make.wordpress.org/core/2015/11/18/wordpress-importer-redux/)

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 * Last activity: [9 years, 9 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/difference-between-this-and-wordpress-import-export/#post-7675375)
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