Title: Export/Import Menu role data
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Export/Import Menu role data

 *  Resolved [llonchj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llonchj/)
 * (@llonchj)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exportimport-menu-role-data/)
 * Hi,
 * Thanks for the nav-menu-roles, it’s amazing and well designed.
 * I have a requirement to be able to import export the menus from one wordpress
   into another.
 * Aparently the import does not include nav_menu_role metadata.
 * Any ideas?
 * Thanks in advance,
    Jordi
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/nav-menu-roles/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/nav-menu-roles/)

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 *  Plugin Author [HelgaTheViking](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helgatheviking/)
 * (@helgatheviking)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exportimport-menu-role-data/#post-4356135)
 * Correct, the regular import does not import the meta data. However, after you
   have imported normally, run the import process again with Nav Menu Roles’ importer
   and all the meta data should be added.
 * I’m still looking for something that imports/exports just the menu, but haven’t
   found it.
 *  Thread Starter [llonchj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llonchj/)
 * (@llonchj)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exportimport-menu-role-data/#post-4356146)
 * hi Helga,
 * Thanks for your reply.
 * Please can you help me on how/where to find the “Nav Menu Roles’importer”?
 * Importing metadata from *any* post might have to be a feature, do you think this
   has to be implemented in WP Core?
 * Thanks,
 *  Plugin Author [HelgaTheViking](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helgatheviking/)
 * (@helgatheviking)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exportimport-menu-role-data/#post-4356165)
 * It is in with all the other Importers. Go to Tools > Import. See the screenshot:
   
   [https://www.diigo.com/item/image/1xt6v/eq5c](https://www.diigo.com/item/image/1xt6v/eq5c)
 * If you export *all* your content, the menu meta data *is* there. Weirdly, it 
   gets dropped by the WordPress importer plugin. Run that same full export .xml
   file through the Nav Menu Roles importer and the meta data will be added to the
   menu items.
 * It won’t be added to core, I’d imagine, but I’d love to see the WordPress Importer
   plugin get an update.
 *  Thread Starter [llonchj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llonchj/)
 * (@llonchj)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exportimport-menu-role-data/#post-4356170)
 * Thanks Helga,
 * It’s nice that you put the import in the right place. It’s funny that I was looking
   for the import feature everywhere else but in the Tools|Import. 😉
 * Thanks again for your time and effort in nav-roles-menu.
 *  Plugin Author [HelgaTheViking](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helgatheviking/)
 * (@helgatheviking)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exportimport-menu-role-data/#post-4356172)
 * It was supposed to be easy to find. 😉 Glad that is helped you.
 *  Thread Starter [llonchj](https://wordpress.org/support/users/llonchj/)
 * (@llonchj)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exportimport-menu-role-data/#post-4356173)
 * Yes, you’re completely right.
 * But it’s common for plugins to have import/export functionality outside Tools
   admin menu.
 * Your website contact form is not working to me, I have some issue with the blank/
   required field. Please, can you contact me for a private question? [llonchj@gmail.com](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exportimport-menu-role-data/llonchj@gmail.com?output_format=md)
 * Thanks again!
 *  Plugin Author [HelgaTheViking](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helgatheviking/)
 * (@helgatheviking)
 * [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exportimport-menu-role-data/#post-4356178)
 * That’s true. I figured users would already be going there to import their regular
   content. Copying the regular importer was the easiest for me, because import/
   export isn’t my thing. I would much rather prefer that import/export be handled
   by that specific plugin, but [http://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-importer/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/wordpress-importer/)
   was falling short there so I tried to fill in the gap.
 * My form should be fixed now, thanks for pointing that out.

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 * Last reply from: [HelgaTheViking](https://wordpress.org/support/users/helgatheviking/)
 * Last activity: [12 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exportimport-menu-role-data/#post-4356178)
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