Title: [Plugin: Admin Menu Editor] Export Menu Configuration
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# [Plugin: Admin Menu Editor] Export Menu Configuration

 *  Resolved [joaopsilva](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joaopsilva/)
 * (@joaopsilva)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-admin-menu-editor-export-menu-configuration/)
 * Hi
 * I copied the MySQL Database to setup in production and ALL configuration disappear.
   What really happen?
 * Thanks
 * [http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/admin-menu-editor/](http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/admin-menu-editor/)

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 *  Thread Starter [joaopsilva](https://wordpress.org/support/users/joaopsilva/)
 * (@joaopsilva)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-admin-menu-editor-export-menu-configuration/#post-2952543)
 * I found the answer
    [http://w-shadow.com/admin-menu-editor-pro/upgrade-to-pro/?utm_source=Admin%2BMenu%2BEditor%2Bfree&utm_medium=text_link&utm_content=sidebar_link&utm_campaign=Plugins](http://w-shadow.com/admin-menu-editor-pro/upgrade-to-pro/?utm_source=Admin%2BMenu%2BEditor%2Bfree&utm_medium=text_link&utm_content=sidebar_link&utm_campaign=Plugins)
 * UPGRADE TO PRO
 *  Plugin Author [Janis Elsts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whiteshadow/)
 * (@whiteshadow)
 * [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-admin-menu-editor-export-menu-configuration/#post-2952617)
 * Possible explanation:
 * If the menu configuration contains any URLs that refer to the old site URL, and
   you used search & replace to update the URLs in all wp_options entries to the
   production URL, it may have corrupted the plugin configuration.
 * This is because the configuration is stored as a serialized PHP array. When PHP
   serializes a string (e.g. an URL), it stores not just the string itself, but 
   also it’s length. Modifying the string without updating the stored length will
   make the serialized value invalid.
 * Upgrading to Pro could help because it includes a menu export/import feature.
   You could export the configuration, copy the DB, then import the previous configuration.

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 * Last reply from: [Janis Elsts](https://wordpress.org/support/users/whiteshadow/)
 * Last activity: [13 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-admin-menu-editor-export-menu-configuration/#post-2952617)
 * Status: resolved