Title: WordPress needs a REAL import/export tool
Last modified: August 20, 2016

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# WordPress needs a REAL import/export tool

 *  [maurizio04](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maurizio04/)
 * (@maurizio04)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-needs-a-real-importexport-tool/)
 * I’m moving my site to a new host.
    There are no working tools to do a clean and
   easy job, and WP is at 3.31 version and is the most used blog/cms engine used
   on the net.
 * For now the best way to move a site I have tried is this one.
    **HAVE a temp 
   domain free** and compatible. Export stuff and copy file with FTP tool. Delete
   images folders (or import will duplicate image files and make a huge mess). Run
   Import and force it to download attachments (if you copy the files they will 
   not go on the media library but the post will display them). The download will
   need a live domain so if you are moving a domain you have to use a third site,
   the new domain will be live when the old one will be dead so the procedure will
   not work. **Nice tool**. Export and import MySQL database. **Not working**, one
   provider has a custom sql admin. I entered the various customization of the core
   and themes by hand. Now I’m waiting for the DNS to have my new site and I really
   hope that the SQL import/export with the standard tool on the same provider will
   work.
 * There has to be a simpler and standard way to change provider with WP.

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 *  [hans2504](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hans2504/)
 * (@hans2504)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-needs-a-real-importexport-tool/#post-2693167)
 * You’re way over working yourself in your migrations. The first thing I would 
   suggest is that you start using a version control tool such as git or svn. Only
   commit the wp-content directory into your version control then the following 
   process will get you there:
 * 1. Upload a fresh copy of WordPress to your new host
    2. delete the contents 
   of the wp-content directory 3. Check out the wp-content directory from your version
   control system. 4. Dump your database from your old host 5. Import your database
   on your new host 6. Setup your wp-config file 7. Follow [http://www.twincitieswebdeveloper.com/2012/04/wordpress-migration/](http://www.twincitieswebdeveloper.com/2012/04/wordpress-migration/)
   8. Write the real import/export tool that will shorten this list to 2/3 steps…
 * Still… you’re right, we need a real import/export tool.
 *  Thread Starter [maurizio04](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maurizio04/)
 * (@maurizio04)
 * [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-needs-a-real-importexport-tool/#post-2693318)
 * Using another domain to test the procedure just made impossible to import/export
   the sql data dump.
 * I just used import/export and fixed all the images that did not made it.
 * Please, instead of adding useless stuff like theme previews on the new WP versions
 * DO MAKE A WORKING IMPORT/EXPORT tool.
 * If the provider use the standard phpadmin and the doain do not change moving 
   the sql data can solve the situation but if something will go wrong or there 
   are incompatible system the standard import/export tool is the only thing avail.
 * I really cannot understand why nobody is asking for it, no one change host? blog
   just get thrown away? people that do not know what is PHP edit sql backup when
   moving?

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 * [export](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/export/)
 * [Import](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/import/)

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 * Last reply from: [maurizio04](https://wordpress.org/support/users/maurizio04/)
 * Last activity: [14 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-needs-a-real-importexport-tool/#post-2693318)
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