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This video shows you how to use the WordPress import and export feature to move your web content between websites. For demonstration purposes I export content posted on WordPress.com and import it to a self-hosted WordPress site. But you’re not limited to moving content between WordPress installations. The import feature also moves content from other blogging systems like Blogger, TypePad, and LiveJournal.
The video also demonstrates an overlooked import features, the ability convert tags to categories and categories to tags.
Very informative video. I didn’t realize that it was possible to change categories into tags.
Many thanks!
Steve
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Hi
Thanks for this great tutorial. Just what i was looking for because iam in the process of creating a new blog where i need the content from my other blog.
Thanks again.
Martin
Guys, how did you get the twitter widget on the top right hand corner? Thanks for the attention – love it btw …
@alps, Thanks, the twitter widget is actually hard coded into the theme header. It’s just your standard Javascript widget being positioned with HTML and CSS.
Hi – I’m about to change my WP theme – however the preview of the new theme looks messy, with lots of conflicting menu headings and a range of aesthetic issues. Therefore I’d like to start the new theme ‘clean’ – to do this I am going to use the import/export mechanism you demonstrated above to make sure I do not pull in any unwanted content/formatting to my new theme.
However, after I have exported data, I am assuming i’d have to delete all of the content so that it is not automatically imported into my new theme when it is activated. Let me know if this method is correct or if there are other techniques to do the same.
Many thanks for your thoughts and for generating this great content.
Andrew
@Andrew – Import and Export are designed to move content from one WordPress installation to another. If you plan to setup a new installation of WordPress to test your theme, then import/export is a good way to move test content to that new site. However, it sounds like you plan to import your content back to the blog that you exported from. That’s not recommended and you will almost certainly be disappointed with the results.
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