wp export
Exports WordPress content to a WXR file.
Generates one or more WXR files containing authors, terms, posts, comments, and attachments. WXR files do not include site configuration (options) or the attachment files themselves.
Examples
# Export posts published by the user between given start and end date $ wp export --dir=/tmp/ --user=admin --post_type=post --start_date=2011-01-01 --end_date=2011-12-31 Starting export process... Writing to file /tmp/staging.wordpress.2016-05-24.000.xml Success: All done with export.
# Export posts by IDs $ wp export --dir=/tmp/ --post__in=123,124,125 Starting export process... Writing to file /tmp/staging.wordpress.2016-05-24.000.xml Success: All done with export.
# Export a random subset of content $ wp export --post__in="$(wp post list --post_type=post --orderby=rand --posts_per_page=8 --format=ids)" Starting export process... Writing to file /var/www/example.com/public_html/staging.wordpress.2016-05-24.000.xml Success: All done with export.
Usage
wp export [--dir={dirname}] [--stdout] [--skip_comments] [--max_file_size={MB}]
[--start_date={date}] [--end_date={date}] [--post_type={post-type}]
[--post_type__not_in={post-type}] [--post__in={pid}] [--with_attachments] [--start_id={pid}]
[--max_num_posts={num}] [--author={author}] [--category={name}] [--post_status={status}]
[--filename_format={format}]
You can specify global options and the following:
[--dir={dirname}]- Full path to directory where WXR export files should be stored. Defaults to current working directory.
[--stdout]- Output the whole XML using standard output (incompatible with
--dir=) [--skip_comments]- Don't include comments in the WXR export file.
[--max_file_size={MB}]- A single export file should have this many megabyte. -1 for unlimited.
Default: 15
Filters
[--start_date={date}]- Export only posts published after this date, in format
YYYY-MM-DD. [--end_date={date}]- Export only posts published before this date, in format
YYYY-MM-DD. [--post_type={post-type}]- Export only posts with this post_type. Separate multiple post types with a comma.
Default: any [--post_type__not_in={post-type}]- Export all post types except those identified. Separate multiple post types with a comma. Defaults to none.
[--post__in={pid}]- Export all posts specified as a comma- or space-separated list of IDs. Post's attachments won't be exported unless --with_attachments is specified.
[--with_attachments]- Force including attachments in case --post__in has been specified.
[--start_id={pid}]- Export only posts with IDs greater than or equal to this post ID.
[--max_num_posts={num}]- Export no more than
posts (excluding attachments). [--author={author}]- Export only posts by this author. Can be either user login or user ID.
[--category={name}]- Export only posts in this category.
[--post_status={status}]- Export only posts with this status.
[--filename_format={format}]- Use a custom format for export filenames. Defaults to '{site}.wordpress.{date}.{n}.xml'.