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.

OPTIONS

[--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 megabytes. -1 for unlimited. --- default: 15 ---

[--filename_format=<format>] : Use a custom format for export filenames. Defaults to '{site}.wordpress.{date}.{n}.xml'.

[--include_once=<before_posts>] : Include specified export section only in the first export file. Valid options are categories, tags, nav_menu_items, custom_taxonomies_terms. Separate multiple sections with a comma. Defaults to none.

[--allow_orphan_terms] : Export orphaned terms with parent=0, instead of throwing an exception.

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-separated 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 <num> posts (excluding attachments).

[--author=<author>] : Export only posts by this author. Can be either user login or user ID.

[--category=<name|id>] : Export only posts in this category.

[--post_status=<status>] : Export only posts with this status.

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.

GLOBAL PARAMETERS

These global parameters have the same behavior across all commands and affect how WP-CLI interacts with WordPress.