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 ---

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 <num> 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'.

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

--path=<path> Path to the WordPress files.

--url=<url> Pretend request came from given URL. In multisite, this argument is how the target site is specified.

--ssh=[<scheme>:][<user>@]<host|container>[:<port>][<path>] Perform operation against a remote server over SSH (or a container using scheme of "docker", "docker-compose", "vagrant").

--http=<http> Perform operation against a remote WordPress installation over HTTP.

--user=<id|login|email> Set the WordPress user.

--skip-plugins[=<plugins>] Skip loading all plugins, or a comma-separated list of plugins. Note: mu-plugins are still loaded.

--skip-themes[=<themes>] Skip loading all themes, or a comma-separated list of themes.

--skip-packages Skip loading all installed packages.

--require=<path> Load PHP file before running the command (may be used more than once).

--[no-]color Whether to colorize the output.

--debug[=<group>] Show all PHP errors and add verbosity to WP-CLI output. Built-in groups include: bootstrap, commandfactory, and help.

--prompt[=<assoc>] Prompt the user to enter values for all command arguments, or a subset specified as comma-separated values.

--quiet Suppress informational messages.