How to Export & Import Your WordPress Theme Novice Novice tutorials require no prior knowledge of any specific web programming language.
Export your WordPress theme
In order to export the content of your website to another website or platform you should take into account the following steps:
- Open your WordPress Dashboard
- Select the Tools tab
- Click on the Export secondary menu
- Next, choose what you want to export
- If you’ve finished, press the Download Export File button
Important
This allows you to export only posts, pages, comments, categories, and tags; theme options and images may need to be manually transferred to the new website!
Import your WordPress theme
When importing content from another blog or platform you should follow the following steps:
- Open your WordPress Dashboard
- Select the Tools tab
- Click on the Import sub-tab
- In the appeared screen select a system to import your website
- You should install the WordPress Installer by clicking the WordPress link on the import page
- The appeared box will help you to install the plugin directly through your website
- Once the plugin has been activated in the displayed window you should upload your content
- Then, in the appeared screen you should assign imported authors to existing authors
- Click the Submit button to import the content to your website