Title: Transtrix – Site Migration, Import & Export
Author: Aayush Kalikote
Published: October 22, 2026
Last modified: October 22, 2026
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# Transtrix – Site Migration, Import & Export
By [Aayush Kalikote](https://profiles.wordpress.org/aayushk777/)
[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/transtrix.0.1.0.zip)
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* [Installation](https://wordpress.org/plugins/transtrix/#installation)
* [Development](https://wordpress.org/plugins/transtrix/#developers)
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## Description
Transtrix gives you two ways to move a WordPress site.
**Entire site** packs the database, media uploads, themes and plugins into one file.
Restore that file on a new host or a new domain, or keep it as a backup of the site
you have now.
**Selected content** moves only the pages, posts, trips and products you pick, along
with their images, categories and the links between them. The rest of the other
site stays as it is.
You pick the mode at the top of the Export screen, one job at a time. Use Transtrix
to:
* Move a site to a new host or a new domain.
* Keep a full backup in History and restore it if an update goes wrong.
* Push twelve new trips from staging to a live site that is taking bookings, and
leave every booking on the live site where it is.
* Reuse a set of pages, products or tours on a second client site without rebuilding
them by hand.
* Hand a customer a ready-made demo they can import in a few clicks.
#### Migrate an entire site
An Entire site package has four parts, and you can leave out any of them:
* **Database:** all content and settings. Transtrix leaves out temporary data and
spam.
* **Media uploads:** everything in `wp-content/uploads`.
* **Themes:** the active theme, and its parent theme when it has one.
* **Plugins:** your installed plugins, so the new site has the same features.
1. **Switch Export to Entire site.** Untick any part you don’t need.
2. **Check the size.** Click **Estimate size first** to see how big each part is and
the total for the package.
3. **Build the package.** A progress screen counts the database tables and files as
Transtrix packs them, with an estimate of the time left. You download one .zip
file, and Transtrix keeps a copy in History.
4. **Restore it on the new site.** Upload the package on the Import screen, the same
place you import content. Transtrix shows where the package came from: the site
address, WordPress and PHP versions, and table prefix. Choose which parts to restore,
then confirm.
When the new site lives on a different domain, Transtrix updates every link to the
new address. That includes links saved inside theme and plugin settings, which a
plain find-and-replace would break.
Before a restore changes anything, Transtrix checks the package against the site
you are restoring to. It stops if the site runs an older PHP or WordPress version
than the source, if one site is multisite and the other is not, or if the server
lacks disk space. You see the reason and what to do about it. If the table prefix
differs, Transtrix renames the tables as it restores them.
A restore replaces what is on the site, and you cannot undo it from History. Transtrix
moves the old files aside instead of deleting them, so you can check the restored
site before you remove them. To roll a site back, restore an earlier package.
#### Migrate selected content
1. **Choose what to move.** Transtrix lists the plugins it found on your site and
how many items each one holds. Open one, and every content type starts ticked.
Untick what you don’t need, or open a type and pick single items.
2. **Build the package.** You download one .zip file.
3. **Upload it on the other site.** Choose what happens to items that already exist
there: keep what is already on the site, replace it with the package version, or
add everything as a copy.
4. **Check the preview.** Before it writes anything, Transtrix shows how many items
are new, how many it will replace, and how many it will leave as they are. It also
lists links that point to content missing from both sites, by item name.
5. **Import.** A progress screen shows each step as it runs. When it finishes, you
get a report of what was added, updated, left as is, and anything that failed.
6. **Undo if you need to.** Every import saves a restore point. Open History and undo
the import in one click.
**Supported content**
* **WordPress:** posts, pages and media, with their categories and tags.
* **WP Travel Engine:** trips with their packages, coupons, extra services and
accommodations, plus the destinations, activities, trip types, difficulty levels
and trip tags they use. Bookings, customers, payments and enquiries are ticked
too, so untick them if you want only the trips. When you bring bookings, Transtrix
recounts the seats sold for each trip on the new site.
* **WooCommerce:** products with their variations, images and attributes, plus
coupons, categories, tags and shipping classes. Orders, refunds and customers
can come too, or you can untick them. An imported order arrives as a record of
a past sale: Transtrix charges no card, sends no email, leaves stock alone and
keeps the original totals. It works with High-Performance Order Storage on or
off.
Transtrix shows a content type only when the plugin behind it is active.
**What keeps your live site safe**
* **Preview before you import.** You see the counts first, while you can still
back out.
* **One-click undo.** Transtrix keeps restore points for 30 days. You can change
that in Settings.
* **No duplicate images.** When you import a second package that shares images
with the first, Transtrix reuses the images it already brought in instead of
uploading copies.
* **You decide what happens to matches.** Transtrix matches items by slug. For
each import, keep the existing item (the default), replace it with the package
version, or add a copy.
* **No links to the wrong page.** When an item links to content that exists on
neither site, Transtrix removes that link instead of pointing it at an unrelated
page. The report names each one.
* **Only the items in the package change.** An import leaves the orders, bookings
and customers already on the site alone.
* **No surprise emails.** Transtrix blocks outgoing mail while an import runs.
* **Long jobs pick up where they stopped.** If a request times out, the next one
continues from the last finished item.
#### WP-CLI
Every action on the admin screen also runs from the command line, with no request
time limit.
```
wp transtrix export --module=wp-core --post_type=post --limit=20
wp transtrix import /path/to/posts.zip --dry-run
wp transtrix import /path/to/posts.zip --conflict=update --user=admin
wp transtrix rollback
wp transtrix full-export --layers=database,uploads
wp transtrix full-restore /path/to/site.zip --dry-run
```
Run `wp help transtrix` for every option.
#### Privacy
Transtrix sends nothing to any outside server. It has no account, no tracking and
no remote calls. Packages stay on your own server, in a protected folder inside `
wp-content/uploads/`.
#### Server note
On Apache and IIS, Transtrix blocks direct access to the package folder for you.
nginx ignores those rules, so add one to your server block:
```
location ^~ /wp-content/uploads/transtrix/ {
deny all;
}
```
#### For developers
A plugin can teach Transtrix about its own content by hooking `transtrix_register_modules`.
A module describes its post types, taxonomies and the meta keys that hold IDs. Transtrix
handles export, import, ID remapping, media and undo.
#### Source code
The admin screen is built from the uncompiled source in `assets/admin/src/`, which
ships with the plugin. To rebuild `dist/`, run `npm install` and then `npm run build`
in the plugin folder.
```
dist/admin.js bundles these open-source libraries, listed in `package.json`: React Query (@tanstack/react-query), Emotion (@emotion/react, @emotion/styled), React Router (react-router-dom), React-Toastify (react-toastify) and Tippy.js (@tippyjs/react). All are MIT licensed.
```
## Screenshots
[⌊Export selected content. Transtrix finds WordPress, WP Travel Engine and WooCommerce
content on the site. Pick trips, coupons, enquiries and accommodations, untick bookings,
customers and payments, and build one package.⌉⌊Export selected content. Transtrix
finds WordPress, WP Travel Engine and WooCommerce content on the site. Pick trips,
coupons, enquiries and accommodations, untick bookings, customers and payments,
and build one package.⌉[
Export selected content. Transtrix finds WordPress, WP Travel Engine and WooCommerce
content on the site. Pick trips, coupons, enquiries and accommodations, untick bookings,
customers and payments, and build one package.
[⌊Import that package on another site. Choose what happens to items that already
exist, check the preview, and run the import. The report shows what was added, and
you can undo the import from the same window.⌉⌊Import that package on another site.
Choose what happens to items that already exist, check the preview, and run the
import. The report shows what was added, and you can undo the import from the same
window.⌉[
Import that package on another site. Choose what happens to items that already exist,
check the preview, and run the import. The report shows what was added, and you
can undo the import from the same window.
[⌊Export the entire site. Choose the database, media uploads, themes and plugins,
estimate the size, and pack the whole site into one file.⌉⌊Export the entire site.
Choose the database, media uploads, themes and plugins, estimate the size, and pack
the whole site into one file.⌉[
Export the entire site. Choose the database, media uploads, themes and plugins,
estimate the size, and pack the whole site into one file.
[⌊Restore the entire site. Upload the package, check where it came from, choose
what to restore, and confirm.⌉⌊Restore the entire site. Upload the package, check
where it came from, choose what to restore, and confirm.⌉[
Restore the entire site. Upload the package, check where it came from, choose what
to restore, and confirm.
## Installation
1. In your admin, go to **Plugins > Add New**, search for “Transtrix”, then install
and activate it. You can also upload the plugin folder to `/wp-content/plugins/
transtrix/`.
2. Install Transtrix on both sites: the one you export from and the one you import
into.
3. Open **Transtrix** in the admin menu.
Transtrix needs WordPress 6.6 or newer, PHP 7.4 or newer, and a writable `wp-content/
uploads` folder.
## FAQ
### Do I need Transtrix on both sites?
Yes. You build the package on the first site and import it on the second.
### Can Transtrix move my whole site?
Yes. Switch the Export screen to **Entire site** to pack the database, uploads,
themes and plugins into one file, then restore it on the new site. If you want only
some content, use **Selected content** instead, and Transtrix moves only the items
you pick.
### Can I undo a whole-site restore?
Not from History. A restore replaces what is on the site, so build a package of
the current site first. Transtrix also moves the old files aside instead of deleting
them. To roll back, restore the earlier package.
### Will it work if my new site has a different domain?
Yes. Transtrix updates links to the new address when it restores, including links
saved inside theme and plugin settings.
### Will a selected-content import touch the orders, bookings or customers on my live site?
No. Transtrix adds and updates only the items inside the package. It leaves every
other record on the site alone.
### What happens when an item already exists on the other site?
Transtrix matches items by slug and asks you before each import. **Keep what is
already here** leaves your existing item untouched and adds only new items. **Replace
with the package version** overwrites the existing item. **Add everything as a copy**
overwrites nothing, but the item appears twice. You can set the default in Settings.
### Can I leave bookings, orders and customer data out?
Yes. Every content type starts ticked, so untick Bookings, Customers, Payments and
Enquiries in WP Travel Engine, or Orders and Customers in WooCommerce, before you
build the package.
### Can I undo a selected-content import?
Yes. Open **History**, find the import and choose **Undo this import**. Transtrix
removes what it added and puts back what it changed. Restore points last 30 days
by default.
### Do imported WooCommerce orders charge customers or send emails?
No. Transtrix calls no payment gateway, blocks outgoing mail during the import,
and does not reduce stock again.
### My export is large. Will it time out?
Long jobs continue from where they stopped. For very large sites, lower **Maximum
items in this package** (500 by default) and export in batches, or use WP-CLI, which
has no request time limit.
### Who can use Transtrix?
Administrators. In Settings you can also let editors move content. Only administrators
can use **Entire site** mode, and on multisite only network administrators can.
### What happens to my packages when I delete the plugin?
They stay, along with History and undo data, so deleting the plugin by mistake loses
nothing. To remove them too, open **Settings** and turn on **Delete packages, reports
and undo data** before you delete Transtrix. That also removes the old files a whole-
site restore moved aside.
### Does Transtrix send my content anywhere?
No. It makes no outside requests. Your packages stay on your server until you download
them.
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## Contributors & Developers
“Transtrix – Site Migration, Import & Export” is open source software. The following
people have contributed to this plugin.
Contributors
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## Changelog
#### 0.1.0 – 22nd October 2026
* New Feature: Introduced full-site migration and backup for databases, uploads,
themes, and plugins, with automatic link updates for the new domain.
* New Feature: Added selected-content migration for WordPress posts, pages, and
media.
* New Feature: Added migration for WP Travel Engine trips and WooCommerce products,
with the option to include bookings and orders.
* New Feature: Added content import previews, one-click undo, and image reuse to
simplify imports.
* New Feature: Added WP-CLI commands for exporting and importing content, undoing
imports, and exporting and restoring entire sites.
## Meta
* Version **0.1.0**
* Last updated **1 day ago**
* Active installations **Fewer than 10**
* WordPress version ** 6.6 or higher **
* Tested up to **7.1.3**
* PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
* Tags
* [backup](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/backup/)[export](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/export/)
[import](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/import/)[migration](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/migration/)
[woocommerce](https://wordpress.org/plugins/tags/woocommerce/)
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## Contributors
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