Hello @mikezielonka thanks for your question. At this time, there is no feature to export/import Web Stories and WXR export functionality in WordPress is limited in that it does not include all the required story data.
All the Web Stories data is stored in a custom web-story
post type, which WordPress uses the wp_posts
and wp_postmeta
database columns for.
The standard XML export feature of WordPress will not export all of the data from these tables. Specifically, the post_content_filtered
column used by Web Stories is missing.
Therefore, if you want to export individual stories, make sure that this column as well as all connected entries in the wp_postmeta
table are included.
Again, the built-in export does not do this, but you could explore other tools that could be used to install everything from a plugin to a full WordPress. I know you have mentioned WP Migrate DB isn’t an option for you but you could explore WP-CLI.
This has been discussed with some further export possibilities in this GitHub issue. Feel free to subscribe to the issue for any updates.
Thanks Adam! I’m chiming in on github with my experiences. If/when I find a workflow, I’ll be sure to share it.
@mikezielonka That’s great, yes please do that would be good to know.
@adamdunnage I worked on this problem again on a new site.
With WP All Export’s help, I was able to migrate posts_content_filtered
but that didn’t make the export any smoother. Since the web story ID changes, the editor still loads blank.
Could there be anything else that we are missing to make this work?