Title: Export posts
Last modified: August 30, 2016

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# Export posts

 *  [hiphopcertified](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hiphopcertified/)
 * (@hiphopcertified)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-posts-1/)
 * I’m having trouble trying to export my posts from my old theme to my new one.
   Whenever I go to tools -> export no matter which export plug-in I guess, the 
   default or whatever, I click the button to download and all I get is a new page
   with all the coding and text from all the posts but no way to download them into
   an xml file from that point.
 * Does anyone have any clue how to fix this or another way to export onto my new
   theme?

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 *  [juggledad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juggledad/)
 * (@juggledad)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-posts-1/#post-6798174)
 * If you are just changing themes, there is no need to export your posts – just
   change the theme. The posts will still be there.
 *  Thread Starter [hiphopcertified](https://wordpress.org/support/users/hiphopcertified/)
 * (@hiphopcertified)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-posts-1/#post-6798206)
 * yea but I have to customize the new theme while the old theme is still up and
   running. What would be the best way to do that?
 *  [juggledad](https://wordpress.org/support/users/juggledad/)
 * (@juggledad)
 * [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-posts-1/#post-6798216)
 * (1) If the changes are all to theme files like style.css, you could use a test
   site to make the changes and then copy the files over
    or (2) if the theme has
   all it options stored in the DB and has an export/import option (at least one
   theme – Atahualpa – has this feature) again do it in a test site and export from
   teh test site and import into the produciton site. or (3) if the site is static–
   ie no other changes likenew posts – will be made while you are making your changes–
   use a backup plugin like backup buddy and make a complete cop of the site. Then
   when the changes are made, copy the site back.

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 * Last activity: [10 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-posts-1/#post-6798216)
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