Title: Export WordPress Content
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# Export WordPress Content

 *  [Connor Crosby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ccmovies/)
 * (@ccmovies)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-wordpress-content/)
 * I am trying to transfer/export content from one WordPress install to another.
   The content will be staying on the same hosting server (moved down a directory)
   but on a different database. It cannot stay on the same WordPress install because
   of some technical reasons. How can I move the content?
 * I don’t want to use the tools found in Tools -> Export. For some reason, when
   I do that, not all the content moves over.
 * Thanks for any help!

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 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-wordpress-content/#post-1981459)
 * See [Moving_WordPress](http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress).
 *  Thread Starter [Connor Crosby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ccmovies/)
 * (@ccmovies)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-wordpress-content/#post-1981460)
 * I’ve looked at that, but that is just saying that you do not need to move your
   WordPress install. The problem is that I have two WordPress installs and I want
   to move the content from one to another. Thank you, though.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-wordpress-content/#post-1981464)
 * In that case, your only option is the export/import root via Tools.
 *  Thread Starter [Connor Crosby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ccmovies/)
 * (@ccmovies)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-wordpress-content/#post-1981471)
 * Oh darn. Do you know why it would not export all the files then? For example,
   one time when I did it, it was missing some of the most recent posts.
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-wordpress-content/#post-1981478)
 * Could have been a corrupted export file. Or your server may have timed out. If
   these are large files, it might be better to split them down into smaller chunks.
 *  Thread Starter [Connor Crosby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ccmovies/)
 * (@ccmovies)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-wordpress-content/#post-1981479)
 * Do you know how to split them?
 *  [esmi](https://wordpress.org/support/users/esmi/)
 * (@esmi)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-wordpress-content/#post-1981480)
 * [http://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-testing-wordpress-wxr-file-splitter-v-15](http://wordpress.org/support/topic/need-help-testing-wordpress-wxr-file-splitter-v-15)
 * Not tried it myself but it seems popular.
 *  Thread Starter [Connor Crosby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ccmovies/)
 * (@ccmovies)
 * [15 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-wordpress-content/#post-1981481)
 * Alright, thank you!
 *  [opolily](https://wordpress.org/support/users/opolily/)
 * (@opolily)
 * [14 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-wordpress-content/#post-1981852)
 * Just to let you know, you are not alone.
    I have a similar situation with a ‘
   test’ version of my site and the ‘live’ version. It’s not a blog, it’s a site
   with multiple authors submitting content, mostly Events via the Events Manager
   Extended plugin, to the ‘live’ base. When I want to work on a new feature, I 
   do it on the test base but it doesn’t have up to date content. When I use the
   Export tool, option all content, it doesn’t export my Events.
 * If you have found a solution, I would appreciate hearing about it.
 *  Thread Starter [Connor Crosby](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ccmovies/)
 * (@ccmovies)
 * [14 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-wordpress-content/#post-1981853)
 * Sorry, haven’t found a solution yet.

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