Title: Exporting editable Custom Post Types
Last modified: August 21, 2016

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# Exporting editable Custom Post Types

 *  Resolved [dnawp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dnawp/)
 * (@dnawp)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exporting-editable-custom-post-types/)
 * Apologies if this question has been answered before.
 * Perhaps this is not possible but I am trying to export my custom post types so
   I can use them within another installation of WordPress. I also want to be able
   to edit/tweak them from within the other installation. However the code that 
   I get from the export only gives me static post types that need to be added via
   functions.php. When I attempt to edit the custom post types they only show up
   under the “Additional Custom Post Types” list.
 * Is there a way to get the post types imported as “real” items I can edit from
   within the Custom Post Type UI Manage Post Type area?
 * and even better is there a way to get the post types to export/import so I don’t
   have to create them via functions.php so that they are available in any theme
   not just the theme I add the register_post_type functions to?
 * Perhaps the former question will answer the later.
 * Thanks for your help in advance.
 * [http://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-post-type-ui/](http://wordpress.org/plugins/custom-post-type-ui/)

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 *  Thread Starter [dnawp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dnawp/)
 * (@dnawp)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exporting-editable-custom-post-types/#post-4386342)
 * Answering my own question (kind of) – So far the only way I found I can achieve
   what I want is to manually grab the row data from wp_options with the option_name–
   cpt_custom_post_types and paste that into other wordpress installation and that
   seems to transfer the post types so that I can edit them.
 * Perhaps there is a better way to achieve what I want?
 *  Plugin Contributor [Michael Beckwith](https://wordpress.org/support/users/tw2113/)
 * (@tw2113)
 * The BenchPresser
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exporting-editable-custom-post-types/#post-4386372)
 * right, now, that’s going to be the only way to export/migrate from one WP install
   to another where it’ll still be available in the list for CPTUI and editable 
   with it.
 * I believe I have a GitHub issue with this idea marked down, but I haven’t started
   tackling it yet. Much of my recent efforts have been on refactoring and making
   it easier to manage on my end.
 * Also hoping for an overhaul of the UI, to make it more intuitive and easy to 
   use.
 *  Thread Starter [dnawp](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dnawp/)
 * (@dnawp)
 * [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exporting-editable-custom-post-types/#post-4386407)
 * Thanks for the quick reply. Its a nice plugin, very useful when combined with
   ACF. Hope the ability to export makes it in sometime soon.

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 * Last activity: [12 years, 5 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/exporting-editable-custom-post-types/#post-4386407)
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