Title: How does Export/Import work?
Last modified: September 3, 2026

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# How does Export/Import work?

 *  Resolved [Arno Welzel](https://wordpress.org/support/users/awelzel/)
 * (@awelzel)
 * [1 day, 14 hours ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-export-import-work/)
 * I have a production website with a number of PODS definitions with records which
   can be displays as `https://domain.example/pods-slug/name`
 * Now we plan a relaunch with a new design and created a staging website for this.
   On the production website we exported an existing PODS definition as package 
   and imported that to the staging site.
 * The PODS definition is visible also all posts inside this PODS – however when
   I try to view a PODS record as `https://staging.domain.example/pods-slug/name`,
   WordPress does not find it but reports HTTP 404.
 * Any idea what may be wrong?

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 *  Plugin Support [pd](https://wordpress.org/support/users/pdclark/)
 * (@pdclark)
 * [52 minutes ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/how-does-export-import-work/#post-19012123)
 * Have permalinks been configured on the new site?
 * See [https://codex.wordpress.org/ko:Using_Permalinks](https://codex.wordpress.org/ko:Using_Permalinks)
 * At a minimum, some permalink structure usually needs to be selected and saved
   at initial setup.
 * Depending on the server in use (Apache .htaccess, Nginx location definition, 
   dev server, etc), there usually also needs to be a configuration to allow the
   appropriate server behavior.

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