Title: Importing UM settings
Last modified: December 8, 2017

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# Importing UM settings

 *  Resolved [petebm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petebm/)
 * (@petebm)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/importing-um-settings/)
 * Hi
 * Apologies if this is covered elsewhere in the forum, but I could only find references
   to importing / exporting users, and I’m having problems transferring _settings_
   from one site to another. I’ve gone to Settings / Advanced and Export on the 
   source site, & tried both downloading the .json file and copying the text of 
   the backup. However, when I go to Import on the destination site, I cannot select
   that .json file by clicking on Import from file; it just brings up an empty box.
   I pasted the backup text in there, clicked on Import, then Save changes at the
   bottom of the screen – but no changes have been made to the default setup.
 * I’m obviously doing something wrong – can someone please tell me what it is?
 * Thanks
    Pete

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 *  Thread Starter [petebm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petebm/)
 * (@petebm)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/importing-um-settings/#post-9763918)
 * PS – it’s v1.3.88 on both sites
 *  Plugin Support [Ultimate Member Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultimatemembersupport/)
 * (@ultimatemembersupport)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/importing-um-settings/#post-9770654)
 * Hi [@petebm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petebm/),
 * Import/Export settings will only import/export Ultimate member settings, not 
   users.
    If you want to import/export users and user meta you have to use CSV 
   import/export plugins.
 * Regards.
 *  Thread Starter [petebm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petebm/)
 * (@petebm)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/importing-um-settings/#post-9770721)
 * Hi again
    Thanks for the reply; I’m afraid I didn’t make myself clear. What I’m
   trying to avoid is having to setup things like my edited forms again (eg default
   UM registration), along with UM permissions on pages / menu items / widgets etc.
   I don’t need to export users or their roles – I only have a handful of test ones
   anyway. I’m also puzzled as to why I couldn’t seem to get the import process 
   to work properly – unless that’s because I was expecting the impossible. Is there
   a doc anywhere on it? If I can’t do it, so be it – but I thought I’d ask!
 * Cheers
    Pete
 *  Plugin Support [Ultimate Member Support](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ultimatemembersupport/)
 * (@ultimatemembersupport)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/importing-um-settings/#post-9770938)
 * Hi [@petebm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petebm/),
 * Unfortunately, there is no option to backup/restore Ultimate member forms, we
   will see if we can add this option in the future.
 * Regards.
 *  Thread Starter [petebm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petebm/)
 * (@petebm)
 * [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/importing-um-settings/#post-9772155)
 * OK – thanks for making that clear.
 * Cheers
    Pete

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 * [Import](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/import/)

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 * Last reply from: [petebm](https://wordpress.org/support/users/petebm/)
 * Last activity: [8 years, 6 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/importing-um-settings/#post-9772155)
 * Status: resolved