Title: RIP ….-2023
Last modified: February 28, 2023

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# RIP ….-2023

 *  [Alexander](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donatory/)
 * (@donatory)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rip-2023/)
 * Previously, I could do a database export, and the plugin automatically determined
   the current domain and folder path. Now I am forced to prescribe everything by
   hand and it’s not yet a fact whether the correct replacement of all dependencies
   is being done.

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 *  Plugin Contributor [Kevin Hoffman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinwhoffman/)
 * (@kevinwhoffman)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rip-2023/#post-16515219)
 * Hi [@donatory](https://wordpress.org/support/users/donatory/),
 * The domain and path fields are once again available in WP Migrate 2.6.2 which
   was released earlier today. The screenshot below shows that these values are 
   pre-populated with the current site’s details when beginning a new export.
 * ![](https://i0.wp.com/cdn.deliciousbrains.com/content/uploads/2023/02/28144526/
   domain-path-fields.png?ssl=1)
 *  [Chad Reitsma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chadreitsma/)
 * (@chadreitsma)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rip-2023/#post-16519120)
 * You guys have added a completely redundant set of inputs. **Put it back to the
   way it was**, where it used the existing inputs with the default values, and 
   let us remove/change them if we didn’t want them. How hard is that?
 *  Plugin Contributor [Kevin Hoffman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevinwhoffman/)
 * (@kevinwhoffman)
 * [3 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/rip-2023/#post-16522592)
 * Hi [@chadreitsma](https://wordpress.org/support/users/chadreitsma/),
 * I can see why that looks like the obvious solution. Here’s why we didn’t go that
   route:
 * We believe that migration profiles should have smart defaults that allow the 
   user to create a new Export and immediately run the profile without error. This
   was not the case with the old approach because leaving the URL and Path fields
   empty would result in validation errors, which led some users to believe those
   fields were required. Furthermore, they didn’t know where to find the path info
   at their destination.
 * The new optional approach provides the same benefits without the validation errors,
   and is more consistent with how these fields are presented during Push and Pull
   migrations. This makes the export workflow more accessible to a wider variety
   of workflows since some users just want to do a clean export without modifying
   those values.
 * Just to clarify a note from your other review, our team at WP Engine includes
   the exact same folks from Delicious Brains. While we may make a an occasional
   misstep, I assure you we’re just trying to do the right thing for our users. 
   We are listening and reacting to feedback as we always have. Since joining WP
   Engine, we have added new value by expanding the free export functionality to
   also include site files, and we have no plans to hide any existing functionality
   in the Lite plugin behind a paywall. I hope that addresses some of your concerns,
   and thank you for the feedback.

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