Generates one or more WXR files containing authors, terms, posts,
comments, and attachments. WXR files do not include site configuration
(options) or the attachment files themselves.
## OPTIONS
[--dir=
]
: Full path to directory where WXR export files should be stored. Defaults
to current working directory.
[--skip_comments]
: Don't include comments in the WXR export file.
[--max_file_size=]
: A single export file should have this many megabytes.
---
default: 15
---
## FILTERS
[--start_date=]
: Export only posts published after this date, in format YYYY-MM-DD.
[--end_date=]
: Export only posts published before this date, in format YYYY-MM-DD.
[--post_type=]
: Export only posts with this post_type. Separate multiple post types with a
comma.
---
default: any
---
[--post_type__not_in=]
: Export all post types except those identified. Separate multiple post types
with a comma. Defaults to none.
[--post__in=]
: Export all posts specified as a comma- or space-separated list of IDs.
[--start_id=]
: Export only posts with IDs greater than or equal to this post ID.
[--author=]
: Export only posts by this author. Can be either user login or user ID.
[--category=]
: Export only posts in this category.
[--post_status=]
: Export only posts with this status.
[--filename_format=]
: Use a custom format for export filenames. Defaults to '{site}.wordpress.{date}.{n}.xml'.
## EXAMPLES
# Export posts published by the user between given start and end date
$ wp export --dir=/tmp/ --user=admin --post_type=post --start_date=2011-01-01 --end_date=2011-12-31
Starting export process...
Writing to file /tmp/staging.wordpress.2016-05-24.000.xml
Success: All done with export.
# Export posts by IDs
$ wp export --dir=/tmp/ --post__in=123,124,125
Starting export process...
Writing to file /tmp/staging.wordpress.2016-05-24.000.xml
Success: All done with export.
# Export a random subset of content
$ wp export --post__in="$(wp post list --post_type=post --orderby=rand --posts_per_page=8 --format=ids)"
Starting export process...
Writing to file /var/www/example.com/public_html/staging.wordpress.2016-05-24.000.xml
Success: All done with export.