WordPress Importer

The WordPress Importer will import the following content from a WordPress export file:

• Posts, pages and other custom post types
• Comments and comment meta
• Custom fields and post meta
• Categories, tags and terms from custom taxonomies and term meta
• Authors

For further information and instructions please see the documention on Importing Content .

Filters

The importer has a couple of filters to allow you to completely enable/block certain features:

• import_allow_create_users : return false if you only want to allow mapping to existing users
• import_allow_fetch_attachments : return false if you do not wish to allow importing and downloading of attachments
• import_attachment_size_limit : return an integer value for the maximum file size in bytes to save (default is 0, which is unlimited)

There are also a few actions available to hook into:

• import_start : occurs after the export file has been uploaded and author import settings have been chosen
• import_end : called after the last output from the importer

The quickest method for installing the importer is:

1. 01Visit Tools -> Import in the WordPress dashboard
2. 02Click on the WordPress link in the list of importers
3. 03Click “Install Now”
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