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HDEV Import / Export Post lets you move posts between WordPress sites without losing their images. Export a post type to a single portable JSON file, then import that file on a local server or another production site.
During import, every featured image, in-content image and post attachment is downloaded from the source site into the destination site’s own media library, and the image URLs inside the post content are rewritten to point at the newly downloaded copies. Nothing keeps pointing back at the old site.
Re-importing the same file is safe: existing posts are updated in place instead of duplicated, and media that was already downloaded is reused instead of downloaded again.
Both export and import run in small batches with a live progress bar, so large jobs do not time out and you always see what is happening.
Export features:
<ul>
<li>Export any public post type (Posts, Pages and custom post types)</li>
<li>Filter by post status (published, draft, pending, private, scheduled or all)</li>
<li>Filter by date range — the month list is detected automatically from the existing content of the selected post type and refreshes when you switch post types</li>
<li>Filter by author — the dropdown lists only users who have actually authored content on the site</li>
<li>Optionally include the media attached to each post</li>
<li>Single portable JSON file — easy to move between sites</li>
<li>Live progress bar while the export runs, then the file downloads automatically</li>
</ul>
Import features:
<ul>
<li>Featured images, in-content images and post attachments are downloaded into the destination site’s media library</li>
<li>In-content image URLs are automatically rewritten to the new local URLs</li>
<li>Update existing posts instead of creating duplicates — posts are matched by slug and post type, so the same file can be imported again safely</li>
<li>Already-downloaded media is detected and reused, so re-imports never fill the media library with copies</li>
<li>Works between local development sites (Local, <code>.local</code> / <code>.test</code> domains) as well as production domains</li>
<li>Taxonomy terms (categories, tags and custom taxonomies) and post meta are preserved</li>
<li>Missing categories are created automatically, including the full parent/child hierarchy</li>
<li>Assign every imported post to a user of your choice, or keep the original author when a matching username exists</li>
<li>Optional: import all posts as drafts</li>
<li>Live progress bar with a per-post log — successful posts, reused/downloaded media counts, and clear warnings when a media download fails</li>
</ul>
General:
<ul>
<li>No new database tables — uses the standard WordPress APIs</li>
<li>Admin-only: every action requires the <code>manage_options</code> capability and is protected by nonces</li>
</ul>

HDEV Import / Export Post

Export posts to a JSON file and import them elsewhere, downloading featured images, content images and attachments to the destination site.

Kyle Mott

This plugin is installed on an external source WordPress site and handles:
<ul>
<li>Configuration and destination site selection</li>
<li>Source-side validation and preflight checks</li>
<li>Scanning source files and database</li>
<li>Exporting data in streamed, memory-bounded chunks</li>
<li>Uploading chunks directly to S3 via presigned URLs</li>
<li>Notifying the HonestHosting backend when the import is ready</li>
<li>Resuming interrupted migrations</li>
<li>Optional scheduled incremental sync via WP-Cron</li>
</ul>
<h3>External services</h3>
This plugin relies on two third-party services to perform site migrations to HonestHosting. Both are only contacted after the site administrator explicitly configures an import key and initiates a migration action from the plugin admin UI.
<h4>HonestHosting API (api.honesthosting.io)</h4>
The plugin communicates with the HonestHosting backend API at <code>https://api.honesthosting.io</code> to authenticate the site administrator’s import key, enumerate eligible destination sites, obtain presigned S3 upload URLs, submit preflight estimates, and signal that the destination is ready to import.
What data is sent and when:
<ul>
<li>When the administrator validates an import key or loads the migration UI: the import key and source site URL.</li>
<li>During preflight: source PHP version, estimated <code>wp-content</code> total size and file count, database table summaries (table names, estimated row counts and byte sizes, engine types), and detected hosting-environment capabilities.</li>
<li>During export: session identifiers, chunk manifests, file paths and sizes, database table progress, and hash values used to validate uploaded chunks.</li>
<li>When upload completes: an import-ready signal containing the session metadata and destination site identifier.</li>
</ul>
The import key is sent in the <code>X-HH-Site-Import-Key</code> request header over HTTPS.
This service is provided by HonestHosting:
<ul>
<li>Terms and Conditions: https://www.honesthosting.io/terms-and-conditions/</li>
<li>Privacy Policy: https://www.honesthosting.io/privacy-policy/</li>
</ul>
<h4>Amazon S3 (presigned upload URLs)</h4>
The plugin uploads file and database export chunks directly to Amazon S3 using presigned <code>PUT</code> URLs issued by the HonestHosting backend. Payloads are not proxied through the HonestHosting API; they are transmitted straight from the source site to S3 over HTTPS.
What data is sent and when:
<ul>
<li>During export: each chunk body is <code>PUT</code> to the presigned S3 URL. File chunks contain raw file bytes from <code>wp-content/</code>; database chunks contain SQL INSERT statements generated from the site’s database tables. Requests carry only <code>Content-Type</code> and <code>Content-Length</code> headers — authentication is embedded in the presigned URL itself, so no account credentials or import keys are sent to S3.</li>
</ul>
The S3 buckets used for migration storage are operated by HonestHosting on Amazon Web Services. AWS terms and privacy documents apply to the underlying transport and storage:
<ul>
<li>AWS Service Terms: https://aws.amazon.com/service-terms/</li>
<li>AWS Privacy Notice: https://aws.amazon.com/privacy/</li>
</ul>

HonestHosting Site Migrator

Migrate WordPress sites to HonestHosting via streamed, chunked, resumable exports.

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