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wp-attachment-export

Tools Open Source PHP WordPress

WP Attachment Export

Contributors: helvetian
Donate link: http://helvetian.io/
Tags: admin, export, attachments, media, image, images, xml
Requires at least: 3.0
Tested up to: 4.3.1
Stable tag: trunk
License: GPLv2 or later
License URI: http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html
Exports only posts of type ‘attachment’, i.e. your media library

Description

Note: Obsolete since WordPress 4.4

This feature has been added into the core of WordPress 4.4. You can now export your attachments by going to Tools->Export and select ‘Media’ as the export type.

Original Description

WP Attachment Export allows you to export your media library into a WordPress eXtended RSS or WXR file. You can then use the Tools->Import function in another WordPress installation to import the media library.

Issues / Bug reporting

Found a bug? Please use the issue tracker at https://github.com/thehelvetian/wp-attachment-export/issues

Installation

  1. Unzip wp-attachment-export.zip and upload the folder ‘wp-attachment-export’ to the ‘/wp-content/plugins/ directory
  2. Activate the plugin through the ‘Plugins’ menu in WordPress
  3. Navigate to ‘Tools > WP Attachment Export’ and click ‘Download Export File’ to start the export process

Usage

User PhiLho has put together a good summary on how to use the plugin at https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-but-could-use-more-explanations. Thanks PhiLho!

Changelog

0.3.3

  • Fixed readme formatting issues

0.3.2

  • Added obsolete notice

0.3.1

  • Merged pull request from maavuz. Details at #3

0.3

  • Shortened menu entry text so it stays on a single line
  • Matched title on page to plugin name
  • Added link to plugin rating page
  • Added link to GitHub repo

0.2.4

  • Security bugfix (Arbitrary File Download)
  • Thanks to Nitin Venkatesh for reporting the issue!

0.2.3

  • Made plugin translatable

0.2.2

  • Improvements related to plugin development with Git/Github

0.2.1

  • Added ‘Export’ link beside the activate/deactivate links on the Plugins page
  • Minor code comments
  • Easier installation text
  • Bumped tested version

0.2.0

  • Added LICENSE
  • Bugfixes

0.1.0

  • Initial version

Usage

User PhiLho has put together a good summary on how to use the plugin at https://wordpress.org/support/topic/good-but-could-use-more-explanations. Thanks PhiLho!