Support #17450
closedWidget Importer & Exporter plugin
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Description
Jason Tougaw would like to "export the links that appear on a sidebar on a site like this: https://lifewritng.commons.gc.cuny.edu/"
I see there's a tool called the Widget Importer & Exporter plugin, but we don't have it yet. Cam it be installed? Here's the plugin page: https://wordpress.org/plugins/widget-importer-exporter/
Thanks! Happy New Year, everyone!
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Updated by Boone Gorges almost 2 years ago
I don't believe that a widget exporter would help if the user wanted the structured links, ie those items that are at https://lifewritng.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-admin/link-manager.php
Could you ask Jason what he wants the links for? Is it for import into another WP site? I don't see an obvious tool, either on the Commons or elsewhere, for easily exporting, but I could probably rig something up if I knew the final purpose.
Updated by Marilyn Weber almost 2 years ago
"I want to import links from one course site to a similar one, both on the Commons. "
Updated by Boone Gorges almost 2 years ago
Thanks, Marilyn. In this case, the easiest thing is for me to do the export/import myself. Could you ask Jason for the destination site URL? (In the future, we could explore a self-service tool, since WP doesn't provide one.)
Updated by Marilyn Weber almost 2 years ago
The fabulous reply:
This is the destination:
https://culturewriting.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
I actually have two source sites:
https://lifewritng.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
https://nonfiction.commons.gc.cuny.edu/
Do I detect Boone’s voice here? If so: Hi Boone!
Updated by Boone Gorges almost 2 years ago
Boone's voice has been correctly detected. Hi, Jason!
Could you please confirm that all items from https://lifewritng.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-admin/link-manager.php and https://nonfiction.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-admin/link-manager.php should be copied to https://culturewriting.commons.gc.cuny.edu/? Jason can of course remove or edit unwanted items after the import.
Updated by Boone Gorges almost 2 years ago
- File export-import-links.php export-import-links.php added
- Status changed from New to Resolved
- Assignee set to Boone Gorges
- Target version set to Not tracked
Thanks, Marilyn. Let Jason know that links from both source sites have been imported to https://culturewriting.commons.gc.cuny.edu/wp-admin/link-manager.php.
I've attached a copy of the script I wrote to perform this task, in case we have to do it again in the future.