Content
Exporting data from your current WordPress site
Importing data to Shifter Headless Site
Notes
Shifter Headless only accept SQL data (Post, Page or other content) for data migration.
Exporting data
We recommend using All-in-One WP Migration to migrate data.
1. Navigate to WordPress dashboard
2. Add filter to exclude some directories
Directories should be exclude are
wp-content/ai1wm-backups
wp-content/languages
wp-content/mu-plugins
wp-content/plugins
wp-content/themes
wp-content/upgrades
wp-content/object-cache.php
wp-content/uploads (if you don't need to copy media)
or other directories you don't need to copy
Here is sample code for excluding directories. You can copy and paste following code to functions.php
add_filter('ai1wm_exclude_content_from_export', function($exclude_filters) {
$exclude_filters[] = 'ai1wm-backups';
$exclude_filters[] = 'languages';
$exclude_filters[] = 'mu-plugins';
$exclude_filters[] = 'plugins';
$exclude_filters[] = 'themes';
$exclude_filters[] = 'uploads';
$exclude_filters[] = 'upgrades';
$exclude_filters[] = 'object-cache.php';
return $exclude_filters;
});Never forget to remove codes after exporting data.
This sample excludes these directories or files from All-in-One WP Migration backup data.
/wp-contente/ai1wm-backups,/wp-content/languages,/wp-content/mu-plugins,/wp-content/plugins,/wp-content/themes,/wp-content/uploads,/wp-content/upgrades,/wp-content/object-cache.php
3. Install and activate All-in-One WP Migration
4. Navigate to Export page
5. Click [Advanced Options] to configure export settings
6. Check these items to export database (sql file) only.
[✓] Do not export spam comments
[✓] Do not export post revisions
[✓] Do not export media library (files)
[✓] Do not export themes (files)
[✓] Do not export inactive themes (files)
[✓] Do not export must-use plugins (files)
[✓] Do not export plugins (files)
[✓] Do not export inactive plugins (files)
[✓] Do not export cache (files)
[✓] Do not include the selected files (if available)
7. Click [EXPORT TO] and choose [FILE]
8. Click [DOWNLOAD ...] and you've got file.
Importing your Backup
9. Start WordPress from Shifter Headless Dashboard
10. Activate All-in-One WP Migration on Plugins page
After logging in to your Headless WordPress site, navigate to the WordPress Plugins page activate All-in-One WP Migration plugin.
11. Navigate to [Import] under [All-in-One WP Migration] menu
12. Importing your Backup
13. Click [FILE] and select backup file
14. Click [I HAVE ENUGH DISK SPACE] to continue
15. Click [PROCEED] to overwrite data.
16. Click [FINISH]
17. Logout and re-login with WordPress credentials
18. Confirm data is imported
That's all