Export and import for templates/stories

[marbd3]

Feature Description

An export and import of the template feature is missing will it be added anytime soon?

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Implementation Brief

[ernee]

@marbd3 great suggestion! We've been discussing some export possibilities in this issue as well.

How would you use an export/ import feature?

Would it be similar to the request linked to export the assets used in the story or would it be more for importing/ exporting a story (template) from one WordPress site to another?

Feel free to elaborate and we'll share this with the team!

[theMikebal]

I think the challenge is that people are already building stories for other social channels from a mobile device or on another platform. Getting the assets from the cloud and then into WP is another step and then rebuilding the whole thing for web feels too duplicative. It would be great to see this functionality exist or work in a way where social media sharing tools or automation platforms like Zapier could allow users to take out some of the duplicity.

[dreamofabear]

This could also be generalized for stories to support one or multiple stories to be exported into a file and imported into a different WP instance.

• WP's standard export/import tool skips the posts_content_filtered field that contains story JSON data. The 3P plugins WP Import Export Lite and WP All Export also appear to skip this field. Are there other WP export/import plugins or tools that could accomplish this?
• Exact usage requirements (e.g. user mapping, missing table references) are TBD.

[dreamofabear]

Relevant support thread: https://wordpress.org/support/topic/copy-story-to-another-instance/

[mxbclang]

Noting that we've received a few requests for this in support recently:

• https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-and-import-20/
• https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-import-of-web-stories-between-2-wp-website/

[mikezielonka]

Just adding in a unique edge. I'm taking a 4 site Wordpress multisite to 1 single site. It's been a real struggle finding a workflow to export and import the stories from the sites into the new instance.

[swissspidy]

@mikezielonka Thanks for sharing your experience. Curious, are you also struggling to finding a workflow for importing regular posts? If not, why is importing stories more difficult?