In the previous section, we looked at how to migrate an entire site with all its content. Importing and exporting content is similar, where we back up the database and import it to another site. As usual, we can find many existing plugins for the import/export process. However, most of these plugins import/export entire database tables and it's not the ideal solution in some scenarios.
Assume we want to export all the users with custom profile data in our forum application. Since most existing plugins export the entire database table, it's not possible to export only the necessary content. Export with a plugin will add all usermeta details, instead of only exporting the custom fields we created. In such scenarios, we need to build our own import and exporting features. So, in our application, we might need different sections to:
- Import/export users with custom...