Backup, export, transfer Views to another site

Full Backup, Migrate

While adding or editing a View, you can select categories, custom fields, authors… to filter posts. They are site’s resources. Content Views only stores key or ID of them in View settings.
Migrating Views is not enough. You need to migrate these resources too.
To fully backup or migrate a site, you should use a migration plugin here.

Simple Backup, Migrate

To backup, migrate Views (including name, id and all settings of each View), you can follow below steps:

1. Backup/Export

In Administrator Menu, click on Tools >> Export:
Export Views

In Export page, please select Views, then click download button:
Download Exported Views

It’s done. You will get XML file which contains all Views data.

2. Import

Now is time to import Views to your live site (or another site).

In Administrator Menu, click on Tools >> Import.
In Import page, select WordPress at bottom of the list:
Import Select WP

If this is first time you import data from WordPress, it will show popup to require you to install plugin WordPress Importer, just click Install Now button:
Install WordPress Importer
then click button to start importing:
Active & Import

Please choose the XML file you exported before, then click blue button to import:
Choose file & Import

It will take a little time to finish. Then you will have all Views imported.

Best regards,

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