How can I export listings?

Hi VonnieB,

Yes, it absolutely is. We cover this in our documentation here: https://businessdirectoryplugin.com/docs/#admin-export

Please let me know if you have any other questions or issues!

I didn’t see any documentation on exporting, just importing.

Assuming it’s a CSV file that gets exported, would that export file import well into a different directory plugin (by another developer/company), assuming the plugin accepts a CSV import? Or would it only be compatible with another installation of your Directory plugin?

Hi VonnieB,

Sorry–it looks like the docs got hosed when we converted over the website. I’ll look into that.

The export does put the data of the listings in CSV format. It’s compatible with our plugin for re-import (but if you’re moving data around, we recommend the migration plugin instead). I can’t say if it will be compatible with other importers on directories as they may or may not have a column mapping tool that would allow you to use it “out of the box”.

SO I tested this last night and it seems like I can export an XML file and successfully import that into the new plugin on a different site. With some tweaks it should work just fine.

Thank you for your replies.

Yes, if you’re on WP 4.4, you can use the export mechanism which also pulls a custom post type’s info (like us). I prefer the CSV one myself because it’s more predictable but both should work.

Let me know if you run into any more issues.