{"id":1014,"date":"2021-06-14T08:20:45","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T08:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/?p=1014"},"modified":"2025-11-08T06:17:22","modified_gmt":"2025-11-08T06:17:22","slug":"export-data-from-wordpress-using-wordpress-bulk-posts-editing-plugin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/export-data-from-wordpress-using-wordpress-bulk-posts-editing-plugin\/","title":{"rendered":"How to export posts data from WordPress using WPBULKiT &#8211; Bulk Edit WordPress Posts \/ Pages Plugin?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WordPress export post is necessary when you need to use those data in another website or another time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The good news is that exporting posts is very simple and straightforward in <a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/plugins\/wordpress-bulk-posts-editing\/?utm_source=docs&amp;utm_content=export-post-data\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">WPBULKiT &#8211; Bulk Edit WordPress Posts \/ Pages Plugin<\/a> as we provided useful options in &#8220;<strong>Export\/Import<\/strong>&#8221; tab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To have access to the exporting posts options in our plugin, you need to go to the below address:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u00a0WordPress Dashboard > iThemeland > WPBULKiT > Export\/Import tab<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Export posts from WordPress using export options<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>for exports WordPress posts in the &#8220;<strong>export\/ import<\/strong>&#8221; tab, you can choose how to export your post data by marking the options below &#8220;<strong>Posts<\/strong>&#8221; and &#8220;<strong>Fields<\/strong>&#8221; items.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To make every option available for you, it is possible to export posts data by choosing below conditions in the <strong>Posts<\/strong> and <strong>Fields<\/strong> items:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><ol><li><strong>Export Posts method 1 &#8211; Posts: All posts in table, fields: All fields&nbsp;<\/strong><\/li><\/ol><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can choose conditions and display all the data assigned in the table, and export them. In these conditions, there is no need to add any special columns to the table Or select any custom posts in the table. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In fact all the WordPress posts data that you displayed in the columns or not will be export (All of the post\u2019s fields).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/posts-in-table-All-fields.png\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1680\" height=\"832\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/posts-in-table-All-fields.png\" alt=\"Export all posts in table and all fields of posts\" class=\"wp-image-1568\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/posts-in-table-All-fields.png 1680w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/posts-in-table-All-fields-1536x761.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1680px) 100vw, 1680px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><ol start=\"2\"><li><strong>Export Posts method 2 &#8211; Posts: All posts in table, fields: Only visible fields<\/strong><\/li><\/ol><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The exported data related to these conditions include the data displayed in the post columns of the table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It is important to choose the right columns for displaying in the post table. Because our plugin exports only the visible columns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/only-visible-fields-condition.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1677\" height=\"834\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/only-visible-fields-condition.png\" alt=\"Export only visible fields in wordpress post bulk edit plugin\" class=\"wp-image-1569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/only-visible-fields-condition.png 1677w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/only-visible-fields-condition-1536x764.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1677px) 100vw, 1677px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><ol start=\"3\"><li><strong>Export Posts method 3 &#8211; Posts: Only selected posts, fields: All fields<\/strong><\/li><\/ol><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>In these conditions, you will export all data of those posts that you filtered before in the post table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To do this perfectly by choosing this condition. You need to filter and select those posts that their data need to be export in the post table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>You can filter custom posts by using \u201c<strong>Filter Form<\/strong>\u201d or finding them by \u201c<strong>Quick Search<\/strong>\u201d. Anyway, after filtering those posts, you need to select those custom posts&nbsp; by marking the check box next to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/selected-posts-All-fields.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1678\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/selected-posts-All-fields.png\" alt=\"Export only selected posts and all fields\" class=\"wp-image-1570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/selected-posts-All-fields.png 1678w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/selected-posts-All-fields-1536x763.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1678px) 100vw, 1678px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><ol start=\"4\"><li><strong>Export Posts method 4 &#8211; Posts: Only selected posts, fields: Only visible fields<\/strong><\/li><\/ol><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is the most specific data export in our plugin, using this useful condition you can choose some custom posts and filtered data related to those posts to be exported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To do this kind of data export perfectly, you need to add those columns that their data needs to be exported to the post table. Then filter the custom posts to select them in the post table.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/only-selected-posts-only-visible-fields.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1678\" height=\"833\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/only-selected-posts-only-visible-fields.png\" alt=\"Export only selected posts and only visible fields\" class=\"wp-image-1571\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/only-selected-posts-only-visible-fields.png 1678w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/only-selected-posts-only-visible-fields-1536x763.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1678px) 100vw, 1678px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Example: Exporting the visible fields of selected data<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>To export WordPress post data of visible fields, we added the below columns to our post table:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Short description&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Post type<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Menu&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Categories<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tags<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/add-custom-columns.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1677\" height=\"835\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/add-custom-columns.png\" alt=\"Add custom column to WordPress Bulk post editing plugin\" class=\"wp-image-1572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/add-custom-columns.png 1677w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/add-custom-columns-1536x765.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1677px) 100vw, 1677px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After adding the proper columns, we selected the post No. 1240 and 1238:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/select-custom-posts.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1680\" height=\"524\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/select-custom-posts.png\" alt=\"Select custom posts in WordPress Bulk post editing plugin\" class=\"wp-image-1573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/select-custom-posts.png 1680w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/select-custom-posts-1536x479.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1680px) 100vw, 1680px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Finally:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>opening the \u201d<strong>Import\/ Export\u201d<\/strong> tab.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>choosing \u201c<strong>Only Selected Posts<\/strong>&#8221; and \u201c<strong>Only visible fields<\/strong>&#8220;.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Clicking on \u201c<strong>Export Now\u201d<\/strong> button.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>After that your operation was done perfectly and a new excel file in CSV format is available in your download folder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/export-fields.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1679\" height=\"834\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/export-fields.png\" alt=\"Export fields in WordPress Bulk post editing plugin\" class=\"wp-image-1574\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/export-fields.png 1679w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/export-fields-1536x763.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1679px) 100vw, 1679px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can have access to this file by right click on this downloaded file and click on \u201c<strong>Show in folder\u201d<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/download-file.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1677\" height=\"927\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/download-file.png\" alt=\"Show downloaded file in folder\" class=\"wp-image-1575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/download-file.png 1677w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/download-file-1536x849.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1677px) 100vw, 1677px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As shown below, our plugin assigned a name to that file. Also you are able to open it with Microsoft excel or import it directly to some other plugins:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/downloaded-file-name.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1164\" height=\"753\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/downloaded-file-name.png\" alt=\"Downloaded file name\" class=\"wp-image-1576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/downloaded-file-name.png 1164w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/downloaded-file-name-280x180.png 280w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1164px) 100vw, 1164px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>As illustrated below, all columns that we added to our post table before with their related data were exported to the downloaded file exactly according to our expectation:&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/open-downloaded-file.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1919\" height=\"968\" src=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/open-downloaded-file.png\" alt=\"Open downloaded file\" class=\"wp-image-1577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/open-downloaded-file.png 1919w, https:\/\/ithemelandco.com\/docs\/wordpress-bulk-post-editing\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/6\/2024\/03\/open-downloaded-file-1536x775.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1919px) 100vw, 1919px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to export posts from WordPress?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>You can use &#8220;iThemeland WPBULKiT &#8211; Bulk Edit WordPress Posts \/ Pages Plugin&#8221; You can filter WordPress posts by any field and custom field and get export from filtered posts to CSV file.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Is this only a WordPress post export plugin?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>No, you can do more actions such as bulk edit, inline edit, filter and many more on any WP post, custom posts and pages .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Can I export custom post type with this plugin?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Yes, you can export any custom post type with this plugin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WordPress export post is necessary when you need to use those data in another website or another time. The good news is that exporting posts is very simple and straightforward in WPBULKiT &#8211; Bulk Edit WordPress Posts \/ Pages Plugin as we provided useful options in &#8220;Export\/Import&#8221; tab. 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