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• Load terms, meta and comments for batches of posts

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  wp-cli/export-command#147·swissspidy opened Oct 5, 2026 · Updated Oct 6, 2026
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• Limit sitename length in export filename to prevent filesystem errors

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  wp-cli/export-command#133·by swissspidy with CopilotAI was merged Mar 10, 2026
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• Fix post tags missing from export when using --post__in filter

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  wp-cli/export-command#131·by swissspidy with CopilotAI was closed Jan 15, 2026·Draft
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• Specific post tag stripped from posts when using wp export

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  wp-cli/export-command#130 · by Filter by author jackmcconnell was closed on Jan 15, 2026
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• Fix compatibility with newer PHP & WP versions

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  wp-cli/export-command#128·by swissspidy was merged Dec 10, 2025
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• Exclude unnecessary author ids from oembed_cache posts in export

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  wp-cli/export-command#99·by ouikhuan was merged Dec 7, 2022
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• Exclude unnecessary author ids from oembed_cache posts in export

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  wp-cli/export-command#98 · by Filter by author ouikhuan was closed on Dec 7, 2022 · 2.1.0

• Allow a category ID to be passed in the --category filter.

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  wp-cli/export-command#90·by pento was merged Oct 5, 2021
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• Ensure post attachment meta is exported correctly

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  wp-cli/export-command#89·by schlessera was merged Jul 25, 2021

• Only add needed user when filtering by --author

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  wp-cli/export-command#88·by schlessera was merged Aug 10, 2021
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• Adapt tests

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  wp-cli/export-command#87·by schlessera was merged Jul 25, 2021

• Fix category, tag and term names missing in export

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  wp-cli/export-command#86·by schlessera was merged Jul 25, 2021

• Export is missing cat_name, tag_name & term_name

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  wp-cli/export-command#85 · by Filter by author nonamich was closed on Jul 25, 2021
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• Improve type handling and remove unused variables

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  wp-cli/export-command#84·by schlessera was merged May 11, 2021

• Don't append all authors to WXR if author arg provided

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  wp-cli/export-command#67 · by Filter by author roborourke was closed on Jul 25, 2021

• The third example doesn't work (post__in should be comma-separated post IDs.)

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  wp-cli/export-command#65 · by Filter by author DrLightman was closed on Apr 16, 2024
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• --category= filter apparently not working

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  wp-cli/export-command#64 · by Filter by author DrLightman was closed on Jul 25, 2021
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• fix non-writable directory not identified as such

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  wp-cli/export-command#54·by nickdavis was merged Apr 8, 2019
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• wp export --post_type=attachment does not export postmeta

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  wp-cli/export-command#53 · by Filter by author szepeviktor was closed on Jul 25, 2021
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• Non-writable directory not identified as such

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  wp-cli/export-command#52 · by Filter by author johnbillion was closed on Apr 5, 2019 · 2.0.2
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• wp export is not exporting term meta data

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  wp-cli/export-command#42 · by Filter by author sudar was closed on Feb 2, 2026
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• Export can fail to create because generated filename is too long.

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  wp-cli/export-command#38 · by Filter by author westi was closed on Mar 10, 2026
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• Fix PHP 5.3 memory issues

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  wp-cli/export-command#34·by schlessera was merged Apr 12, 2018

• Use a helper count-instances.php script for cross-platform compat

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  wp-cli/export-command#30·by danielbachhuber was merged Dec 14, 2017

• Scenario "Export posts using --max_num_posts" fails on Mac OS X

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  wp-cli/export-command#23 · by Filter by author schlessera was closed on Dec 14, 2017 · 1.0.5
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