There are a variety of reasons you might want to change your blog.
Perhaps you want to update your WordPress to the newest version.
When your blog is going to experience a major change, the potential to lose information if not your whole blog is possible.
Knowing how to export and import your WordPress blog can come be your lifesaver, or at least a lifesaver to your blog.
When is my blog vulnerable? While changing themes is very often a minor thing, it can cause problems.
As long as you get your theme from WordPress you should be safe, same with plugins.
However you could overload your blog with plugins or have two that conflict which could crash your blog.
In addition if you do not upgrade your WordPress to the latest version at least somewhat frequently, then an upgrade could lock you out of your own blog.
What can I do? If you are planning a change to your blog, add a few extra steps.
Most people do not want to add extra unnecessary work, however this can mean the difference between having a blog or not.
Just like saving a document on your computer gives you a backup for later use, exporting your blog gives you a backup should you need it.
Is it hard to export WordPress? This is an amazingly simple task.
Simply go to your WordPress dashboard.
On the left you should see a box called tools, click it and in the new menu you will see export.
Then you can decide to export all authors or just one.
For most uses you want to export all.
Click the Download export file.
A window will appear that asks if you want to save.
Note where your file saves.
Now you can make changes to your blog, because you have a backup if needed.
How do I import WordPress? If you upgraded, or made changes or something happened that made you need to start over, then you will need to use the import tool.
Right above the export button is the import.
Click there and suddenly you have a list of places to import from and at the bottom, WordPress.
After you click there, you will use the browse button to find the file you exported earlier.
If you have multiple users you will want to make certain they are in place before you do this.
Now you should have all your posts from before!
Perhaps you want to update your WordPress to the newest version.
When your blog is going to experience a major change, the potential to lose information if not your whole blog is possible.
Knowing how to export and import your WordPress blog can come be your lifesaver, or at least a lifesaver to your blog.
When is my blog vulnerable? While changing themes is very often a minor thing, it can cause problems.
As long as you get your theme from WordPress you should be safe, same with plugins.
However you could overload your blog with plugins or have two that conflict which could crash your blog.
In addition if you do not upgrade your WordPress to the latest version at least somewhat frequently, then an upgrade could lock you out of your own blog.
What can I do? If you are planning a change to your blog, add a few extra steps.
Most people do not want to add extra unnecessary work, however this can mean the difference between having a blog or not.
Just like saving a document on your computer gives you a backup for later use, exporting your blog gives you a backup should you need it.
Is it hard to export WordPress? This is an amazingly simple task.
Simply go to your WordPress dashboard.
On the left you should see a box called tools, click it and in the new menu you will see export.
Then you can decide to export all authors or just one.
For most uses you want to export all.
Click the Download export file.
A window will appear that asks if you want to save.
Note where your file saves.
Now you can make changes to your blog, because you have a backup if needed.
How do I import WordPress? If you upgraded, or made changes or something happened that made you need to start over, then you will need to use the import tool.
Right above the export button is the import.
Click there and suddenly you have a list of places to import from and at the bottom, WordPress.
After you click there, you will use the browse button to find the file you exported earlier.
If you have multiple users you will want to make certain they are in place before you do this.
Now you should have all your posts from before!