Fitz Thiar

WordPress Needs Better Export Support. You can do almost anything with your data from self-hosted WordPress, but if you're with WordPress (com), you're out of luck unless you pay for a business plan 😢 Please fix this, Automattic! #wordpress #dataportability

https://thiar.ca/2026/03/18/wordpress-needs-better-export-support/

WordPress Needs Better Export Support

Something struck me when reading Matt Mullenweg’s post, “WordPress Everywhere”, as he discusses the new browser-based WordPress implementation: WordPress export sucks. We make it …

Fitz Thiar: Thinking For The Impatient
Mar 20 at 12:39pmBuffer
Show threadArnan4d ago

@fitzthair And them risking you leave for a different CMS? Or even to host your own WP instead of paying them?

Not a chance…

Show threadFitz Thiar3d ago
@arnan Leaving to host on another WP platform is made exceptionally easy with the WXR export... Anything else, though? LOL
Show threadArnan3d ago
@fitzthair That export doesn’t import everywhere. And certainly doesn’t export everything.