All in One

All-in-One WP Migration is a plugin designed to help you easily export and import an entire WordPress site—including its database, media files, themes, plugins, and settings in just a few clicks. It’s a one-stop solution for migrating or backing up your site.

We mainly use All-in-One WP Migration in two scenarios:

1. Installing a project from scratch
   When setting up a WordPress project locally for the first time, we import the production environment to have an exact copy of the site.

2. Getting up to date with an existing project
   If you already have the project installed locally but haven’t worked on it for a while, you can re-import the production backup to sync your local environment with the latest content, settings, and database.

The plugin:

• Exports your full WordPress site into a single .wpress file.
• Imports that file into another WordPress installation.
• Handles:
  • Posts, pages, custom post types
  • Media uploads
  • Themes & plugins
  • WordPress settings
  • Database (with serialized data support)

Useful Link

Official All in One Plugin info

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Install All In One

1. In your local Wordpress click in Plugins and download All In One.

Tip

If you already have a wp theme locally installed, you can skip this process and copy-paste the All In One plugin from the wp-content/plugins of your project into the wp-content/plugins of your new project.

2. Activate the plugin in your local Wordpress.

Old projects

If the project doesn’t have All In One (old projects), you can export Tools and import them in your local one by one. Ask your manager about this.

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Export and Import All In One

1. Go to the Wordpress of the project in production (if you don’t know the production url, you can find it in the project’s Slack canvas).
2. When you have the correct url, add /wp-adminto the slug (example: renaissancecharitable.org/wp-admin) and log in with the credentials found in Slack.
3. Make a backup of the All in One

Important

Delete old backups so we always have only one.

4. Export it.
5. Import the All in One of production in your local Wordpress

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Error: Failed import or never finish loading

If yout get a failed import or the uploading never finish loading (Failed import or never finish loading) it may be because the import limit.

Solution

Add this code to your .htaccess file:

# Set unlimited request body size
LimitRequestBody 0

Note

If your .htaccess already has these code lines and you still have this error, please ask your manager how to proceed.

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Error: Login after syncing with production

When you import a production backup over an existing local installation, you may encounter a login issue:

• You enter the correct username and password
• WordPress does not allow you to log in

This happens because the imported database overrides local user credentials.

Solution

1. Open phpMyAdmin (http://localhost/phpmyadmin)
2. Select your local WordPress database
3. Open the wp_users table

4. Find the user terradev
5. Edit the user_pass field:

• Set the function/format to MD5 and paste the password you want to use.

6. Save changes and log in again using that password

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Video

It’s important to watch this video to have full context of the explained topics. If the video doesn’t load or stops with an error, you can watch it directly on Loom.

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Media Management

After migrating a WordPress site, you might want to audit your media library. Check out our guide on How to Export the Media Gallery to generate a CSV with all media files, sizes, and usage info.

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→ Once you have All in One installed and imported in local, you can continue installing wordpress from step 07.