What is basic structure of xml for importing a page in wordpress?

WordPress has a full load of Importer Plugins that you can install from the ~/wp-admin/tools/import screen. They will serve as nice reference.

Then there’s Ralf Alberts @Ralf912 Importer skeleton on GitHub/Gist which you can take as reference. Please note that this skeleton uses namespaces and therefore requires PHP 5.3+, or a rewrite.

The main/important parts are the following:

  1. Check if the request comes from admin.php?import=...

    if ( ! defined( 'WP_LOAD_IMPORTERS' ) )
        return;
    
  2. Load Importer API (Importer API = Backendpage admin.php?import=...)

    require_once ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/import.php';
    
  3. Load the importer base class

    if ( ! class_exists( 'WP_Importer' ) ) {
        $class_wp_importer = ABSPATH . 'wp-admin/includes/class-wp-importer.php';
        if ( file_exists( $class_wp_importer ) )
            require $class_wp_importer;
    }
    
  4. Register your Custom Importer to WordPress by using register_importer()Codex explanation

    register_importer(
        'custom',
        'CustomPress',
        __('Import <strong>posts</strong> or not.', 'custom-importer'),
        array(
            new Custom_Import(),
            'dispatch'
            )
    );
    

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