There are two basic approaches you can take. Use the standard wordpress inport / export plugin manually through the admin. Your custom post type must have the property can_export = true (default = true) If you go this route, there are interesting options for adding extra functionality for users, Check out this tutorial on adding … Read more
If you export a single post type (i.e. posts, pages, a custom post type, etc…) it will not include attached media files like featured images. That’s incredibly idiotic, to me, but your options are — Export everything from site (which will include featured images), then modify the XML file as needed before importing to the … Read more
You could export “all content”, save and edit the XML file to remove the posts and pages, leaving the menu.
Try this (you may need to bootstrap WP by loading wp-load.php, depending on where you put this code). $args = array( ‘post_type’ => ‘post’, ‘post_status’ => ‘publish’, //’posts_per_page’ => -1 //uncomment this to get all posts ); $query = new WP_Query($args); while ( $query->have_posts() ) : $query->the_post(); $f = fopen(get_the_title() . ‘.txt’, ‘w’); $content=”Title: ” … Read more
Check out http://wp-cli.org/. It’s fantastic and I’ve used the export capability multiple times. More information on wp-cli. WP-CLI is a set of command-line tools for managing WordPress installations. You can update plugins, set up multisite installs and much more, without using a web browser. You will most likely have to install wp-cli. You can find … Read more
Anthologize A great option is the Anthologize plugin. It works with WordPress 3.0, allows you to format your book in WordPress itself, and then publish everything automatically to PDF, ePub, and other formats.