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FSE Theme Design Import/Export – Templates, Template Parts and Global Styles

FSE Theme Design Import/Export – Templates, Template Parts and Global Styles

Description

Import and export your block based FSE theme design: templates, template parts, and global/custom styles.

Easily move your custom full site editing theme design from one website to another, or from a local installation to a live site.

Ideal for designers and developers working with the Site Editor and a block based full-site-editing theme, who have edited their FSE/block based templates, template parts and custom styles, and now need to copy that design over to a new WordPress installation.

The FSE Theme Design Import/Export plugin allows this to be done with minimal fuss, and can also be used to take regular backups of your block theme based design(s).

Works with any full-site-editing block theme.

License

Licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.0,
http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html

Screenshots

  • The main plugin page, showing the Import function, and the templates, template parts, and custom style available to Export.
  • Importing the templates, template parts, and custom styles from a previously exported file.

Installation

From your WordPress dashboard

  1. Visit ‘Plugins > Add New’,
  2. Search for ‘design import export’ and install the plugin.
  3. Activate ‘FSE Theme Design Import/Export’ from your Plugins page.

Once the plugin is activated you will find the plugin page in Design Import/Export

FAQ

I have activated the plugin. Where is the plugin page?

You will find the plugin page at wp-admin -> Design Import/Export.

What theme do I need to make use of the plugin?

You will need a block based (full site editing) compatible theme.

Do I need to install any other plugins?

No.

Where are the import files saved?

Any files that you upload using the import function will be saved as .txt files to the default WordPress media/uploads directory. An example of that directory would be: ../wp-content/uploads/2021/07/.

Reviews

February 9, 2024
Very good, just what I need. After a quick test it seems just what is needed to develop customisations on a staging server then quickly transfer them to a live server. Greatly eases the task of migrating a site to a new theme.
April 27, 2022
I’m working on a theme who’s slug I had to correct, which caused loss of all the template parts. I used this plugin to export the parts from the broken theme, searched and replaced the bad slug with the new slug and then ran the import, worked absolutely perfect. Thanks folks!
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Contributors & Developers

“FSE Theme Design Import/Export – Templates, Template Parts and Global Styles” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin.

Contributors

Changelog

1.1.1 – March 2023
– Remove some unused commented code

1.1 – March 2023
– Tested up to WP 6.2
– Requires WP 6.1
– Check if active theme is a block theme
– Only list block themes in export panel list
– Move current active theme to top of list in export panel

1.0 – February 2022
– Tested up WP 5.9
– Requires WP 5.9

0.1.4 – August 2021
– Updated plugin title to clarify the plugin’s purpose.

0.1.3 – July 2021
– Initial release