Include all relevant attachments in your export.
As of April 2026, Export media with selected content (by DKZR) is a WordPress export plugin with 50K+ active installations and a 4.5/5 rating from 93 reviews. It has been downloaded 424K+ times in total. Requires WordPress 4.5+ and PHP 7.0+. Available on WordPress.org since 2016. Downloads are up 7% this week. Top alternative: WP All Export – Drag & Drop Export to….
When selecting one post type in the WordPress export screen, by default the linked media (attachments) are not included.
This plugin adds an “Export media with selected content” option. When checked, the plugin tries to find featured images and included media in the post_content, adding them to the export file.
This plugin adds only a small, almost invisible option to the native WordPress export, but it solves ALL the problems I had with the WordPress solution.
This fantastic addition should be built into WordPress.
A huge thank you to the developer!
Does what it says on the tin, importing posts with featured images. Thanks!
This plugin is great, I appreciate you!
Finally found the right plugin! This one actually exports the media and imports it correctly to your media library. Everything came over perfectly! Thank you for providing such an excellent plugin for us!
Wow awesome, it works great. I’ve been looking for something like this for some time now.
| WordPress | 4.5+ requiredTested up to 6.9.4 |
| PHP | 7.0+ required |
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