Is Widget Importer & Exporter free?

Yes, Widget Importer & Exporter is free to use. It is available as a free plugin on WordPress.org.

How many websites use Widget Importer & Exporter?

Widget Importer & Exporter has 200K+ active installations as tracked by WordPress.org.

What are the best Widget Importer & Exporter alternatives?

Popular alternatives to Widget Importer & Exporter include One Click Demo Import, Customizer Export/Import, Search & Replace. You can compare them side-by-side on our comparison pages.

Does Widget Importer & Exporter work with the latest WordPress?

Widget Importer & Exporter has been tested up to WordPress 6.9.4. It requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP 5.2.4+.

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Widget Importer & Exporter

Name: Widget Importer & Exporter
Rating: 4.7 (117 reviews)
Author: Steven Gliebe

Import and export your widgets.

By Steven Gliebe·Import·Free

4.7(117 reviews)

·200K+ active installs·Updated 4 months ago

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As of April 2026, Widget Importer & Exporter is a WordPress import plugin with 200K+ active installations and a 4.7/5 rating from 117 reviews. It has been downloaded 5.3M+ times in total. Requires WordPress 3.5+ and PHP 5.2.4+. Available on WordPress.org since 2013. Download volume is stable this week. Top alternative: One Click Demo Import.

4.7/5117 reviews

200K+active installs

5.3M+total downloads

13 yearssince 2013

Overview

Widget Importer & Exporter is useful for moving widgets from one WordPress site to another, backing up widgets and for theme developers to give users sample widgets. See the details on ChurchThemes.com.

Importing

Importing is done by uploading an export file created by the plugin. The results of an import are shown in a nicely formatted table with an explanation of what happened with each widget area and widget.

Importation takes into consideration widget areas not existing in the current theme (widgets imported as Inactive), widgets that already exist in the same widget area (widgets not duplicated) and widgets that are not supported by the site (widgets not imported).

Exporting

Widget Importer & Exporter can create an export file (in JSON format with .wie extension) out of curre…

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Ratings & Reviews

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Recent Reviews

Thanks for great plugin.

by Anil Chandra Robidas·1 year ago

Simple and Easy to Use

Does what I need

by Chris Lovie-Tyler·1 year ago

Thanks for creating this!

Thank you very much

by raffmediapub·2 years ago

Thank you very much,

6 star plugin

It works with blocks, too!

by jofer·2 years ago

I don’t like Gutenberg but since it seems to be here to stay, one has to adapt. Exporting and importing a full widget built with several blocks seems to be not possible. This plugin solves that problem. Thank you very much!

Simple and easy to use

by quyle·2 years ago

Thanks for great plugin.