I want to export all navigation menu's from one site and import the menu's in another site. I have tried to export the tables:

• wp_posts
• wp_postmeta
• wp_terms
• wp_termmeta
• wp_term_relationships

And import them in another database. This does not seem to work. Can someone point me in the right direction?

I want to export all navigation menu's from one site and import the menu's in another site. I have tried to export the tables:

• wp_posts
• wp_postmeta
• wp_terms
• wp_termmeta
• wp_term_relationships

And import them in another database. This does not seem to work. Can someone point me in the right direction?

• navigation
• import
• export

• WordPress has an Import/Export tool, but it doesnt works with nav menus only, you can try this plugin so the Menu option shows in Export – David Lee Commented Feb 10, 2017 at 13:15
• @DavidLee - Thanks for the suggestion, Although the plugin has not been updated in 6 years. It still does the job. Problem solved! – Gert-Jan Kooijmans Commented Feb 10, 2017 at 14:29
• yeah, i had the same task before, let me put this in an answer. – David Lee Commented Feb 10, 2017 at 14:50

2 Answers 2

WordPress has an Import/Export tool, but it doesn't works with nav menus only, the "All Content" option will export the menus too, but with everything else that is in your site (including posts/pages in the trash) you can try this plugin so the Menu option shows in the Export page.

You can use the tool from this site, https://caskispace/wp-export-file-parser/

It's not perfect but it does the job and can save a lot of time and effort. If it wasn't able to get the URL for a particular menu item it says so so you can update manually. As for the menu structure and everything it works really well.