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MB Portability Missing (Import / Export) CPT's, Taxonomies, Settings Pages, etc

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  • December 7, 2022 at 11:02 PM #39593
    Green Cha DigitalGreen Cha Digital
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    Meta Box seems to be missing a critical component across most of the Meta Box extensions...
    --> Portability (Export / Import)

    Custom Field Groups (Portability SUPPORTED)
    It looks like Meta Box supports the ability to "Export" and "Import" Custom field groups.
    Can easily go to field group, export a .json file, and then import into another site.

    MB Other Extensions (Portability NOT supported)
    - Custom Post Types
    - Taxonomies
    - Settings Pages
    - Relationships
    - Views
    - Templates

    There seems to be no support to export / import data from these MB extensions. The ones I primarily use are: CPT, Taxonomies, and Settings Pages.

    Can you PLEASE add Portability (export/import) support to your products?

    I would recommend adding two portability functionalities:
    - "Export / Import" with a file. Like you currently have with Custom Fields.
    - "Export / Import / Update" with code. So we can just grab the code, paste the code, or edit the code directly in the browser without having to mess with files. You already partially have this with the "Get PHP code functionality available in all extensions.

    Keep up the great work. Meta Box is amazing.

    December 9, 2022 at 9:27 AM #39629
    PeterPeter
    Moderator

    Hello there,

    Thank you for your feedback.

    Currently, the feature to export settings to the Json file is only available with custom fields. I will inform the development team to consider supporting this feature for other extensions.

    December 9, 2022 at 11:49 PM #39653
    Green Cha DigitalGreen Cha Digital
    Participant

    Awesome, thank you. This would be incredibly useful for many users.

    January 3, 2023 at 2:34 AM #40099
    Travis ReasonTravis Reason
    Participant

    Yes, this is a needed function. Is there a current work-around?

    September 5, 2025 at 11:07 PM #48927
    GalenGalen
    Participant

    Exactly what I was going to ask. Is there any news on this?

    September 5, 2025 at 11:30 PM #48928
    GalenGalen
    Participant

    Just got Chat GPT to make me a plugin that did the job....

    September 7, 2025 at 5:53 PM #48935
    PeterPeter
    Moderator

    Hello Galen,

    This feature is available for all MB post types: Post type, Taxonomy, Settings Page, Relationship ... You can hover over the entry and export it to a JSON file. See this screenshot https://imgur.com/x6MzDcH

    September 7, 2025 at 8:04 PM #48939
    GalenGalen
    Participant

    I mean the data in the settings pages, I'd already migrated the settings pages themselves just fine using the export function you suggested.

    The problem I had was moving the settings that had already been created within the settings pages.

    In other words migrating the settings themselves.

    September 8, 2025 at 9:35 PM #48945
    PeterPeter
    Moderator

    Hello,

    There isn't an option to export the custom field value. However, for the settings page, you can use the backup feature to copy the settings page data and paste it into the field on another site.
    Following the documentation https://docs.metabox.io/extensions/mb-settings-page/#backup--restore-settings

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