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Migrating custom blocks from staging to live website

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  • July 20, 2025 at 11:58 PM #48584
    ArnoArno
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    Hi,

    I am creating custom blocks on a staging site. Each block consists of a Field Group and a View. To migrate them to the live website, I wanted to export the Views and Field Groups and import them into the live site.

    I have done this before with Views, and it works fine. But the export for a Field Group contains a path to the staging site:

    {
    "$schema": "https://schemas.metabox.io/field-group.json",
    "block_json": {
        "enable": true,
        "path": "/home/<strong>staging</strong>/public_html/wp-content/themes/kadence_child/blocks",
        "version": "v1753016150"
    },

    I suppose that will cause issues when imported into another website? How do I do this?

    Kind regards,
    Arno

    July 21, 2025 at 10:58 PM #48589
    PeterPeter
    Moderator

    Hello Arno,

    It is the option to generate the file block.json in a specific folder for a field group. If you are worried about this path, you can edit the field group > go to Settings tab > disable this option > export the field group and import it to another site.
    This won't cause any issues when importing the field group to another site.

    July 22, 2025 at 2:31 PM #48595
    ArnoArno
    Participant

    Hi Peter,

    Thank you. So, I need to disable the option "Generate block.json" on staging, create the export file, import it into the live site?

    Should I then enable "Generate block.json" on the live site? It won't work without a block.json file, I suppose?

    July 22, 2025 at 10:47 PM #48600
    PeterPeter
    Moderator

    Hello,

    If you don't use some features of block.json, you can enable/disable it without affecting the custom block created with the builder. Please read more about block.json in this article https://metabox.io/mb-blocks-register-block-using-json-file/

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