Introduction

ChoppedPress lets you split the WordPress XML export file into smaller files that can be used to import your posts, comments, tags and categories into a new WordPress installation.

Examples

Assuming you have already gone throught the process of exporting all of your posts, comments and tags into a file named my-blog-YEAR-MONTH-DATE.xml, you could then split it into several smaller XML files using the following command:

choppedpress my-exported-wordpress.xml

This will generate two (this is the default) XML files named out01.xml and out02.xml. The name of the generated files and/or how many files to generate can be specified by using the appropriate flags as show by choppedpress –help.

Usage: choppedpress <INFILE> [[<OUTFILE>] [<TAG>] [<NUMBER>]]

ChoppedPress lets you split the WordPress XML export file into smaller files that can be used to import your posts, comments, tags and categories into a new WordPress installation.

Options:

--version

show program’s version number and exit

-h, --help

show this help message and exit

-i <FILE>, --infile=<FILE>

The XML file generated by WordPress

-o <FILE>, --outfile=<FILE>

The name for the smaller XML files. [default: out]

-t TAG, --tag=TAG

The XML tag that represents your data. [default: /rss/channel/item]

-n NUMBER, --number=NUMBER

How many new files should be generated. [default: 2]

Installation

ChoppedPress is available at PyPI, so installing it is as simple as executing:

pip install choppedpress

Or you can download the latest version and install it using setup.py:

git clone git@github.com:omaciel/choppedpress.git
cd choppedpress
python setup.py build install

Author

This software is developed by Og Maciel.