Export media with selected content (by DKZR)

82 Quality Score

Active Installs

21/30

40,000 active installs puts it in the upper-middle range for export utilities, well above niche tools but far behind the 100,000-install giants like WP All Export.

Update Freshness

25/25

A fresh update on 2026-06-29 and tested against WordPress 7.0 shows the developer is actively maintaining it against the latest core releases.

User Rating

14/15

A 90 out of 100 from 93 reviewers indicates strong satisfaction, though the relatively small sample size keeps this signal modest.

Support Health

8/15

Zero support threads opened, and zero resolved, means either the plugin is so simple it never breaks or users have nowhere to turn when it does, a mild red flag for any future bug.

WP Compatibility

15/15

Tested with WordPress 7.0 and requiring only PHP 7.0, it will run on virtually any modern WordPress host without configuration hassles.

Scores higher than 86% of indexed plugins

About

Include all relevant attachments in your export.

Active Installs 40k+

Rating ★★★★½ 4.5/5

Last Updated 2026-09-03 2:09pm GMT

Requires WordPress 4.5+

Tested Up To 7.1

Requires PHP 7.0+

✓ No known vulnerabilities

What It Does

Export media with selected content hooks into WordPress's native export tool and bundles every image, video, or file attachment referenced by the content you choose to export. The resulting XML file includes both the posts (or pages, custom post types) and their media library items, so importing into another site recreates the visual content without manual re-uploads. It saves hours of downloading and reattaching files during migrations, backups, or portfolio transfers.

Who It's For

This plugin suits anyone moving content from one WordPress site to another when the posts, pages, or products being moved contain important images or documents, such as photographers migrating portfolios, agencies handing client sites off to new hosts, or educators backing up course materials. It is also a strong fit for news sites and blogs that reference large numbers of inline images and cannot afford broken media links after a migration.

Who Should Skip It

If you are already using a full migration tool like All-in-One WP Migration or Duplicator that handles attachments automatically, this plugin adds nothing. Sites that rarely export content, or that use externally hosted media (CDN, YouTube embeds), will also get little value from it.

The Bottom Line

Export Media with Selected Content does one narrow job and does it well: keeping your images attached to your posts during a WordPress export. With a healthy rating, active maintenance, and broad compatibility, it is a low-risk add-on for any site planning a content migration. The catch is its zero-thread support history, so if you hit an edge case involving custom post types or third-party media plugins, you may be on your own.

Pick this instead only if you run a WooCommerce store and need to export order, customer, or product data to CSV or XML, since it ignores regular post media entirely.

Customizer Export/Import 84/100

Choose this when you specifically want to move theme settings, widgets, and customizer options between sites, not media or post content.

WP All Export – Drag & Drop Export to Any Custom CSV, XML & Excel 83/100

Pick WP All Export when you need fine-grained control over custom fields, taxonomies, and output formats like CSV for Excel or Google Sheets.

Export All URLs 82/100

Choose Export All URLs when you only need a quick list of every page and post URL for SEO audits or redirects, with no media handling.

Lightbox with PhotoSwipe 81/100

This is a front-end gallery display tool, so it is only an alternative in the loose sense of being another attachment-related plugin; pick it if your goal is showing images nicely, not exporting them.