Genesis Extra Settings Transporter – Migrate Settings between Genesis Sites

FAQ

What’s the recommended usage of this plugin?

Just see plugin’s page (you are on it right now) for a typical workflow example.

“Genesis Simple Sidebars” plugin: Why are inpost/ inpage settings not included?

Good question, hehe :). Simple answer: not possible as these settings belong to the actual post meta. You can always import & export all posts/ pages/ custom post types via the NATIVE WORDPRESS export and import functionality. This applies for any inpost/ inpage/ CPT post meta settings in WordPress generally. All administrator users have access to “Tools” in the left-hand admin menu and could do exports and imports.

Why are Widget settings not included?

That’s just not possible yet. Still, there is no such functionality in WordPress core as is in Genesis yet! However, there’s a nice third-party plugin for that purpose: “Widget Importer & Exporter”

Why isn’t plugin/ child theme X,Y not supported?

I can only support plugins and child themes that make use of the WordPress/ Genesis settings API and use a settings field other than that from Genesis itself. Will more developers add this to their work I could add support in this helper plugin. It’s as simple as that :).

The way better alternative, though, is, when developers add that little hook in to the Genesis Exporter natively! In this case I might remove support here for such a plugin/ child theme, of course.

Also note, some plugins have 1 or 2 little settings included in Genesis Theme Settings, therefore THESE settings are then included in the default, native Genesis export file. So you’ll already have these safe for your exports and imports as well.

What’s up with the Prose child theme?

“Prose” natively includes its settings on the Genesis exporter page, so you’re already hooked up! You can export and import all “Design Settings” at any time!

Some settings seem not to be included, what should I do?

Just make sure you have the very same versions of the plugins or child themes installed. If you have a development and live install, just make sure, both have “Genesis Simple Hooks, version 1.8.0.2” installed, to name an example. — Reason: Sometimes setting field names could differ between different versions, or settings may be added or removed in newer/ older versions.

Hands down, how does it all work?

Just to clarify: This plugin here does NO export/ import ON ITS OWN! It just hooks in to the existing Genesis Exporter feature and leverages existing Genesis & WordPress functionality :).

Finally come on, what is supported in detail?

Just have look at the plugin & child theme listing:

List of Supported Plugins

• Genesis Simple Hooks (free, by StudioPress)
• Genesis Simple Sidebars (free, by StudioPress/)
• Genesis Slider (free, by StudioPress)
• Genesis Responsive Slider (free, by StudioPress)
• Genesis Simple Edits (free, by StudioPress)
• Genesis Connect for WooCommerce (free, by StudioPress)
• Genesis Layout Extras (free, by David Decker – DECKERWEB)
• Genesis Accessible (free, by Rian Rietveld, Robin Cornett)
• Blox Lite (free, by Nick Diego)
• Blox (Pro) (Premium, by Nick Diego)
• Display Featured Image for Genesis (free, by Robin Cornett)
• Genesis Simple Comments (free, by Nick Croft)
• Genesis Simple Breadcrumbs (free, by Nick Croft)
• Genesis Responsive Header (free, by Nick Croft)
• Genesis Grid Loop (free, by Bill Erickson)
• Genesis Bootstrap Carousel (free, by Justin Tallant)
• Genesis Widget Toggle (free, by Arya Prakasa)
• Genesis Accordion (free, by Pat Ramsey)
• Genesis Post Navigation (free, by Iniyan)
• Genesis 404 Page (free, by Bill Erickson)
• Genesis Design Palette (free, by Andrew Norcross)
• Generate Box (free, by Hesham Zebida)
• Genesis Custom Backgrounds (free, by Travis Smith)
• Genesis Custom Post Types Archives (free, by Travis Smith)
• Genesis Portfolio (free, by Travis Smith) (plugin currently in beta state!)
• WP Genesis Box (free, by Jimmy Peña)
• Dynamic Content Gallery (DCG) (free, by Adew Walker/ studiograsshopper.ch) – from the Genesis ecosystem 🙂
• WP-Cycle (free, by Nathan Rice) – from the Genesis ecosystem 🙂
• WP Premise Box (free, by Jimmy Peña) – from the Genesis ecosystem 🙂
• WP Scribe Box (free, by Jimmy Peña) – from the Genesis ecosystem 🙂
• special bonus: Premise, including “Member Access” module (Premium, by Copyblogger Media LLC)

List of Supported Child Themes (free & Premium)

• NOTE: The following list is as of April of 2013!
• All by “Web Savvy Marketing, LLC”, 19 by the time of plugin release (all Premium)
• All by “Themedy” brand (by Red Streams Consulting), 17 by the time of plugin release (1 free, other Premium)
• All by “Agent Evolution, LLC”, 3 by the time of plugin release (all Premium)
• All by “GenesisAwesome” (aka Harish Dasari), 3 by the time of plugin release (all free)
• All by “ThemeWolf” brand, 2 by the time of plugin release (all Premium)
• 11 child themes by “ZigZagPress” brand: Bijou, Engrave, Eshop, Gallery, Megalithe, Prestige, Showroom, Single, Solo, Tequila, Vanilla (all Premium)
• “Curtail” (Premium, by Thomas Griffin Media — via studiopress.com)
• “Genesis Sandbox” (free, by SureFireWebservice & Travis Smith)
• “Sandbox Theme” (Premium, by SureFire Themes brand)
• “AyoShop” v1.1+ (currently free, by AyoThemes)
• “Dizain-01” (Premium, by ThemeDizain)
• “Radio” (free, by Greg Rickaby — via GitHub.com)
• “Bigg” (free, by OD – OpenDesigns.org)

More info on Translations?

• English – default, always included
• German (de_DE): Deutsch – immer dabei! 🙂
• For custom and update-safe language files please upload them to /wp-content/languages/genesis-extra-settings-transporter/ (just create this folder) – This enables you to use fully custom translations that won’t be overridden on plugin updates. Also, complete custom English wording is possible with that as well, just use a language file like genesis-extra-settings-transporter-en_US.mo/.po to achieve that (for creating one see the following tools).

Easy WordPress.org plugin translation platform with GlotPress platform: Translate “Builder Template Categories”…

Note: All my plugins are internationalized/ translateable by default. This is very important for all users worldwide. So please contribute your language to the plugin to make it even more useful. For translating and validating I recommend the awesome “Poedit Editor”, which works fine on Windows, macOS and Linux.

Idea Behind this plugin, its philosophy?

Exporting and importing settings for plugins like “Genesis Simple Hooks” or my own “Genesis Layout Extras” plugin was always a “nice to have”. Now, that I’ve found out Genesis had a filter for that – thanks to Genesis developer Gary Jones! – I just created this plugin. It’s a small tool I need and use myself. My hope is that it may help other users and developers as well! 🙂 ENJOY!