How to export, import and migrate Modula galleries

You can migrate Modula galleries from one WordPress site to another. For example, you can move them from a staging site to your live site. A staging site is a private copy of your site for tests. You can also bring in galleries from another plugin when you switch to Modula.

Export Modula galleries

Start on the site that has the galleries. You will save them to one file.

1. Go to Tools → Export.

2. Under Choose what to export, pick Modula Galleries.

   

3. Click Download Export File.
4. Save the .xml file to your computer. Modula adds your gallery images to this file. You don’t need to export the media on its own.

Import Modula galleries

Next, bring the file to the new site. First install and activate Modula there. Add Modula Pro too, if your galleries use Pro features.

1. On the new site, go to Tools → Import.

2. Under WordPress, click Install Now.

   

3. Click Run Importer.
4. Click Choose File and pick the .xml file you exported.

5. Click Upload file and import.

   

6. Under Assign Authors, pick a user of the new site.
7. Tick Download and import file attachments so the images come along.
8. Click Submit.

You now see the galleries in Modula → Galleries. Their images are in the media library.

Note: During the import, Modula gets the images from the old site. The old site must be online. The new site must be able to reach it. Albums aren’t part of this export. They point to galleries by ID, so make them again on the new site.

Migrate galleries from another plugin

You can also bring in galleries from other plugins. Modula works with FooGallery, NextGEN, Envira, Final Tiles Grid Gallery, Photoblocks and the WordPress gallery shortcode.

Note: Galleries from the WordPress gallery shortcode don’t need an extension. They show up as WP Core Galleries in the Gallery source list.

1. Keep the old plugin active. Open any Modula page, such as Modula → Galleries.

   When Modula finds galleries from one of these plugins, it adds a notification. You find Galleries from another plugin detected in Notifications at the top right of the page.

2. Click Install & go to Migrate in that notification. If you already have the migrator, the button says Activate & go to Migrate.

   A migrator is a small plugin that moves galleries into Modula. Modula installs the free migrator for that plugin from WordPress.org and turns it on. Then it opens the Migrate section of the settings.

3. Go to Modula → Settings → Migrate and pick the plugin in Gallery source (e.g., NextGen). The Migrate section only shows when Modula finds galleries to import.

4. Under Galleries to import, tick the ones you want, or use Select all.

   

5. Turn on Delete source galleries after import only if you want the old ones removed.

6. Click Import. When it’s done, the result shows next to the button, for example Imported 1 of 1 gallery. They are now in Modula → Galleries.

   

Note: Only users who can install plugins see this message, such as site admins.

Install a migrator yourself

You can also add a migrator yourself, from Plugins → Add New Plugin or from WordPress.org:

• Migrate away from NextGEN Gallery
• Migrate away from FooGallery
• Migrate away from Envira
• Migrate away from Final Tiles Grid Gallery
• Migrate away from Photoblocks