{"id":2008,"date":"2025-05-12T13:02:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T13:02:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/?post_type=docs&p=2008"},"modified":"2025-08-27T08:36:16","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T08:36:16","password":"","slug":"import-export-settings","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/knowledge-base\/article\/import-export-settings\/","title":{"rendered":"Settings – Import\/Export"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Quickly transfer plugin settings between sites. Perfect for agencies and multi-site users – this makes it effortless to duplicate your setup across projects without starting from scratch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Go to your WordPress dashboard, then head to Settings <\/strong>> ShortPixel <\/strong>> Tools<\/strong>. Make sure Advanced Mode<\/strong> is enabled. Then you\u2019ll see the option to import or export your plugin settings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  • Export all settings<\/strong>: Click the export button to generate your current configuration as plain text (JSON format). Copy this text to your clipboard.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n
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    • Import Settings<\/strong>: Paste previously exported settings into the import box to apply them instantly.
      Note: Importing will overwrite all existing settings.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

      Quickly transfer plugin settings between sites. Perfect for agencies and multi-site users – this makes it effortless to duplicate your setup across projects without starting from scratch. Go to your WordPress dashboard, then head to Settings > ShortPixel > Tools. Make sure Advanced Mode is enabled. Then you\u2019ll see the option to import or export […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"doc_category":[37],"glossaries":[],"doc_tag":[],"class_list":["post-2008","docs","type-docs","status-publish","hentry","doc_category-shortpixel-image-optimizer"],"blocksy_meta":[],"year_month":"2026-05","word_count":101,"total_views":"1313","reactions":{"happy":"0","normal":"0","sad":"0"},"author_info":{"name":"Andrei Alba","author_nicename":"andrei-alba","author_url":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/author\/andrei-alba\/"},"doc_category_info":[{"term_name":"ShortPixel Image Optimizer","term_url":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/knowledge-base\/category\/shortpixel-image-optimizer\/"}],"doc_tag_info":[],"knowledge_base_info":[],"knowledge_base_slug":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2008","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/docs"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2008"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2008\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2014,"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/docs\/2008\/revisions\/2014"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2008"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"doc_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_category?post=2008"},{"taxonomy":"glossaries","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/glossaries?post=2008"},{"taxonomy":"doc_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kb.shortpixel.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/doc_tag?post=2008"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}