Free version exports only; import needs paid upgrade
The free version only exports, so importing the site elsewhere requires buying the premium upgrade.
Tier I · Proven The best-established problems.
9 public reports · first reported 13 December 2023 · last reported 22 September 2026
What's going wrong
Site owners using WP Migrate Lite report that the free version only exports their site. Restoring that export on another host or in a local environment requires buying the premium license, which one reviewer said costs $249 per year. Many reviewers felt the free tool was a lure for the paid one, and several gave up and switched to other migration tools. The opportunity is a free or low-cost import path that restores an export on a new host, so owners are not forced into a paid upgrade just to finish a move.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports.
Products affected
WP Migrate Lite – Migration Made Easy.
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Who has this problem
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