New Guide: WordPress to WordPress, using wp-cli

[carstingaxion]

I’d like to suggest adding a new Guide to help with data-migration using wp-cli.

There are a lot of guides out there, but the official one is missing, unfortunately.

[carstingaxion]

Like so often, people have already been doing great work and some explanation is already in place at https://developer.wordpress.org/advanced-administration/upgrade/migrating/#moving-sites

Unfortunately I can’t link to the wp-cli section, but there is one, luckily.

It’s probably just necessary to bundle the good and existing docs and reference them better.

[StevenDufresne]

There are a lot of guides out there, but the official one is missing, unfortunately.

I understand the desire to have an official guide for all things WordPress but I think it's okay for the community (or commercial ventures) to also fill the gaps provided they are not creating traps for users. I don't think we can manage documentation for all the different migrations/conversions. We may also consider creating content on the developer.wordpress.org/news blog for the things that need documentation but we may not be able to commit to long-term updates/support (maybe the API changes often, maybe it's more about strategic thinking than specific commands, etc). I just want to mention that as an aside and not an impediment to adding these guides.

I think wp-cli can do some real magic for folks and while at face value it can feel intimidating, some user-friendly walkthroughs are definitely a good call.