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URL Exporter

A simple WordPress plugin that exports all site URLs to CSV or TXT. Helpful when needing to create redirects for some or all of your site's current URLs.

by Matt Selby · github.com/matthewselby/url-exporter · website

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Install

No release zip yet. The repository archive installs, but the folder name will carry the branch suffix and updates will not flow:

wp plugin install https://github.com/matthewselby/url-exporter/archive/refs/heads/main.zip
Readme github.com/matthewselby/url-exporter ↗

URL Exporter for WordPress 🚀

A straightforward WordPress plugin that exports all your site's URLs in a clean, alphabetically sorted format. Perfect for site audits, migration planning, SEO analysis, and documentation.

✨ Features

Core Functionality

  • Complete URL Discovery - Automatically detects and exports all public URLs including:
    • Pages and Posts
    • Custom Post Types (WooCommerce products, portfolios, etc.)
    • Categories, Tags, and Custom Taxonomies
    • Archive pages (category, tag, date, author)
    • Post Type archives
    • Search template URL
  • Smart Organization - URLs are alphabetically sorted by path structure for easy scanning
  • Duplicate Prevention - Automatically removes duplicate URLs from the export
  • Zero Configuration - Works immediately upon activation with no setup required

Export Options

  • CSV Format - Includes both full URL and path columns, Excel-compatible with UTF-8 BOM
  • TXT Format - Simple list with one URL per line, perfect for quick copying
  • Timestamped Files - Exports include date/time in filename for easy organization

🔧 Installation

Via WordPress Admin

  1. Download the plugin ZIP file
  2. Navigate to Plugins → Add New in your WordPress admin
  3. Click Upload Plugin and choose the ZIP file
  4. Click Install Now and then Activate

💡 Usage

Admin Dashboard

  1. Navigate to Tools → URL Exporter
  2. Choose your export format:
    • Click Export as CSV for spreadsheet-compatible format
    • Click Export as TXT for a simple text list
  3. File downloads automatically to your browser's download folder

WP-CLI Commands

Export all URLs as CSV:

wp url-export --format=csv

Export all URLs as TXT:

wp url-export --format=txt

Files are saved to the current directory with timestamp.

🎯 Use Cases

  • Site Migrations - Get a complete URL list for redirect mapping
  • SEO Audits - Export all URLs for crawling and analysis tools
  • Content Inventory - Document all pages and posts for content strategy
  • Quality Assurance - Verify URL structure and identify issues
  • Client Documentation - Provide clients with a complete site map
  • Broken Link Checking - Export URLs for external validation tools
  • Development Workflows - Compare URLs between staging and production

🤝 Contributing

Contributions are welcome! Please feel free to submit a Pull Request. For major changes, please open an issue first to discuss what you would like to change.

📝 Changelog

Version 1.0.0 (2025)

  • Initial release
  • Complete URL discovery for all content types
  • CSV and TXT export formats
  • Admin interface and WP-CLI support
  • Alphabetical sorting by path
  • UTF-8 BOM support for Excel compatibility

🐛 Known/Potential Issues

  • Large sites (10,000+ URLs) may need increased PHP memory limit
  • Some page builders' dynamic URLs may not be detected
  • Password-protected pages are included (but not accessible without password)

📄 License

This plugin is MIT licenced.

💬 Support

For bugs and feature requests, please create an issue.