Advanced Addons, Theme & Core Exporter is a powerful administrative tool that allows you to export and download:
- Installed plugins
- Installed themes
- WordPress core files
- Database (SQL)
All exports are generated as
clean ZIP archives, making this plugin ideal for:
- Website migration
- Local development setup
- Backup before updates
- Manual plugin or theme version archiving
- WordPress debugging and testing
Simply navigate to
Tools → Advanced Addons, Theme & Core Exporter and download what you need with a single click.
The plugin supports
ZipArchive and automatically falls back to
WordPress PclZip, ensuring compatibility across all hosting environments.
🚀 Features
🔌 Export Installed Plugins
- View all active and inactive plugins
- Displays plugin version, size, and main file
- One-click ZIP download for each plugin
- Download button available on the Plugins screen
🎨 Export Installed Themes
- Export active and inactive themes
- Shows theme version, folder name, and size
- One-click ZIP download
- Download button available on the Themes screen
🧩 Export WordPress Core Files
Choose exactly what you want to export:
-
Complete WordPress Files\
(Excludes
wp-config.php for security)
-
Core Folders Only
-
wp-admin
-
wp-includes
- Root WordPress core files
-
Uploads Folder (
wp-content/uploads)
-
wp-content Only (excluding uploads)
-
wp-admin Only
-
wp-includes Only
🗄 Database Export
- Export the complete WordPress database as a
.sql file
📦 Combined ZIP Export
- Select multiple core options
- Generate one combined ZIP archive containing all selected items
🔐 Security & Compatibility
- Admin-only access (
manage_options)
- Nonce-protected download actions
- Respects WordPress file permissions
- Automatically excludes sensitive configuration files
🖥 Clean Admin Interface
- Native WordPress-style UI
- Clear tables with plugin and theme details
- Simple, fast, and reliable workflow