[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #34062: The WXR export tool should export terms metadata

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#34062: The WXR export tool should export terms metadata
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 Reporter:  Chouby       |       Owner:  boonebgorges
     Type:  enhancement  |      Status:  accepted
 Priority:  normal       |   Milestone:  4.6
Component:  Export       |     Version:  4.4
 Severity:  normal       |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch    |     Focuses:
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Changes (by boonebgorges):

 * owner:   => boonebgorges
 * status:  new => accepted
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review => 4.6


Comment:

 Thanks for the patch, @Chouby.

 > I wonder if we should have separate tags for categories and tags as it
 is for all other term tags except <wp:term_id>

 I'd say no. My understanding is that Category and Tag are only separated
 out in the WXR because of some historical accidents (tags didn't always
 exist; custom taxonomies didn't always exist; WXR is based on RSS, where
 Category and Tag are semantically distinct). I don't think there's a
 technical reason to make them distinct for the purposes of termmeta.

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 Including termmeta in the WXR export doesn't do much good if the importer
 doesn't handle termmeta as well. @rmccue is in the process of introducing
 some Modern Software Development Practices to the importer
 https://make.wordpress.org/core/2015/11/18/wordpress-importer-redux/, and
 there is a PR for termmeta support that is waiting for the current ticket
 to be resolved: https://github.com/humanmade/WordPress-Importer/pull/18.
 If the new importer is ready by the time 4.6 is released, that PR should
 be sufficient. If not, we should be sure that a new version of the old
 wordpress-importer is released with termmeta support. See
 [attachment:34062-wordpress-importer.diff].

 I am going to commit the export functionality but leave the ticket open as
 a reminder that we shouldn't ship it without doing something about import.

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