How can I export my media library?

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  tergrundo · Member · Jun 11, 2014 at 5:53 pm

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  I’m moving my blog from WordPress.com to my computer and couldn’t find any way to export my blog’s media library.

  I’ve found that some users from 2009 to December 2013 have asked the same question and the answer was that there was no easy way to download your blog’s media library. [1] [2] [3]

  To scratch my own itch I wrote a little program that downloads WordPress.com blog’s media libraries. I just started its development (I’m an apprentice programmer), but the current available version works. I just thought I could post it here for other users who may have the same problem:

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  Currently, the program eats a blog’s XML export file and uses it to download the complete media library. In the future, though, it might eat just the blog’s URL instead and use the new WordPress.com media API to get media information. [4]

  Thanks.

  [1]: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/i-wan-to-backup-my-own-media-library-is-there-any-way?replies=8#post-362261
  [2]: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/downloading-all-media-from-media-library?replies=11
  [3]: https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/how-can-i-export-my-media-library?replies=2
  [4]: http://developer.wordpress.com/docs/api/1/get/sites/%24site/media/

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  jackiedana · Member · Jun 11, 2014 at 10:21 pm

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  Thanks for your interest in this project.

  For security reasons, I’ve had to redact the link to your script. If you’d like to write a media exporter and host it on your own site, you’re welcome to do so.

  If you have questions or would like to reach out to our developers, you can reach us via the developer site contact form, http://developer.wordpress.com/contact/

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  tergrundo · Member · Jun 11, 2014 at 10:29 pm

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  Hi Jackie.

  May I post the project’s name at least or would it be deleted as well?

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  jackiedana · Member · Jun 11, 2014 at 10:37 pm

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  For security reasons, we cannot allow users to post links to untested/unreviewed scripts on our support forums. I hope you can understand that.

  If you run the script on your own site (so people don’t have to run the code on their own computer) and it works, my guess is you’ll have a steady stream of traffic in time. :)

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  tergrundo · Member · Jun 11, 2014 at 10:40 pm

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  OK, I understand.