MksDdn Migrate Content

MksDdn Migrate Content is a clean-room migration suite that packages your site into deterministic .wpbkp archives. Each bundle contains a manifest, checksum, database segments, media, selected files, and user decisions, so imports stay predictable.

Why MksDdn Migrate Content?

• Three export modes – Full Site (database + uploads/plugins/mu-plugins/themes), Selected Content (multi-select posts/pages/CPTs with or without referenced media), or Theme Export (individual themes as .wpbkp).
• Chunked pipeline – large archives stream through REST API endpoints with resume tokens, so multi‑GB transfers survive flaky networks.
• User merge control – compare archive vs current users and decide how to merge conflicts.
• Theme import mode – when a theme archive is detected, choose replace vs merge before applying changes.
• Integrity & safety – .wpbkp archives ship with manifests and checksums; imports verify capabilities, nonces, and disk space before touching data.
• Import preflight – unified import is a two-step flow: run preflight (read-only report), then start the real import from the report without uploading the file again (browser uploads are staged server-side between steps).

Feature Highlights

• Archive format with manifest, checksum, and payload folders (content.json, media/, options/, filesystem slices).
• Media scanner that collects featured images, galleries, attachments referenced inside blocks or shortcodes.
• File-system coverage for wp-content/uploads, wp-content/plugins, wp-content/mu-plugins, wp-content/themes with filters to skip VCS/system files.
• Chunked upload/download JS client with live progress, auto-resume, and graceful fallback to direct transfer.
• Server file import — select backup files from wp-content/uploads/mksddn-mc/imports/ without browser uploads; delete unused server backups from the import UI.
• Theme export and import with replace vs merge preview before applying changes.
• Export preflight — disk space and memory checks before full-site export starts.
• Drag-and-drop .wpbkp / .json uploader with MIME validation and checksum guardrails (file-dropzone.js).
• Centralized PluginLogger — dedicated log file with rotation; disable via MKSDDN_MC_DISABLE_LOGGING in wp-config.php.

Architecture

The plugin follows SOLID principles and WordPress Coding Standards with a clean, modular architecture:

Service Container & Dependency Injection

• Centralized ServiceContainer manages all dependencies
• Service Providers (CoreServiceProvider, AdminServiceProvider, ExportServiceProvider, ImportServiceProvider, ChunkServiceProvider) register services
• All dependencies resolved through container, eliminating direct instantiation
• Full support for interface-based dependency injection

Request Handlers

• ExportRequestHandler – handles export requests
• ImportRequestHandler – delegates to specialized import services (supports unified import via UnifiedImportOrchestrator)
• UserMergeRequestHandler – processes user merge operations
• ThemePreviewRequestHandler – handles theme preview cancel operations
• ChunkRestController – REST API controller for chunked upload/download operations
• All handlers implement corresponding interfaces for testability

Admin UI

• Top-level Migrate Content menu with Export and Import subpages
• Export tabs: Full Site, Selected Content, Theme Export (AdminPageView, views/admin/*)
• Unified import form with preflight report, user preview, and theme preview screens
• Admin assets: file-dropzone.js, server-file-selector.js, chunk-transfer.js, admin-scripts.js, admin-styles.css

Export & Import Core

• ExportHandler — selected content export (slug-based identifiers, media, taxonomies, ACF)
• ImportHandler — selected content import (parent-child ordering, slug lookup, Polylang/ACF)
• SelectionBuilder, ContentSelection — build export selections from admin input
• FullContentExporter, FullContentImporter — full-site archive assembly and restore
• FullDatabaseExporter, FullDatabaseImporter — streaming database export/import
• ThemeExporter, ThemeImporter — theme archive export and filesystem apply
• OptionsExporter, OptionsImporter, OptionsHelper — WordPress options slices
• AttachmentCollector, AttachmentRestorer, AttachmentCollection — media pipeline
• ExportPreflight, ExportMemoryHelper — pre-export disk/memory checks and memory budgeting
• FilenameBuilder — deterministic archive filenames

Service Layer (Admin)

• SelectedContentImportService — handles selected content imports
• FullSiteImportService — manages full site imports
• ThemeImportService — handles theme archive imports
• UnifiedImportOrchestrator — orchestrates unified import with automatic type detection; step 1 is always preflight, step 2 runs the real import using a stored file reference
• ImportPreflightService — read-only analysis for unified import preflight
• PreflightReportStore — short-lived transient storage for preflight reports and follow-up import handles (staged browser uploads under wp-content/uploads/mksddn-mc/preflight/, or chunk/server identifiers)
• ImportTypeDetector — detects import type (full site, selected content, or theme) from archive file
• ImportFileValidator — validates uploaded files
• ImportPayloadPreparer — prepares import payloads
• ServerBackupScanner — scans, validates, and deletes backup files on the server
• ResponseHandler — manages redirects and status messages
• NotificationService — handles user notifications
• ProgressService — tracks operation progress
• ErrorHandler, PluginLogger — centralized error handling and file logging
• UserDiffBuilder, UserMergeApplier, UserPreviewStore — user merge workflow
• ThemePreviewStore (Themes\ThemePreviewStore) — stores pending theme import previews

Support & Maintenance

• DeactivationCleanup — clears temporary upload state and service directories when the plugin is deactivated
• PostImportMaintenance — cache/rewrite cleanup after full import and emergency purge if the database was partially updated; global flush plus targeted wp_cache_flush_group() when supported; filter mksddn_mc_post_import_object_cache_flush_groups
• FullImportMaintenance — file-based runtime lock and early 503 gate while a full-site import is running (admin, CLI, cron exempt; REST blocked unless explicitly allowed)
• ImportLock — prevents concurrent import operations
• PreflightStagingPath — validates staged preflight file paths
• ThemeArchivePathHelper — normalizes theme archive entry paths
• DomainReplacer, SiteUrlGuard, FilesystemHelper, MimeTypeHelper

Archive Layer

• Packer, Extractor — .wpbkp archive pack/unpack
• FullArchivePayload — memory-efficient JSON payload handling
• ContentCollector — filesystem content collection for exports
• ArchiveValidator, ValidationResult — manifest and checksum validation

Contracts (Interfaces)

All key components implement interfaces: * ExporterInterface, ImporterInterface * MediaCollectorInterface, ChunkJobRepositoryInterface * UserPreviewStoreInterface, ThemePreviewStoreInterface, UserDiffBuilderInterface, UserMergeApplierInterface * NotificationServiceInterface, ProgressServiceInterface * ArchiveHandlerInterface, ValidatorInterface * Request handler interfaces for all handlers

Error Handling

• Specialized exceptions: ValidationException, FileOperationException, DatabaseOperationException, ImportException, ExportException
• Centralized ErrorHandler for consistent error processing
• Proper logging and user-friendly error messages
• Validation classes: ArchiveValidator, ImportDataValidator, ExportDataValidator, FileValidator

Performance

• BatchLoader for optimized database queries (prevents N+1 problems)
• Efficient media collection with batch processing (AttachmentCollector, AttachmentRestorer)
• Chunked transfer for large files via REST API (ChunkRestController, ChunkJobRepository)
• Memory-efficient streaming for large archives (FullArchivePayload, ExportMemoryHelper)
• ContentCollector for filesystem content collection
• Streaming FullDatabaseExporter with adaptive batch sizes

Security

• All admin operations check current_user_can('manage_options')
• Nonce verification for all forms and AJAX requests
• REST API endpoints protected with permission callbacks
• Input sanitization using WordPress sanitization functions
• Output escaping with esc_html(), esc_attr(), esc_url()
• File upload validation with MIME type checking
• Path traversal protection for server file access and deletion (ServerBackupScanner)
• Path traversal protection for archive extraction (full site + theme import)
• SiteUrlGuard prevents accidental site URL changes during import
• ImportLock prevents concurrent import operations
• DomainReplacer safely handles URL replacement during migrations