In Wordpress, an importer is a tool, which is used to migrate content from an existing WP website to another one. This tool can also be used to move a website from the localhost, i.e. local server to an online hosted server.

Using WordPress importer, you can migrate different data like:

  • New Posts, pages, or other custom created post types
  • Comments in posts
  • Custom fields and post metadata
  • Categories, tags, and other terms from custom taxonomies section
  • Authors on the website
BY Best Interview Question ON 07 Mar 2020