Title: Design Import/Export – Styles, Templates, Template Parts and Patterns Author: UXL Themes Published: July 14, 2021 Last modified: December 10, 2025 --- Search plugins ![](https://ps.w.org/design-import-export/assets/banner-772x250.png?rev=2564244) ![](https://ps.w.org/design-import-export/assets/icon-256x256.png?rev=2564249) # Design Import/Export – Styles, Templates, Template Parts and Patterns By [UXL Themes](https://profiles.wordpress.org/uxl/) [Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/design-import-export.2.3.zip) * [Details](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/design-import-export/#description) * [Reviews](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/design-import-export/#reviews) * [Installation](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/design-import-export/#installation) * [Development](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/design-import-export/#developers) [Support](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/design-import-export/) ## Description Import and export your block based theme design: global/custom styles, templates, template parts and patterns. Easily move your custom full site editing theme design from one website to another, or from a local installation to a live site. Ideal for designers and developers working with the Site Editor and a block based full-site-editing theme, who have edited their block based custom styles, templates, template parts and patterns, and now need to copy that design over to a new WordPress installation. The Design Import/Export plugin allows this to be done with minimal fuss, and can also be used to take regular backups of your block theme based design(s). Works with any full-site-editing block theme. ### License Licensed under the GNU General Public License v2.0, http://www.gnu.org/licenses/ gpl-2.0.html ## Screenshots * [[ * The main plugin page, showing the Import function, and the styles, templates, template parts and patterns available to Export. * [[ * Importing the custom styles, templates, template parts and patterns from a previously exported file. ## Installation **From your WordPress dashboard** 1. Visit ‘Plugins > Add New’, 2. Search for ‘design import export’ and install the plugin. 3. Activate ‘Design Import/Export’ from your Plugins page. Once the plugin is activated you will find the plugin page in **Tools -> Design Import/Export** ## FAQ ### I have activated the plugin. Where is the plugin page? You will find the plugin page in your Dashboard at _Tools -> Design Import/Export_. ### What theme do I need to make use of the plugin? You will need any block based (full site editing) compatible theme. ### Do I need to install any other plugins? No. ### Where are the import files saved? Any files that you upload using the import function will be saved as .txt files to the default WordPress media/uploads directory. An example of that directory would be: `../wp-content/uploads/2021/07/`. ## Reviews ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1d80ceb23ce4a5bc235e975afdb8a9aadb2445917dca92dcc3c7b6ec8856a1fb? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[I love you](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/i-love-you-35/)󠁿 [domguard](https://profiles.wordpress.org/domguard/) February 18, 2026 Thanks for this great piece of software ! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/989824b0e7508599671c7f979acc5f858c1a8313c0ae0e6a11a5d26bb3639805? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[The missing function of the FSE](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the-missing-function-of-the-fse/)󠁿 [Cyrille Sanson](https://profiles.wordpress.org/css31/) October 8, 2025 Finally, a way to compensate for the lack of an essential feature in FSE: the ability to save custom style settings. Thank you for making this possible while we wait for FSE to add this feature. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/cc5d71a1b95273f45a5f596a3aab9343cda5d2ea37e576b35f95533a68e2aa39? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Great plugin](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/great-plugin-40061/)󠁿 [henriette123](https://profiles.wordpress.org/henriette123/) January 29, 2025 Saved me a lot of work this time! ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/1dba75a903be8eb13bae6f961d81a99e5c76d5ca8c327a18bc25e96df2417b99? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Does what it says and does it well](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/does-what-it-says-and-does-it-well-27/)󠁿 [Hugh Lashbrooke](https://profiles.wordpress.org/hlashbrooke/) April 2, 2024 This plugin fixes a huge hole in WordPress and allows you to easily copy your entire customised theme from one site to another. This is invaluable for moving from a local development site to a live site, for copying your work from one site to another, or simply for backing things up in an easily portable format. I used this on the current latest version of WordPress (v6.4.3) and it worked with zero issues. I was copying a highly customised version of Twenty Twenty Three with some complex templates and it worked without a hitch. I’m definitely adding this plugin to my list of default installs. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/7141ffe3406cfcb13bd32a36c7133d7bd21d3c26258fbc17446621ccbb9107eb? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Fills a glaring gap in WordPress for block themes](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/fills-a-glaring-gap-in-wordpress-for-block-themes/)󠁿 [simongarrett](https://profiles.wordpress.org/simongarrett/) February 9, 2024 Very good, just what I need. After a quick test it seems just what is needed to develop customisations on a staging server then quickly transfer them to a live server. Greatly eases the task of migrating a site to a new theme. ![](https://secure.gravatar.com/avatar/69e635ca5fd9e764e767cce444200d3b982a905cae72edd18295968720affd4c? s=60&d=retro&r=g) ### 󠀁[Superb tool, thanks!](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/superb-tool-thanks/)󠁿 [perryrylance](https://profiles.wordpress.org/perryrylance/) April 27, 2022 I’m working on a theme who’s slug I had to correct, which caused loss of all the template parts. I used this plugin to export the parts from the broken theme, searched and replaced the bad slug with the new slug and then ran the import, worked absolutely perfect. Thanks folks! [ Read all 6 reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/design-import-export/reviews/) ## Contributors & Developers “Design Import/Export – Styles, Templates, Template Parts and Patterns” is open source software. The following people have contributed to this plugin. Contributors * [ UXL Themes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/uxl/) “Design Import/Export – Styles, Templates, Template Parts and Patterns” has been translated into 1 locale. Thank you to [the translators](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/design-import-export/contributors) for their contributions. [Translate “Design Import/Export – Styles, Templates, Template Parts and Patterns” into your language.](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/design-import-export) ### Interested in development? [Browse the code](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/browser/design-import-export/), check out the [SVN repository](https://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/design-import-export/), or subscribe to the [development log](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/design-import-export/) by [RSS](https://plugins.trac.wordpress.org/log/design-import-export/?limit=100&mode=stop_on_copy&format=rss). ## Changelog **2.3 – December 2025** – Security updates – Tested up to WP 6.9 **2.2 – October 2025** – Fix for mis-named js/css assets – Moved plugin menu item from top level to sub-item in tools **2.1 – October 2025** – Renamed relevant internal files from design-import to design-import-export – Renamed relevant function prefixes from design_import_ to design_import_export_ – Tested up to WP 6.8 **2.0 – December 2024** – Added functionality to import/export custom block patterns– Tested up to WP 6.7 – Requires WP 6.3 **1.1.1 – March 2023** – Remove some unused commented code **1.1 – March 2023** – Tested up to WP 6.2 – Requires WP 6.1 – Check if active theme is a block theme – Only list block themes in export panel list – Move current active theme to top of list in export panel **1.0 – February 2022** – Tested up WP 5.9 – Requires WP 5.9 **0.1.4 – August 2021** – Updated plugin title to clarify the plugin’s purpose. **0.1.3 – July 2021** – Initial release ## Meta * Version **2.3** * Last updated **4 months ago** * Active installations **200+** * WordPress version ** 6.7 or higher ** * Tested up to **6.9.4** * PHP version ** 7.4 or higher ** * Languages * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/design-import-export/) and [French (France)](https://fr.wordpress.org/plugins/design-import-export/). * [Translate into your language](https://translate.wordpress.org/projects/wp-plugins/design-import-export) * Tags * [export](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/export/)[global styles](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/global-styles/) [import](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/import/)[template parts](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/template-parts/) [templates](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/templates/) * [Advanced View](https://pcd.wordpress.org/plugins/design-import-export/advanced/) ## Ratings 5 out of 5 stars. * [ 6 5-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/design-import-export/reviews/?filter=5) * [ 0 4-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/design-import-export/reviews/?filter=4) * [ 0 3-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/design-import-export/reviews/?filter=3) * [ 0 2-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/design-import-export/reviews/?filter=2) * [ 0 1-star reviews ](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/design-import-export/reviews/?filter=1) [Add my review](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/design-import-export/reviews/#new-post) [See all reviews](https://wordpress.org/support/plugin/design-import-export/reviews/) ## Contributors * [ UXL Themes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/uxl/) ## Support Got something to say? 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