Deploy & Sync Content

⚠️ Warning: Experimental plugin. Please make a full backup before use and test thoroughly.

About

The WordPress ecosystem has never offered a simple solution for managing content between environments. Since its inception, one problem persists: granular deployment of content and configurations.

You develop on a test site and want to send only certain content to your production site. With existing tools, two scenarios often occur: creating duplicates… or having to overwrite the entire database. The constraints imposed by the diversity of plugin ecosystem operations have already caused several attempts to fail.

We are convinced that a solution is possible.

That’s why we designed Deploy & Sync Content: a new approach, designed to finally offer selective synchronization between your environments.

Main Features

The free version offers unidirectional synchronization (Production → Staging/Local), ideal for simply transferring your content and media between your sites.

For bidirectional synchronization and advanced features, check out the Pro version(https://wp-deployer.io/en/features).

Intelligent database merging: The plugin detects existing content to update or create it as needed. You thus maintain the consistency of your environments and avoid any loss of information.

Unidirectional synchronization (free version): Production → Staging/Local: quickly transfer your content and media between your sites.

Data conflict management: The tool identifies and allows you to resolve differences before import, ensuring updates without loss.

Automatic ID mapping: Avoid duplicates and inconsistencies related to page builders and ID references.

Preservation of content relationships: Posts, taxonomies, media and metadata remain correctly linked after each synchronization.

Terms of use and External Services

Deploy & Sync Content is free to use and relies on the following services:

1. Online Configuration Service (wp-deployer.io)

   • Purpose: Configures and updates the export/import system. This service is optional, but recommended until alternatives are provided by the community.
   • Data Collection:
     • IP address of your WordPress instance
     • Production URL (from plugin settings)
     • Site URL
   • When Used:
     • During plugin activation
     • For configuration updates
     • For license verification (Pro version)
   • Security: This data is used to protect our systems from spam and malicious use
   • Privacy: Data is not shared with any business partners
   • Terms & Privacy: https://wp-deployer.io/en/general-terms-and-conditions-use-gtcu

2. Local Data Storage

   • Purpose: Temporary storage for content synchronization
   • Location: in the uploads directory of your WordPress installations
   • Security: Data is stored on your servers and is not transmitted to any external services

Credits

Deploy & Sync Content is developed by EA Lab.

Deploy & Sync Content includes the plugin.json file from the WP Optimize plugin
(GPLv2+ licensed).

Deploy & Sync Content includes various software dependencies taken from the packagist
repository, listed in vendor and vendor-prefixed directories. Most
of them are unaltered in functionality. The only patched library is
jfcherng/php-diff, which has been patched for translation and customized
rendering.