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Export/Import & Bake to PHP

Two different ways to move a builder's output out of the database it was saved in. Full walkthroughs live in Tutorials — this page is the quick tool reference.

	Export / Import	Bake to PHP
Where	Pure Fields → Export / Import	Toolbar of the Option Builder (per panel)
Moves	A live configuration, including saved values	Just the field structure, as PHP
Format	JSON file	Committable `.php` file
Use it for	Cloning a setup across running sites	Shipping a panel in a theme/plugin release
Full guide	Move Data Between Sites	Ship a Panel as Code

Export/Import covers four data types — metafields, post types, taxonomies, and options (with saved theme_mod values) — and can move all of them or any combination, up to 500 items per type per run. Bake to PHP works on one option panel at a time and produces a file that calls TPMeta_Options::set_args() / set_section() directly, with no dependency on the builder at runtime.