Import / Export Customizer Settings vs Migrate Guru
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| Feature | Import / Export Customizer Settings v1.1.0 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.7/5 Visit Details | Migrate Guru v6.72 · checked 23 Oct 2026 Free · ★ 4.9/5 Visit Details |
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| At a glance | ||
| Active installs | 50,000+ | 200,000+ |
| Last updated | August 24, 2026 | August 28, 2026 |
| Editions | Import / Export Customizer Settings | Migrate Guru |
| Pros | Copy Astra Customizer settings between sites; Free and simple to use; Admin screen added to the Astra welcome page | Guided one-click migration or clone; Handles URL rewriting and serialised data; Recovery and white-label options |
| Cons | Works only with the Astra theme; Does not move content, menus or widgets | Site data is processed on the vendor's servers; Sends site details to the vendor on activation and deactivation; Depends on the vendor service being available |
| Mentioned in our posts | — | 1 |
| More features | ||
| Other features | Export Astra Customizer settings to a file, Import Astra Customizer settings from a file | One-click migration or clone through the vendor service, File and database transfer, Site recovery, WP-CLI commands, White-label login and plugin listing, Migration page in the WordPress admin |
| Integrations | ||
| Plugins | — | Elementor |
| Other | — | Migrate Guru service |
| Requires WordPress | 4.4 | 4.0 |
| Requires PHP | 5.4 | 7.0 |
| Tested up to | 7.1 | 7.1 |
| Phones home | No | Yes |
| External services | — | mg.blogvault.net, fonts.googleapis.com |