Title: Catch Import Export
Author: Catch Themes
Published: <strong>اکتوبر 3, 2018</strong>
Last modified: مئی 21, 2026

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# Catch Import Export

 By [Catch Themes](https://profiles.wordpress.org/catchthemes/)

[Download](https://downloads.wordpress.org/plugin/catch-import-export.2.4.zip)

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## Description

Catch Import Export is a simple and easy to use import-export WordPress plugin that
is completely free of cost. It addresses the need for importing and exporting of
customizer settings from any WordPress theme to another website. However, you’ll
need to have the same theme or its child theme installed on both sites where you
are performing the export/import task. Catch Import Export allows you to move the
theme customizer settings from one website to another without having to move the
content and database. With the Catch Import Export plugin, you can export the customizer
settings in order to reuse it. With the same theme or its child theme installed,
you can import the .dat file in another website. Catch Import Export lets you perform
the import-export task either from the customizer itself or by visiting the plugin’s
setting page in the dashboard. Also, if you’ve ever wanted to backup or export your
WordPress Customizer settings, Catch Import Export is a perfect solution for you.
Catch Import Export – A Quick and Easy Way to Export and Import Customizer Settings!

## Screenshots

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 * Catch Import/Export option on admin dashboard.
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 * Catch Import/Export option on customizer.

## Installation

The easy way (via Dashboard) :

 * Go to Plugins > Add New
 * Type in the **Catch Import/Export** in Search Plugins box
 * Click Install Now to install the plugin
 * After Installation click activate to start using the **Catch Import/Export**
 * Go to **Catch Import/Export** from Dashboard menu

Not so easy way (via FTP) :

 * Download the **Catch Import/Export**
 * Unarchive **Catch Import/Export** plugin
 * Copy folder with catch-import-export.zip
 * Open the ftp \wp-content\plugins\
 * Paste the plug-ins folder in the folder
 * Go to admin panel => open item “Plugins” => activate **Catch Import/Export**
 * Go to **Catch Import/Export** from Dashboard menu

## Reviews

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## Contributors & Developers

“Catch Import Export” is open source software. The following people have contributed
to this plugin.

Contributors

 *   [ Catch Themes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/catchthemes/)
 *   [ Catch Plugins ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/catchplugins/)
 *   [ Sakin Shrestha ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sakinshrestha/)
 *   [ Pratik Shrestha ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pratikshrestha/)
 *   [ Mahesh Maharjan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/maheshmaharjan/)
 *   [ dreamsapana ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dreamsapana/)

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### Interested in development?

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## Changelog

#### 2.4 (Released: May 18, 2026)

 * Bug Fixed: Global-scope CTP option loading and CatchThemesThemePlugin require
   moved into plugins_loaded hook
 * Bug Fixed: load_plugin_textdomain() path in class-catch-import-export-i18n.php
   corrected — was going one directory level too high
 * Bug Fixed: matchHeight script now registered before it is listed as a dependency;
   scripts moved to footer
 * Bug Fixed: **() in wp_localize_script() replaced with esc_html**() for proper
   escaping
 * Bug Fixed: **() in customize_options() section title replaced with esc_html**()
 * Bug Fixed: Raw HTML in add_plugin_meta_links() wrapped with wp_kses(); five duplicate
   SVG stars replaced with str_repeat()
 * Bug Fixed: wp_kses_post() inside JS alert() replaced with esc_js() — prevents
   broken JS when error message contains quotes or special characters
 * Bug Fixed: esc_html() used for URL in JavaScript string replaced with esc_url()
 * Bug Fixed: Unsanitized $_REQUEST passed to wp_verify_nonce() — wrapped with sanitize_text_field(
   wp_unslash()) in both _export() and _import()
 * Bug Fixed: @unserialize() with user-uploaded data replaced with maybe_unserialize()—
   removes error suppression and PHP object injection risk
 * Bug Fixed: Loose true == $_REQUEST[‘settings-page’] comparison replaced with 
   strict sanitized check
 * Bug Fixed: current_user_can(‘edit_theme_options’) in init() changed to ‘manage_options’—
   only administrators should be able to import/export all theme settings
 * Bug Fixed: Orphaned nonce field with typo (‘catch_import_export_nounce’) outside
   any form removed from dashboard-display.php — dead code
 * Bug Fixed: Form action URL used esc_html() instead of esc_url(); rebuilt with
   esc_url(add_query_arg()) for correct URL encoding
 * Bug Fixed: Unescaped class attribute echo in catch-import-export-display.php 
   wrapped with esc_attr()
 * Bug Fixed: include in class-catch-import-export-control.php changed to require_once
 * Bug Fixed: Trailing newlines inside href attribute values in sidebar.php removed
 * Bug Fixed: Theme name used in Content-disposition header sanitized with sanitize_file_name()
 * Compatibility check up to version 7.0

#### 2.3.1 (Released: February 25, 2026)

 * Bug Fixed: Fixed JS enqueue path for adding catch themes tab item in Themes add
   theme section

#### 2.3 (Released: February 16, 2026)

 * Bug Fixed: WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.UnsafePrintingFunction
 * Bug Fixed: WordPress.Security.EscapeOutput.OutputNotEscaped
 * Bug Fixed: WordPress.Security.NonceVerification.Recommended
 * Bug Fixed: WordPress.WP.AlternativeFunctions.unlink_unlink
 * Bug Fixed: WordPress.WP.I18n.MissingTranslatorsComment
 * Bug Fixed: WordPress.WP.I18n.NoHtmlWrappedStrings
 * Bug Fixed: missing_direct_file_access_protection
 * Bug Fixed: WordPress.WP.I18n.TextDomainMismatch
 * Bug Fixed: plugin_header_invalid_plugin_uri
 * Bug Fixed: trunk_stable_tag

#### 2.2.3 (Released: January 07, 2026)

 * Compatibility check up to version 6.9

#### 2.2.2 (Released: May 12, 2025)

 * Compatibility check up to version 6.8

#### 2.2.1 (Released: April 16, 2024)

 * Compatibility check up to version 6.5

#### 2.2 (Released: November 15, 2023)

 * Compatibility check up to version 6.4

#### 2.1 (Released: November 03, 2022)

 * Compatibility check up to version 6.1

#### 2.0 (Released: February 24, 2022)

 * Compatibility check up to version 5.9

#### 1.9 (Released: September 16, 2021)

 * Bug Fixed: Security issue on ajax calls

#### 1.8 (Released: July 23, 2021)

 * Compatibility check up to version 5.8

#### 1.7 (Released: March 04, 2021)

 * Compatibility check up to version 5.7

#### 1.6 (Released: Aug 19, 2020)

 * Bug Fixed: Issue in add new theme page

#### 1.5 (Released: March 10, 2020)

 * Compatibility check up to version 5.4

#### 1.4 (Released: November 12, 2019)

 * Compatibility check up to version 5.3

#### 1.3 (Released: August 20, 2019)

 * Added: Option to turn off Catch Themes and Catch Plugins tabs
 * Compatibility check up to version 5.2
 * Updated: Catch Themes and Catch Plugins tabs displaying code

#### 1.2 (Released: February 21, 2019)

 * Compatibility check up to version 5.1

#### 1.1 (Released: December 12, 2018)

 * Added: Catch Themes and Catch Plugins tabs in Add themes and Add plugins page
   respectively
 * Added: Themes by Catch Themes section under Themes panel in customizer
 * Compatibility check up to version 5.0
 * Typo corrected

#### 1.0.1 (Released: October 01, 2018)

 * Bug Fixed: Updated generic define to this plugin specific

#### 1.0 (Released: September 21, 2018)

 * Initial release

## Meta

 *  Version **2.4**
 *  Last updated **7 days ago**
 *  Active installations **30+**
 *  WordPress version ** 5.9 or higher **
 *  Tested up to **7.0**
 *  PHP version ** 7.4 or higher **
 *  Language
 * [English (US)](https://wordpress.org/plugins/catch-import-export/)
 * Tags
 * [customizer](https://bcc.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/customizer/)[customizer export](https://bcc.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/customizer-export/)
   [customizer import](https://bcc.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/customizer-import/)
   [export](https://bcc.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/export/)[import](https://bcc.wordpress.org/plugins/tags/import/)
 *  [Advanced View](https://bcc.wordpress.org/plugins/catch-import-export/advanced/)

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## Contributors

 *   [ Catch Themes ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/catchthemes/)
 *   [ Catch Plugins ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/catchplugins/)
 *   [ Sakin Shrestha ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/sakinshrestha/)
 *   [ Pratik Shrestha ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/pratikshrestha/)
 *   [ Mahesh Maharjan ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/maheshmaharjan/)
 *   [ dreamsapana ](https://profiles.wordpress.org/dreamsapana/)

## Support

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