I had an old WordPress site that I shut down in 2015, but before I shut it down, I downloaded a backup file.
I just started a new site, and I want to re-use some of my old articles and info from the previous site, but I cannot figure out how to get the old posts into my new site.
The new site has a completely different look and theme, so I don’t want to import the entire old site. I am fine with just finding the text and images and copying those into my new site to create totally new posts.
I tried using the importer in WordPress under Tools – Importer, but it wouldn’t work because I don’t have a WXR xml file. I found a file that is a .sql file that is 12.7mb and I opened it with TextEdit so I can tell that’s my content, but I can’t figure out what to do with it to get it into my new site.
The backup file is a zip file, and when I unzipped it, I have loads of folders that don’t mean much to me because I am not super technical. I can follow directions though, so I would appreciate any help anyone can offer to help me recover this old data.
Many thanks in advance.