How to Import Demo Content in WordPress

Now, after successfully installing a WordPress theme, you are almost live with whatever content you are having. However, WordPress by default does not include any demo content. But if you are creating a WordPress theme with TemplateToaster WordPress Theme Builder, you are in a good state. There are several beautiful, simple, yet so powerful features attached with TemplateToaster. After creating a fully functional, feature-rich WordPress theme, TemplateToaster allows you to export the theme to your WordPress without any difficulty.

Whereas, on the other hand, when you will install any other WordPress theme, you would need dummy/demo/sample content. So, to import demo content you need to follow the below steps.

  1. First thing first, login to your WordPress dashboard.
  2. Now install and activate your WordPress theme.
  3. Go to Tools → Import from the left side menu.
  4. Select WordPress
  5. Now you need to upload the demo content .xml file.
  6. On the very next screen, you will be asked to map the author in this export file to users on the blog. Now, it’s up to you whether you wish to map any existing user. Or you can create a new user as well.
  7. You will then have a choice to import the attachments as well.
  8. It will take a while. As soon as the download will be complete, you shall see a success message on the screen.

That’s it! You have successfully downloaded the demo content on your WordPress. Enjoy!