Export a project's content
Owners and Admins can download a project's content, drafts included, as Markdown or MDX files with a manifest, the content model and the media Acrosite holds.
A project export is a download of everything Acrosite holds for one project's content: every content item, drafts included, as Markdown or MDX files, plus the content model and the media files Acrosite stores. Use it to keep your own copy, to move content elsewhere, or before you archive or delete a project.
Who this is for
Workspace Owners and Admins. Other roles do not see the export, and the download refuses anyone else.
Download an export
- Open the project, then choose Project Settings in the sidebar.
- Under Export, choose Download content. Your browser saves one ZIP file.
- If the project has media, choose each Download media button as well. Large media libraries are split into parts so that every download stays a manageable size.
Exporting changes nothing. Your content in Acrosite, your GitHub repository and your website stay exactly as they were. Each download is recorded in the workspace Activity.
What the content download contains
- content/ holds one file per current content item, grouped by Post, Page or Custom Content Type. Each file has frontmatter (title, slug, status, dates, SEO fields and Custom Fields) followed by the body.
- archived/ holds archived content items, and trash/ holds items that are in Trash.
- content-model.json lists Posts, Pages and Custom Content Types with their Custom Fields, including field types, options and repository output folders.
- manifest.json lists every exported item and media file, the repository path each one publishes to, and what the export does not include.
Drafts, items in review and scheduled items are exported with their real status in the frontmatter. The export always contains the current version of each item.
What the media downloads contain
Each media part unpacks into a media/ folder that mirrors the repository path of every file, for example media/public/images/posts/launch.webp. A small report file in each part lists the files it contains and any file that could not be found.
manifest.json under "not held by Acrosite" with their address, so you can collect them yourself.What is not included
- Repository credentials, deployment hook addresses and other connection settings.
- Team Members, Client Reviewers and authorship details.
- Reviews, comments and approval history.
- Earlier saved versions of a content item.
- Activity, Publish Logs and Deployment Logs.
- Billing and subscription records.
Files that are already published stay in your GitHub repository, which remains your own copy of everything that is live.
Troubleshooting
- There is no Export section. Only Owners and Admins see it. Ask an Owner or Admin to download the export.
- A media file is missing from a part. Open the report file in that part. A file listed as unavailable is no longer stored by Acrosite; if it was published, it is in your repository at the path shown in the manifest.
- The download says the project is too large. Contact Support and we will prepare the export for you.