TL;DR: Exporting a lot of data? Don't forget the "posts_per_page" argument.

If you’ve ever done any work for yourself or for others in WordPress where you’re responsible for importing a lot of data in a specific format (such as a CSV), then the odds that you’ve had to also work on writing an export tool for the same data are pretty high.

I mean, it makes sense, right? Get the original data into the new, WordPress-based system, do work in the new system, export the data so its portable for others.

But how is this information usually structured?

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Oftentimes, one of the great things you hear about WordPress is its low barrier to entry.

Depending on who you ask, this may be seen as a good thing or this may be seen as a bad thing. Whatever the perspective, I think there are inherent problems with treating any language and/or platform that way.

At best, experienced developers can pick it up quickly. At worst, beginners feel as if they’re lacking because this “low barrier” doesn’t actually feel so low.

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One of the things that I really enjoy whether or not I’m out for a walk, a run, or a drive, is listen to a number of different podcasts. And I don’t think I’m an exception.

As with any topic that we all like, there are times in which I find myself wanting a WordPress podcast. To be clear, this isn’t to say there aren’t any – WP Tavern, DradCast, and Apply Filters turn out good stuff – and the now-defunct WP Candy Podcast used to be a fun listen, but I do think there’s a gap in WordPress-related podcasts.

At least in so far as the style of the podcast is concerned.

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