{"id":1306760,"date":"2017-06-26T10:25:31","date_gmt":"2017-06-26T17:25:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/import-events-from-live-site-to-dev-site\/"},"modified":"2017-06-28T23:34:18","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T06:34:18","slug":"import-events-from-live-site-to-dev-site","status":"closed","type":"topic","link":"https:\/\/theeventscalendar.com\/support\/forums\/topic\/import-events-from-live-site-to-dev-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Import events from live site to dev site"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ve been combing the support section and haven&#8217;t found this question, so forgive me if this has been answered somewhere.<\/p>\n<p>I am redesigning my client&#8217;s site. They are currently using the free version of The Events Calendar, and I am upgrading to PRO (already purchased) in the redesign.<\/p>\n<p>I would like to import their current events into the dev site. 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