With the export feature of Users Insights, you can create your custom exports of your WordPress user data in a CSV format. You have complete control over which users and fields to be included in your custom WordPress user export. You can also filter the user list so you can only export a segment of your WordPress users.

Exporting your WordPress users

The custom export feature of Users Insights works on the principle “What you see is what you get“, which means that your exported CSV file will look exactly like the current state of the Users Insights user table. All the advanced features and filters that Users Insights provide, such as selecting the visible columns in the user table, accessing the integrated plugins’ data, applying custom filters, and selecting custom order are also available when you create your custom user export.
Using the Users Insights custom export feature is very easy – it is available via the export button in the right options menu of Users Insights.

Export WordPress Users

Clicking on the user export button will open a dialog window asking you to confirm that you want to proceed with the export. If you confirm the export action, the export will start generating the file. Once ready, the CSV exported file will start downloading on your computer. If no filters are applied before doing the export, the exported file will include all of your WordPress users with the user data that you have currently displayed on your Users Insights table.

Here is a short video showing how the custom user export feature of Users Insights works:

 

Choosing which user data to be included in the CSV export

When using Users Insights, you can choose which fields and columns to be displayed in the user table via the visible columns menu. This same feature can also be used to select which fields from the WordPress user data will be included in the export file. When you check/uncheck the different columns from the menu, those settings will be automatically saved for the export functionality as well. So, if you want a field to be included in the export file, just make this field visible in your Users Insights user table before proceeding with the export. For example, if you have selected the following options in the Visible Columns section:WordPress select user fields to export

 

The exported file will look something like this:

WordPress users export CSV

 

Filtering the WordPress user’s export

One of the key features of Users Insights is the ability to use smart filters to create custom segments of your WordPress user list. Since the export feature of Users Insights integrates with the smart filters, you can use the filters to create your custom exports that include only the users that you want.
The Users Insights filters allow you to apply custom filters to all of the available user data like:

  • The default WordPress user data, such as user role, username, name, email, date registered
  • Additional data added by the Users Insights WordPress plugin, such as posts/comments created, last seen date, and a number of sessions.
  • Fields added by the Users Insights integration modules include Geolocation, Device Detection, WooCommerce, Ultimate Member, and many more.

For more information on the available filters, please refer to the Available Fields and Filters page.

Exporting WordPress users and user data can be flexible with the help of the filters feature. Users Insights allows you to apply multiple filters at once. This means that you can combine search criteria based on different user fields, including those loaded from 3rd party plugins.

For example, if you have the following filters applied:

WordPress users export segment

Users Insights will generate the following file by only exporting users that meet the given filters:

WordPress users export segment CSV

 

Exporting user data from WordPress plugins

Since the Users Insights table doesn’t include only the default WordPress user data, but also custom user data from our 3rd party integrations (WooCommerce, Easy Digital Downloads, BuddyPress, Ultimate Member, bbPress, GravityForms), you also have the option to include custom user data from these plugins in your custom user export.

Example: Exporting WooCommerce customers

If you use the WooCommerce plugin, you might want to export the WooCommerce-related user data. For example, for each WooCommerce customer, you can choose to export the WooCommerce orders information, such as the number of orders and the date of the last order. You can additionally apply custom filters to further segment the WordPress users and WooCommerce customer list.

For example, we can search and export the WooCommerce users by their order history and lifetime value. We can also enable some of the WooCommerce-related fields on the table:

Search WooCommerce customers

And the exported file will contain all of the selected WooCommerce customer data:

Export WooCommerce customers

Example: Exporting BuddyPress members

Or if you use BuddyPress, you can export users to CSV with all of the BuddyPress activity information, such as groups info, friends, custom profile fields, and activity updates for each WordPress user:

Export the BuddyPress data of the users

The username field is always added by default as an identification for the user.

Example: Exporting the LearnDash user data

Another example is exporting the LearnDash user data. Just like the other modules, you can export data from any of the available LearnDash fields, such as the number of courses and lessons completed, quiz results, and course start and end dates.

Export LearnDash user data

Exporting the Users Insights user data

The user table of Users Insights also includes all the fields and data that the plugin collects by itself, like user geolocation data, device detection data, and user activity data. This means that you can also include this data in your custom user export. Here is an example of an export that contains the geolocation data of the WordPress users, as well as the date of their last activity (Last Seen):

 

users-insights-custom-user-export-geolocation

 

Exporting the WordPress custom user fields and custom user meta

The custom user fields feature of Users Insights allows you to extend the default WordPress user options and add your custom user fields. Additionally, you can use the custom user fields to load already existing users’ metadata from your WordPress site. To load the user meta data from the WordPress database, all you need to do is register the meta fields in the Custom Fields section:

WordPress register user meta fields to export

After this the user fields will be automatically added to the user table, you can easily export the custom user fields and user meta of your WordPress user base. Here is an example of the export of the custom user meta data (phone number, job title, date of birth, and user roles) with the help of the Users Insights export feature:

WordPress user meta export

Selecting the order in which the WordPress users will be exported

The sorting order applied to the Users Insights user list is automatically applied to the exported user file, so you can easily select the column to sort by and the type of the order (ascending/descending).

For example, if your Users Insights table is ordered by the number of comments created in descending order:

Export WordPress users and order by number of comments

This will be the same order in which they will be exported:

Export WordPress users and order by number of comments in CSV format

Exporting the user email address

Sometimes you might want to export the user data from your WordPress website to import it into another system. This can be to import and export user data to migrate users to another WordPress site or platform. Or to use user data from WordPress to achieve some task. One of the most common use cases would be creating a custom export and import of user email addresses so that you can import user emails into your email marketing software. With the Users Insights export plugin, this can be a very easy task. And as we’ve seen earlier, we can also segment the user list and include additional fields and user details in your export file. For example, if you use the user groups feature to tag your users, you can import this WordPress user data to your email campaign software. Or if you are using WooCommerce you can create a WooCommerce customer import for those customers who haven’t made any purchases for a while. Additionally, the presence of first and last name fields separately can be very useful to personalize your email contents.

Export WordPress user email

And the exported CSV file of the example above would look like this:

Export WordPress user email CSV

 

Being able to export WordPress users and their data in a customizable and flexible way can be very useful. This allows you to import WordPress users into different platforms like a CRM, analytics tool, Google spreadsheet, or Email Marketing Software. Or you simply might need to create a report of your WordPress user activity. Whatever the use, having a tool that allows you to create your custom user export that includes only the users and the user data that you need is a valuable thing to have.