This is for a possible new client project.
* Their current website is coming down in a few days (so the XML export I believe will not be an option for a future upload). The hosting and site files will be deleted.
* What is the best way to export all the media files (in case they want to reuse some images on the new site).
Thx
Download the /wp-content/uploads/ folder. As long as you’re ok with your images, etc not being associated with the page content.
I’d also take a full backup – use Updraft.
FTP? Or backup with WPVivid.
Use ssh to log into the server and make a tar ball of the uploads folder. Then download the tar ball
Use [Export Media Library](https://wordpress.org/plugins/export-media-library/) plugin if you don’t have server access.
If you have the ability to install a plugin you can use something like backupwp
In CPanel compress the Uploads folder and download the .zip. Way faster than FTP.
There’s a chrome plugin that can download all frontend images then zip it. 👍