Back up and transfer settings
Only Kakapo Consent comes with a file export of its own configuration. For the remaining plugins two other routes lead to the goal: remote administration and a complete archive from Kakapo Backup.
Consent: saving the configuration as JSON
- Open Kakapo Consent and choose “System” on the left in the “Legal & Tools” group.
- In the “Data & transfer” card, click “Export” next to “Export settings”.
- This produces a JSON file whose name contains the plugin and today’s date.
- On the target site you open the same card, choose the file under “Import settings” and click “Import”.
- Included are settings, detected services, domains, blocking rules, languages, translations, vendors and the entries for the legal texts.
- Not included are license details and the plugin’s three secrets: API token, proof signature and webhook signature.
- On import, unknown keys are discarded. If the file does not come from an export of this plugin, it is rejected.
Sending settings directly to a connected site
If a site is connected under “Remote Sites” (in German: „Remote-Sites“), “Send config” (in German: „Config senden“) transfers a fixed section of the Consent configuration: whether the manager is active, title and text, color, script and font blocking, validity period, layout, position, granular consent and the four button labels. The target site checks every value itself and reports back how many settings it has applied.
Moving an entire installation
If all the settings are to move to another server together with the content, the migration tool in Kakapo Backup is the right way. Under “Action” (in German: „Aktion“) → “Migration”, “Create portable archive” produces a fresh backup with the configured scope for immediate download; on the new installation you restore it in the same area via the “Import” card. The database comes along with it — and with it the options of all six plugins.
For Analytics, Performance, SEO and Security there is no file export of the settings. What they hand out is raw data and logs: Analytics exports raw view data and reports as CSV, Consent and Security their logs.