[Post originally published on May 13, 2017.]
Hmm. From what I can tell, the WordPress import feature (tool) just imports your content (posts and pages). It does not seem to create WordPress page structure or menu structure.
Well, the import feature is *some* progress towards my vision of using a WordPress “template” to get a WordPress site started. I would gladly pay for a premium theme and its demo content if I got everything imported when I uploaded the “demo content”. I want to load a fully functioning WordPress theme on my host, complete with demo images, menu structure, page structure, text, et cetera. This way I get to see how the creator visualizes me using the WordPress site. Then I can change and tweak to my heart’s delight.
If I can’t do that, WordPress is a LOT more work than other tools at my disposal.
Update of February 26, 2019: Well, you CAN migrate an entire WordPress site, lock, stock, and barrel. You do that using the WordPress “duplicator” plugin.
The Duplicator is for WordPress sites that have already been created. What I want is a WordPress “theme” that comes as a fully set up, ready to test out WordPress site. I think a theme vendor should created WordPress sites with the vendor’s themes and then use duplicator to distribute “demos” of the themes as already set up as fully-functioning WordPress sites.