What best describes the scope of the XML site export?

• A. It includes add-ons.
• B. It includes only spaces and users.
• C. It includes spaces (including pages, blogs, comments, attachments, and unpublished changes), users and groups. Essentially everything in your site except add-ons.
• D. It includes only pages.

Answer: (C)

A full snapshot of your Confluence site is captured by the XML site export, so it’s designed to migrate or back up everything you manage within the site. It includes the spaces and all content inside them—the pages, blog posts, comments, attachments, and any edits that haven’t been published yet—so the structure and the latest state of content are preserved. It also brings over user accounts and groups, which helps maintain the same access controls on the target instance. The key point is that this export covers essentially everything on the site except the add-ons (apps) themselves and their configurations. Add-ons aren’t included because they sit outside the core content and often require separate export/import steps or app-specific tools. In short, the export aims to reproduce the entire site content and user access, minus the installed apps.