diff --git a/.wp-env.json b/.wp-env.json
index 10f54621c..36d90c75a 100644
--- a/.wp-env.json
+++ b/.wp-env.json
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@
 		"wp-content": "./wp-content",
 		"wp-content/mu-plugins/0-sandbox.php": "./.wp-env/0-sandbox.php",
 		"wp-content/uploads/wporg_events.sql": "./.wp-env/wporg_events.sql",
-		"wp-content/uploads/wporg_locales.sql": "./.wp-env/wporg_locales.sql"
+		"wp-content/uploads/wporg_locales.sql": "./.wp-env/wporg_locales.sql",
+		"bin": "./bin"
 	}
 }
diff --git a/bin/import-test-content.php b/bin/import-test-content.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..62fb2f871
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/import-test-content.php
@@ -0,0 +1,91 @@
+#!/usr/bin/php
+<?php
+
+namespace WPOrg_Learn\Bin\ImportTestContent;
+
+/**
+ * CLI script for generating local test content, fetched from the live learn.wordpress.org site.
+ *
+ * This needs to be run in a wp-env, for example:
+ *
+ * yarn run wp-env run cli "php bin/import-test-content.php"
+ */
+
+// This script should only be called in a CLI environment.
+if ( 'cli' != php_sapi_name() ) {
+	die();
+}
+
+
+$opts = getopt( '', array( 'post:', 'url:', 'abspath:', 'age:' ) );
+
+require dirname( dirname( __FILE__ ) ) . '/wp-load.php';
+
+if ( 'local' !== wp_get_environment_type() ) {
+	die( 'Not safe to run on ' . esc_html( get_site_url() ) );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Sanitize postmeta from the rest API for the format required by wp_insert_post.
+ *
+ * @return array An array suitable for meta_input.
+ */
+function sanitize_meta_input( $meta ) {
+	$meta = array( $meta );
+	foreach ( $meta as $k => $v ) {
+		if ( is_array( $v ) ) {
+			$meta[ $k ] = implode( ',', $v );
+		}
+	}
+
+	return $meta;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Import posts from a remote REST API to the local test site.
+ *
+ * @param string $rest_url The remote REST API endpoint URL.
+ */
+function import_rest_to_posts( $rest_url ) {
+	$response = wp_remote_get( $rest_url );
+	$status_code = wp_remote_retrieve_response_code( $response );
+
+	if ( is_wp_error( $response ) ) {
+		die( esc_html( $response->get_error_message() ) );
+	} elseif ( 200 !== wp_remote_retrieve_response_code( $response ) ) {
+		die( esc_html( "HTTP Error $status_code \n" ) );
+	}
+
+	$body = wp_remote_retrieve_body( $response );
+	$data = json_decode( $body );
+
+	foreach ( $data as $post ) {
+		echo esc_html( "Got {$post->type} {$post->id} {$post->slug}\n" );
+
+		// Surely there's a neater way to do this.
+		$newpost = array(
+			'import_id' => $post->id,
+			'post_date' => gmdate( 'Y-m-d H:i:s', strtotime( $post->date ) ),
+			'post_name' => $post->slug,
+			'post_title' => $post->title,
+			'post_status' => $post->status,
+			'post_type' => $post->type,
+			'post_title' => $post->title->rendered,
+			'post_content' => ( $post->content_raw ?? $post->content->rendered ),
+			'post_parent' => $post->parent,
+			'comment_status' => $post->comment_status,
+			'meta_input' => sanitize_meta_input( $post->meta ),
+		);
+
+		$new_post_id = wp_insert_post( $newpost, true );
+
+		if ( is_wp_error( $new_post_id ) ) {
+			die( esc_html( $new_post_id->get_error_message() ) );
+		}
+
+		echo esc_html( "Inserted $post->type $post->id as $new_post_id\n" );
+	}
+}
+
+import_rest_to_posts( 'https://learn.wordpress.org/wp-json/wp/v2/wporg_workshop?context=export&per_page=50' );
+import_rest_to_posts( 'https://learn.wordpress.org/wp-json/wp/v2/lesson-plan?context=export&per_page=50' );
diff --git a/bin/index.sh b/bin/index.sh
index 1d41870ea..aa3ac2cda 100755
--- a/bin/index.sh
+++ b/bin/index.sh
@@ -28,3 +28,6 @@ npm run wp-env run cli wp rewrite structure '/%postname%/'
 # Import tables
 npm run wp-env run cli wp db import wp-content/uploads/wporg_events.sql
 npm run wp-env run cli wp db import wp-content/uploads/wporg_locales.sql
+
+# Import content
+npm run wp-env run cli "php bin/import-test-content.php"
diff --git a/wp-content/plugins/wporg-learn/inc/export.php b/wp-content/plugins/wporg-learn/inc/export.php
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..ff2b2e2db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wp-content/plugins/wporg-learn/inc/export.php
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+<?php
+
+/**
+ * Allow some raw data to be exposed in the REST API for certain post types, so that developers can import
+ * a copy of production data for local testing.
+ *
+ * ⚠️ Be careful to only expose public data!
+ */
+
+namespace WPOrg_Learn\Export;
+
+defined( 'WPINC' ) || die();
+
+add_action( 'rest_api_init', function() {
+	// Important: only expose raw post content for specific post types
+	register_raw_content_for_post_type( 'lesson-plan' );
+	register_raw_content_for_post_type( 'wporg_workshop' );
+} );
+
+/**
+ * Register a `wporg_export` context for a given post type.
+ *
+ * @param string $post_type Post type to allow for export.
+ */
+function register_raw_content_for_post_type( $post_type ) {
+
+	register_rest_field(
+		$post_type,
+		'content_raw',
+		array(
+			'get_callback' => __NAMESPACE__ . '\show_post_content_raw',
+			'schema'       => array(
+				'type' => 'string',
+				'context' => array( 'wporg_export' ),
+			),
+		)
+	);
+
+	add_filter( "rest_{$post_type}_item_schema", __NAMESPACE__ . '\add_export_context_to_schema' );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Filter a CPT item schema and make it so that every item with 'view' context also has 'export' context.
+ *
+ * @param array $schema The schema object.
+ */
+function add_export_context_to_schema( $schema ) {
+	update_schema_array_recursive( $schema );
+
+	return $schema;
+}
+
+/**
+ * Find every item in the schema that has a 'view' context, and add an 'export' context to it.
+ * Had to use a recursive function because array_walk_recursive only walks leaf nodes.
+ *
+ * @param array $schema The schema object.
+ */
+function update_schema_array_recursive( &$schema ) {
+	foreach ( $schema as $key => &$value ) {
+		// Head recursion
+		if ( is_array( $value ) ) {
+			update_schema_array_recursive( $value );
+		}
+		if ( 'context' === $key && in_array( 'view', $value ) ) {
+			$value[] = 'wporg_export';
+		}
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * Given an array of blocks, return an array of just the names of those blocks.
+ *
+ * @param array $blocks An array of blocks.
+ * @return array An array of block names.
+ */
+function get_all_block_names( $blocks ) {
+	$block_names = array();
+	if ( ! $blocks ) {
+		return array();
+	}
+	foreach ( $blocks as $block ) {
+		if ( null !== $block['blockName'] ) {
+			$block_names[] = $block['blockName'];
+			if ( $block['innerBlocks'] ) {
+				// Recursive call to get inner blocks
+				$block_names = array_merge( $block_names, get_all_block_names( $block['innerBlocks'] ) );
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return array_unique( $block_names );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Callback: If a post contains only allowed blocks, then return the raw block markup for the post.
+ *
+ * @param array  $object The post object relating to the REST request.
+ * @param string $field_name The field name.
+ * @param array  $request The request object.
+ *
+ * @return string The raw post content, if it contains only allowed blocks; a placeholder string otherwise.
+ */
+function show_post_content_raw( $object, $field_name, $request ) {
+
+	/**
+	 * Filter: Modify the list of blocks permitted in posts available via the 'export' context.
+	 * Posts containing any other blocks will not be exported.
+	 *
+	 * @param array $allowed_blocks An array of allowed block names. Simple wildcards are permitted, like 'core/*'.
+	 */
+	$allowed_blocks = apply_filters( 'allow_raw_block_export', array(
+		'core/*',
+		'wporg/*',
+		// other allowed blocks:
+		'jetpack/image-compare',
+		'jetpack/tiled-gallery',
+		'syntaxhighlighter/code',
+	) );
+
+	if ( ! empty( $object['id'] ) ) {
+		$post = get_post( $object['id'] );
+	} else {
+		$post = get_post();
+	}
+
+	// Exit early if the post contains any blocks that are not explicitly allowed.
+	if ( $post && has_blocks( $post->post_content ) || true ) {
+
+		$regexes = array();
+		foreach ( $allowed_blocks as $allowed_block_name ) {
+			$regexes[] = strtr( preg_quote( $allowed_block_name, '#' ), array( '\*' => '.*' ) );
+		}
+
+		$regex = '#^(' . implode( '|', $regexes ) . ')$#';
+
+		$blocks = parse_blocks( $post->post_content );
+		$block_names = get_all_block_names( $blocks );
+
+		foreach ( $block_names as $block_name ) {
+			// If it contains a disallowed block, then return no content.
+			// Better to raise an error instead?
+			if ( ! preg_match( $regex, $block_name ) ) {
+				return '<p>Post contains a disallowed block ' . esc_html( $block_name ) . '</p>';
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	return $post->post_content;
+}
diff --git a/wp-content/plugins/wporg-learn/wporg-learn.php b/wp-content/plugins/wporg-learn/wporg-learn.php
index 6f88782a6..40bc3c3d7 100644
--- a/wp-content/plugins/wporg-learn/wporg-learn.php
+++ b/wp-content/plugins/wporg-learn/wporg-learn.php
@@ -77,6 +77,7 @@ function load_files() {
 	require_once get_includes_path() . 'profiles.php';
 	require_once get_includes_path() . 'sensei.php';
 	require_once get_includes_path() . 'taxonomy.php';
+	require_once get_includes_path() . 'export.php';
 }
 
 /**