Is there a WordPress plugin similar to Drupal's Features module?

Hi there,

This question is understandably mostly aimed at those of you have experience with both Drupal and WordPress, and it is a developer question. That said, I’ll give a rundown of what I’m looking for, so hopefully that will help. Here goes!

Drupal has this module called Features that allows easy migration of the “building blocks” of a site. In WordPress terms, this would be things like widget positions, categories, and settings. Generally speaking, it deals with stuff that is more configuration or structure-oriented than simply content (so maybe links would also count).

The idea is that you can get all your stuff set up locally or in a development environment and that when you’re later ready to deploy it on your real site, it’s easy, and all of the configuration that you’ve put into the “feature” is re-done for you. Most of it is based on the principle of machine-readable names that help identify what’s what. Actually, what it does is write an actual module that itself works with Features to do the magic.

I’m not sure if WordPress even has the infrastructure, so to speak, to support a kind of module like this, but basically I’m just trying to figure out the smoothest way to move changes and not just have to re-do them, since human error comes into play there.

Not sure how clear this is, so feel free to grill me for more details.

Thanks!