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Import and replace existing page/post content

One option might be to export both XML files, merge them using a file merging tool like http://winmerge.org, delete all posts and replace with the merged version.

Failed to import media from a local wordpress site to a live one

The built-in import mechanism can only fetch file attachments that are accessible over the internet – which will normally not apply to your local WP install. The best option is to dump the whole database and do an MySQL import on the receiving domain. Your image files and other attachments need to be ftp-ed to … Read more

With WordPress Importer, why can’t I import post meta containing a multi-dimensional array, in which value(s) of that array contain line breaks?

I would wage that your issue is with \r\n (CRLF). If the newlines are created in Windows, they’ll go into the database as \r\n and when serialized get counted as 2 characters. Then when importing, they’ll only be counted as 1 character and they’ll corrupt the string. I tested this hypothesis and sure enough I … Read more

What’s the database relationship between a post and its attachments

The post that an attachment is related to is determined by the post_parent column on the wp_posts table (depending on your database prefix). Set it to the post_ID of the parent post.

WordPress Import shows an error when uploading previously exported xml file

You need to increase the upload limit in your php.ini. To increase the maximum upload file size, open your php.ini file in the “xampp/php/php.ini” directory. search for upload_max_filesize and increase the value like : upload_max_filesize = 128M

Why do I lose all the slashes, i.e., ” \ “, in my blogs when I import XML files by the WordPress Importer plug-in?

The importer calls wp_insert_post() which runs stripslashes_deep() on the data. But the exporter doesn’t run addslashes. Looks like a bug to me. What you may try is to prepare the data during export. Create a plugin with the following content and activate it before you run the export: <?php /** * Plugin Name: Slash my … Read more

One Click demo content installation feature in WordPress theme options panel

if you check the WordPress importer plugin it is easy to implement this feature. But if you want the direct answer , here it is First of all, we need to copy the WordPress importer plugin files to our theme directory. like this 1. themes/bootstrapguru_theme/inc/wordpress-importer.php 2. themes/bootstrapguru_theme/inc/parser.php you can find this plugin here wordpress importer … Read more

How to add featured thumbnail into import XML?

Got a working solution, This is the post item <item> <title>title1</title> <pubdate>2013-02-20 10:33:58</pubdate> <dc:creator> <![CDATA[ David Jennings ]]> </dc:creator> <guid ispermalink=”false”>http://wordpress/?p=1234</guid> <description> <title>Title</title> </description> <content:encoded> <![CDATA[ABCD]]> </content:encoded> <excerpt:encoded> <![CDATA[ ]]> </excerpt:encoded> <wp:post_id>1234</wp:post_id> <wp:post_date>2013-02-20 10:33:00</wp:post_date> <wp:post_date_gmt>2013-02-20 10:33:00</wp:post_date_gmt> <wp:comment_status>open</wp:comment_status> <wp:comment_status>open</wp:comment_status> <wp:ping_status>open</wp:ping_status> <wp:post_name>title1</wp:post_name> <wp:status>publish</wp:status> <wp:post_parent>0</wp:post_parent> <wp:menu_order>0</wp:menu_order> <wp:post_type>post</wp:post_type> <wp:post_password></wp:post_password> <wp:is_sticky>0</wp:is_sticky> <category domain=”category” nicename=”blog”> <![CDATA[ blog ]]> </category> <wp:postmeta> <wp:meta_key>_thumbnail_id</wp:meta_key> … Read more

Wondering how to turn your firefox bookmarks into a WordPress blog?

To be ON TOPIC on the QUESTION (firefox) i dont think the approach to use delicious as intermediate step is preferred because: you lose the hierarhical taxonomy applied in firefox (they way you structured things) you lose the favicons as gathered in firefox you lose the information added by dividers between links you lose information … Read more

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