Is it safe to use WordPress import/export function?

  • Ok, so we figured that we could use WordPress Import/Export function to speed up building new sites for our clients.

    We have set up a WordPress blog which works as a content template for all new sites. The content template has all the regular pages like “Home, About us, Contact…”, all regular categories and all regular custom post types we usually use.

    It all seems to work fine. We export it and import it to the new page. Everything works as it should.

    BUT, when we look at the exported XML file we find the old URL on every post:

    “<guid isPermaLink=”false”>https://the-old-url.com/folder/?p=428</guid>”

    So we figured that it might disappear when it’s imported to the new page. But it’s not. When we export the content from the new site, the old URL is still there. :S

    Questions:

    Can this cause any problem?

    Will it affect any speed performance?

    Will this information be showed anywhere on the page?

    Might Google find this information somehow? (if so they might find a connection for all of our clients sites… MAYBE that’s not a good idea if you are working with SEO ??

    Is there a way to get rid of the old URL:s?

    When we still are at the subject. In the XML file there are some other links:

    xmlns:excerpt=”https://www.ads-software.com/export/1.0/excerpt/&#8221;
    xmlns:content=”https://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/&#8221;
    xmlns:wfw=”https://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/&#8221;
    xmlns:dc=”https://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/&#8221;
    xmlns:wp=”https://www.ads-software.com/export/1.0/&#8221;
    https://www.ads-software.com/?v=3.0.1

    Does it mean that the content somehow will be shared with someone else (good to know it the content is “classified”)?

    Sorry for not being an expert on the subject…

    BR.

    Hakan

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  • Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    That shouldn’t cause any problems. If it is, you can search/replace your database for the old URL and remove traces, but there shouldn’t be anything bad.

    Thread Starter snabbdesign

    (@snabbdesign)

    Thanks for answering Ipstenu,

    I just tested https://www.mywordpresspage.com/feed. The information will be showed there.

    If I was Google I would have a spider to search for these pages. Then I would have a system that compared and found patterns between sites. Since spamming is a big problem I might even create a mini-sandbox for those pages that have the same URL between this tag: “<guid isPermaLink=”false”>”.

    If I was Google…

    Guess “find and replace” will solve this problem. ??

    But folks, please answer all of my questions, if you can.

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    Everyone here is a volunteer, and while our total experiences are often phenomenal, we don’t know everything either :). We answer what we can as best we can.

    Thread Starter snabbdesign

    (@snabbdesign)

    Thanks Ipstenu,

    “Folks” was not refering only to you ??

    I found this link on how to remove all feeeds:

    https://wpengineer.com/287/disable-wordpress-feed/

    /H

    Moderator Ipstenu (Mika Epstein)

    (@ipstenu)

    ?????? Advisor and Activist

    Clearly I missed something… I didn’t notice you asked about disabling feeds. I wouldn’t. I find them, as a customer, hella useful.

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