Bulk author change

  • Hello,

    I imported my old blog from blogspot to wordpress using the import xml function. Everything has come across perfectly, except I need to update my old comments which have my old blogspot username to my new wordpress username.

    I have 157 posts, how would I go about doing a bulk update?

    Thank you.

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  • You can use the ‘Bulk Actions’ choice on the listing of ‘All Posts’:

    • Go to Admin->Posts->All Posts.
    • Click ‘Screen Options’ at the top right.
    • Change the number of Posts to 50 and click ‘Apply’.
    • Click the box next to ‘Title’ above the posts listing to select all Posts on the page.
    • Change the ‘Bulk Actions’ selection to ‘Edit’.
    • Click ‘Apply’.
    • In the ‘Bulk Edit’ panel that appears, select the new Author from the dropdown list.
    • Click ‘Update’.

    Repeat for the remaining pages.

    You might be able to use 160 for the number of Posts, but too high a number will cause a timeout. 50 should be safe.

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