WordPress Import & Export

  • Resolved Mani Kumar

    (@smartprince)


    9 years, 7 months ago

    Hello every one,

    Thanks to wordpress having import and export option ! but while we importing posts .. there attachments and all other things are also getting imported ! well it’s a nice feature but this feature comes at worst when we importing on same domain !

    for example :-

    if my domain is www.example.com and i got some prob with my wordpress .. so i just deleted all things expect WP-Content/uploads (to keep attachment)

    now if i reinstall wordpress and import old posts from exported files .. there attachments are getting uploaded again and again with renamed files… eg – if my file name is image.png then new file will e uploaded with image1.png.

    this one thing make trouble for us.. because when attachments uploaded again.. it’s take space … and in post links attachment images are getting change automatically !!!

    so it’s make conflict between posts and attachments !!

    please make features like .. if we import exported same files on same domain if importing files are already available then it should import only settings, posts etc.

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  • Moderator James Huff

    (@macmanx)

    The Import/Export system is really made for moving sites, not for restoring backups.

    Instead, make separate backups of your database and files, which will also allow you to recover from much more than just content mishaps: https://codex.www.ads-software.com/WordPress_Backups

    Thread Starter Mani Kumar

    (@smartprince)

    hey buddy … i can understand it .. but if there system can be .. like – if a media content is already available with same url and name … then only post and post settings will be imported !

    this one features .. will be help to restore also !

    Hi Mani Kumar,

    If you can, try this, step by step:

    1) backup all files in a folder (this will save all images that are not in database like wp-media)

    2) backup database with phpmyadmin (simplest way) or do a mysqldump or so

    3) once you have all place and sure of files – erase all files on server with them and put back things in place

    And voila, should help,

    After depends your host,

    Regards,

    Thread Starter Mani Kumar

    (@smartprince)

    Putting back file will make visible files in posts … but those media file will not appear in Media Gallery !

    You’re right,

    Putting back file will make visible files in posts … but those media file will not appear in Media Gallery !

    If you have the “wp-media” folder at hand, you can still use the drag and drop to reupload all images in your Media Gallery, and later correct images on every post manually.

    It’s also possible to script that with php/mysql queries and some tricks.

    Regards,

    Thread Starter Mani Kumar

    (@smartprince)

    but if i have 500+ media file ? then ?

    If database is still the same, or you put your backup back on track.
    Fastest way is FTP, reupload all your media files in /wp-content folder (according to month, exact url of every post or custom url structure).

    It will work fine, but for some reason it might not show in media library.

    You can also try backup plugins, if needed some are quite nice because they extend automattic default import/export capabilities (that includes everything on your website, media, database, files).

    Please keep us posted on result,

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