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Opened 15 years ago

Closed 15 years ago

#10793 closed enhancement (worksforme)

Add original post's permalink to imported post during WordPress Import

Reported by: bigdawggi's profile bigdawggi Owned by:
Milestone: Priority: normal
Severity: normal Version:
Component: Import Keywords: has-patch reporter-feedback
Focuses: Cc:

Description

The import of a WordPress export doesn't bring the posts' prior url with it (like the blogger import does).

This patch adds a post_meta field to the new (imported) post that contains the original post's permalink.

The suggested patch is attached.

Attachments (1)

import_postmeta_patch.diff​ (611 bytes) - added by bigdawggi 15 years ago.

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Change History (4)

@bigdawggi
15 years ago

#1 @scribu
15 years ago

  • Keywords reporter-feedback added; wordpress import post_meta post meta export removed

Please give an example of a "legacy" url and what the new url looks like

#2 @scribu
15 years ago

  • Component changed from General to Import
  • Keywords has-patch added

#3 @nacin
15 years ago

  • Milestone Unassigned deleted
  • Resolution set to worksforme
  • Status changed from new to closed

Re-open with feedback for what this is trying to achieve.

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