id summary reporter owner description type status priority milestone component version severity resolution keywords cc focuses 3241 Blogger importer doesn't maintain existing permalinks (post slug/name) justinsomnia "The current Blogger importer script doesn't grab the existing permalink URL, so post_names (aka slugs) are generated by !WordPress based on the title, which can sometimes differ significantly from those created by Blogger. For instance Blogger limits post names to less than 40 chars (without breaking words), it strips non-ASCII characters, and it removes article words (a, an, the). I've written up more information about the problem along with the fix here: [http://justinsomnia.org/2006/10/maintain-permalinks-moving-from-blogger-to-wordpress/ Maintain permalinks moving from Blogger to WordPress] People moving from a self-hosted Blogger blog to !WordPress are usually keenly aware of wanting to maintain the links to their posts (usually for !PageRank purposes). Unfortunately the current script makes this impossible without manually comparing and updating the post name for every post! Luckily it turns out that importing the Blogger post name is insanely easy (unless there's some scenario I'm not thinking about). In any event, I'm attaching a patch that I've tested successfully on a Blogger blog with 400+ posts." enhancement closed normal Import 2.0.4 normal wontfix