batch-editing visibility on imported blogs

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  isamguy0 · Member · Jan 9, 2010 at 9:27 pm

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  Hi, I recently imported my LJ, which contained both private and public posts

  however, as I will be using my WP in a professional capacity, I was wondering
  how to make ALL of my imported LJ posts PRIVATE, without going through years of posts and manually updating individual privacy settings… like a batch-edit function?

  [or if i could switch just those public LJ posts to WP ‘password-protected’ posts so my friends could still follow the unprofessional journal… but i would settle for anything]

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 9, 2010 at 9:34 pm

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  Sadly, you get to go through years of LJ posts and set them private one by one. Afraid our batch-processing here is quite limited.

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  isamguy0 · Member · Jan 9, 2010 at 9:59 pm

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  Compromise,

  I can go through each PAGE of posts, select all, and bulk-edit ‘status’ to private

  so i guess 22 pages of posts isn’t TOO bad, i won’t ever have to do it again
  here we go

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  isamguy0 · Member · Jan 9, 2010 at 10:27 pm

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  and actually, in dashboard > posts (list view), you can control with ‘screen options’ how man posts are viewed per page… changing default 20 to 150 allowed me to set all previous posts as private quickly

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  raincoaster · Member · Jan 9, 2010 at 10:51 pm

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  Ah, that’s a very clever workaround. Thanks for reporting it.