Images not showing on old blog posts after move from wordpress.org

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  doublespacephoto · Member · Oct 11, 2014 at 12:34 pm

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  I recently transferred my old blog from a wordpress.org platform. The process went smoothly and all looked good, until I deleted my old blog. It appears that while all the old images appear in my media library, they do not show on all the posts that were published prior to the transfer (see here for example: http://doublespacephoto.wordpress.com/2014/05/13/architectural-photography-jockey-club-innovation-tower-zaha-hadid/). It seems that all the images are still linking to the old blog address instead of the wordpress.com library.

  Is there a way to fix this without having to re-insert the images into all my blog posts?

  Thanks

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

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Oct 13, 2014 at 2:29 am

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  Hi there,

  I see what you mean! So, I was looking through that page and I found that you were linking to an image from:

  http://doublespacephoto.com/

  For example one of the missing images is:

  

  That image is not in your WordPress.com Media > Library as seen here:

  https://doublespacephoto.wordpress.com/wp-admin/upload.php

  If the old site remained up you would be able to still link to that image, but since it has been deleted, the image is not viewable.

  Unfortunately, you will have to upload the image to your library and link to it directly from there to be able to view the image.

  Please let me know if you have any questions!

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  doublespacephoto · Member · Oct 14, 2014 at 3:07 am

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  Thanks for the response.
  In fact, the photos have all uploaded onto the wordpress.com platform. The problem is that, as you pointed out, the image links still direct to the old blog instead of directing to their new location.

  In the case of the image you refer to, it is at this URL:
  https://doublespacephoto.files.wordpress.com/2014/05/doublespace_innovation_tower_hong_kong_zaha_hadid_architects-58.jpg

  So in essence, I am asking if there is a way to point all the old image links from doublespacephoto.com/wp-content/…. to doublespacephoto.files.wordpress.com.

  Thanks

  y.

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Oct 14, 2014 at 3:30 am

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  Hi there,

  Unfortunately, that wouldn’t be possible. Since the old blog was deleted you would need to re-link the images as seen in our support guide here:

  Export Your Website’s Content

  The current version of the WordPress.org installation gives you the option to import uploaded files, but the blog you are importing from must be live and serving images properly in order for it to work. So, do not delete your blog until after media files have successfully been imported into the new blog.

  This would be the same if you were moving from .org to .com.

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  doublespacephoto · Member · Oct 15, 2014 at 10:37 pm

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  I managed to restore my old blog and was wondering if you could help me out fixing this.
  As I mentioned earlier my wordpress.com media library already has all the old images uploaded to it, however they all link to the old blog. Now that I have restored the old blog, I can see the images again, as expected.

  What do I need to do to have the old blog posts link to the images on wordpress.com rather than the old blog?

  Thanks

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  gracejiyoung · Member · Oct 16, 2014 at 2:23 am

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  Hi there,

  I have responded to you privately. Please check your email and respond from there if you have any questions.