Import duplication

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  dominicparry2003 · Member · Oct 1, 2014 at 9:58 am

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  I am creating a new blog and website (wp.com). I have already imported the posts and comments from my existing blog(wp.com). Whilst I have been developing the new site the old blog has attracted more comments, which ideally I want to import onto the new site. Will a second import from the old blog duplicate all of the posts?

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  amightywp · Member · Oct 1, 2014 at 7:10 pm

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  Hi Ron,

  Yes, if you import your site again, it will indeed duplicate all of your posts (though our developers are currently improving our import tool, so there’s a small possibility that they could roll that improvement out here any day, but I don’t want to give bad information!).

  What you may want to do is have us empty your new blog entirely of posts, comments, and pages. That will allow you to re-import without fear. Customizations such as your theme and settings should stay in place.

  Let me know if that’s what you’d like to do and what the URL of your new blog is (starting with http://) and I’ll see what I can do!

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  dominicparry2003 · Member · Oct 3, 2014 at 4:42 am

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  Thanks
  I will delete the posts in the new site and then import the current blog
  Ron

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  amightywp · Member · Oct 5, 2014 at 4:10 pm

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  Fantastic. Let me know if you run in to any troubles or if you have any questions!