Migrating posts where some content already copied

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    zerameth · Member ·

    Hi,

    I want to migrate several posts (in a unique category) from my first website to a new one.

    I’ve already copy-pasted 4 posts (re-uploading images etc) because I was in a rush to add some content to the new site and at the time I hadn’t looked into how to export/migrate the posts. I updated those 4 posts, so they are no longer exactly the same as the originals, plus I didn’t copy/move the comments over.

    I’ve now read up on how to do the exporting but I think I’ve made life difficult for myself with these 4 copy-pasted posts when it comes to both re-directing and moving the existing comments (which I haven’t copied over)!

    What’s the best/easiest solution?

    It would help to know more about redirection, i.e. can I choose for each individual post WHERE it gets redirected to? Or do the plugins automatically redirect to the exported file and you can’t override that?

    Thanks for any advice!
    Sara

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  • supernovia · Staff ·

    Hi Sara, tricky situation! Do any of the copy-pasted posts have comments on the new site yet? If not, I’d recommend:

    – Changing the permalinks links on the copied posts

    – Importing the old site

    – Copying the updated content to the old posts that include comments

    It would help to know more about redirection, i.e. can I choose for each individual post WHERE it gets redirected to? Or do the plugins automatically redirect to the exported file and you can’t override that?

    Can you send a few links you would be redirecting from and to?

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