replace content with fresh import

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  marymulv · Member · Jun 4, 2013 at 9:12 am

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  Hi there,

  I created a new blog and imported all my content (from my old blog) without realising I needed to replace the defunct domain. I understand that I can export my content and then do a search and replace (replacing old domain with new domain) but wondering the best steps to do this:

  1) If I just import that content again with it replace the existing content or will 2 copies be created?

  2) If I need to get rid of the existing content – how can I delete just the posts and not the images? So that when I reimport the content the posts still contain the correct references to the images

  I couldn’t find any specific help on this so I hope you can offer a pointer in the right direction.

  Kind regards,

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  kathrynwp · Staff · Jun 4, 2013 at 6:40 pm

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  I created a new blog and imported all my content (from my old blog) without realising I needed to replace the defunct domain.

  Would you mind providing a link to the site in question and explain what the problem is with a specific example?

  1) If I just import that content again with it replace the existing content or will 2 copies be created?

  If the post IDs are the same, the importer should recognize and not re-import duplicates.

  2) If I need to get rid of the existing content – how can I delete just the posts and not the images? So that when I reimport the content the posts still contain the correct references to the images

  You can use the bulk-edit tool to delete just the posts.

  http://en.support.wordpress.com/posts/edit-posts-screen/#deleting-posts

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  marymulv · Member · Jun 5, 2013 at 10:47 am

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  Thank you for the response:

  http://mary-mulvihill.com/

  So – if post-ids are the same will the importer replace the fresh content with the old content?

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  marymulv · Member · Jun 5, 2013 at 10:48 am

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  Sorry! I mean will the importer replace the old content with the fresh content in the xml file (I am sure you know what I mean?)

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  helper-heroponriki · Member · Jun 6, 2013 at 3:18 pm

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  Hello! Kathryn is out, so I’m taking over for her!

  So – if post-ids are the same will the importer replace the fresh content with the old content?

  No, the importer will skip any existing matching post IDs.

  I hope that clarifies things!