Import Wordpress Content with Images

[mindschmootz]

I've tried using the wordpress tools (import/export) to import posts/pages and images into another site but it doesn't ever upload or attach the featured images to my posts nor does it load into my media library.

Does anyone know a better way to do this?

[andrea_r]

Did you check the box to make sure it grabs the images?

Are the images still available on the old site?

Have you tried just moving over the wp-content/uploads folder?

[mindschmootz]

I selected the download attachments option (there wasn't an option to select "images") -and that added the images inside the posts but not to the featured image part. I tried copying over the images to the wp-content folder but when i went into the media library in wordpress, it didn't recognize them - do I need to update the path when I do that in the database?

[andrea_r]

No, the import should physically move the images over. You'd only need to change the path if they were hardcoded in the post content.


Edit the post. CLick the image upload button. The image must be listed in the Gallery tab. Uploading an image while editing your post creates an association in the db whereby WP sees the image as "attached" to the post.

[mindschmootz]

That's the odd thing - the images are not listed in the Gallery Tab when I did the import - but they are in the body of the post. It's strange.

[andrea_r]

Can I get a link to your site, so I can go look?

THe link in the body of the post is likely linking to the images on the old site.