Can you import single WP posts from one blog to another

Discussion in 'Blogging' started by Andrus, Sep 24, 2010.

  1. #1
    I have about 50 posts on one of the blogs that I want to import to a different one.

    Is there a tool/plugin for it that imports selected posts with all content(images)?

    thanks.
     
    Andrus, Sep 24, 2010 IP
  2. sonasathish

    sonasathish Member

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    #2
    You can import the posts using the WordPress default import option. But the problem is you can't import selected posts.
     
    sonasathish, Sep 25, 2010 IP
  3. extremephp

    extremephp Peon

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    #3
    You can Filter it With Dates Or Authors!

    Perfectly DO-able using the Wordpress Export Import Feature!

    ~ExP~
     
    extremephp, Sep 25, 2010 IP
  4. wptheme

    wptheme Well-Known Member

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    How about if you just dump using the database backup at CP?
     
    wptheme, Sep 25, 2010 IP
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    #5
    I have the same problem, and have been searching for days for the answer.

    I want to include:
    * Text
    * Tags
    * Image
    * Image Title
    * Image Caption
    * Image ALT text
    * Featured Image (thumbnail on home page blurb)

    DETAILS: I created a master blog with about 285 posts, each with one image in the media library (which automatically created two smaller versions as well). Each post has a Featured Image, which displays a thumbnail on the home page only, in the blurbs that show up there. There are about 57 Categories.

    I want to transfer or copy just 5 posts to a different WP installation, on a different domain. Then another 5 or so to yet a different WP installation, on a third domain. And so on until all 280 are done, and placed on the "correct" blog. Many of the blogs/domains are on different servers as well, though I don't think that should matter.

    I tried plugins called Copy Post and Transfer -- neither of which did the trick.

    I tried the Export/Import method, which fails miserably each time. I choose One Category, and it transfers all of them, and it transfers One post, not the 5 in that Category, and it transfers all 2,000 tags, not just the ones associated with those 5 posts in that Category. And the images are not "attached" when I import it, so the media library must be played with laboriously.

    Is there no tool or plugin for this, as the OP asked?? It seems impossible.

    Any help gratefully received!
     
    skyrider, Sep 25, 2010 IP
  6. skyrider

    skyrider Peon

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    #6
    Well, after much digging, it seems this is not possible.

    The only way seems to be to do it manually, pasting the HTML code from the dashboard, and then copying the image and uploading it to the new blog separately.

    That is kinda sucky.
     
    skyrider, Oct 4, 2010 IP
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    Jalpari Notable Member

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    One can import selective post in a matter of minutes by selecting those mysql queries.
     
    Jalpari, Oct 9, 2010 IP
  8. Pixelrage

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    This can be done through PHPmyadmin in your server account. All you have to do is export database 1 to your desktop, import it to the new site, then export the fields that contains the posts from database 1 to database 2 (your current site).
     
    Pixelrage, Oct 14, 2010 IP
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    use WordPress default import option but it can not apply in selective posts
     
    jhng000, Oct 15, 2010 IP