Transferring blog content from one WordPress site to another is a predicament that so many WordPress website owners faced in the course of building their blogs.
The process of moving particular posts and/or pages to a new blog entails moving table rows from a database to another. And without the special knowledge of MySQL and a perfect idea of how databases work, there would be a serious challenge as a database management tool would have to be used directly.
Kudos to the Official WordPress Importer which is now a more realistic solution as it makes it possible to export any post to another site with the use of an XML file.
With the XML file, you can transfer:
- Pages, blog posts or any type of custom post
- Post Meta & Custom Fields
- Blog Authors
- Blog Comments; and
- Tags and categories
In today's training tutorial, I'll show you the key steps to importing and exporting posts and pages from one WordPress site to another. The process of getting this done doesn't require any special knowledge of MySQL at all.
Now, in order to be able to do the transfer successfully, you must have the login details to both sites. It would also be ideal to do a back-up for both sites before the transfer process takes place at all. This would make restoration a feasibility in case of any problem or issue.
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ecocatherine
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Hi Israel,
This is very interesting. I have an old site with about 150 posts. However, I made the mistake of knocking out content really fast while not paying attention to the small, but really important details:
URLs
Keywords
Image names etc
As a result, I have lots of useful content that isn't getting ranked. I too know that it is bad to change URLs or content once published. So... I am considering building a new website.
Now for the questions:
1. Is it best to make the post improvements on the old site before moving it to the new one?
2. Do the new posts automatically have the URLS of the new site?
e.g.
Old. www.about-going-green.com/home-exercise-routines
New www.aboutgoinggreen.com/home-exercise-routines
3. Some of my posts have been developed in ThriveThemes, will this work be transferred over too?
I really appreciate your help!
This is very interesting. I have an old site with about 150 posts. However, I made the mistake of knocking out content really fast while not paying attention to the small, but really important details:
URLs
Keywords
Image names etc
As a result, I have lots of useful content that isn't getting ranked. I too know that it is bad to change URLs or content once published. So... I am considering building a new website.
Now for the questions:
1. Is it best to make the post improvements on the old site before moving it to the new one?
2. Do the new posts automatically have the URLS of the new site?
e.g.
Old. www.about-going-green.com/home-exercise-routines
New www.aboutgoinggreen.com/home-exercise-routines
3. Some of my posts have been developed in ThriveThemes, will this work be transferred over too?
I really appreciate your help!
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Israel17
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You're much welcome onboard, ecocatherine! Here are the answers to your three questions:
Answer One: You can actually make any sort of improvement on a post you wish to move to another site, and once you've moved the post, those changes will follow suit.
Answer Two: Yes, those posts will automatically have the URLs of the new WordPress site.
Answer Three: So far they've been published after you finished developing them using Thrive Themes, they will remain intact even if they are moved to another site on WordPress.
Israel Olatunji
Answer One: You can actually make any sort of improvement on a post you wish to move to another site, and once you've moved the post, those changes will follow suit.
Answer Two: Yes, those posts will automatically have the URLs of the new WordPress site.
Answer Three: So far they've been published after you finished developing them using Thrive Themes, they will remain intact even if they are moved to another site on WordPress.
Israel Olatunji
Israel17
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ecocatherine
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Israel17
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Socialbug766
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I moved posts from one site to a new website. I am no longer going to be posting to the old website. What is the best way to handle this? It looks like from posts below that I will be okay to leave the old website up for 2-3 months and then delete it correct?
Israel17
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Yeah, you will never need to post to the old website. All your posts now go to your new website. Exactly once you've let your former website redirect properly to the new one, you can then delete the old one at a later time. Thanks for visiting!
Israel Olatunji
Israel Olatunji
AlexandriaD1
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Israel17
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Yes, it does work for all WordPress websites, friend! Thanks for stopping by! Wish you success in your online endeavors!
Israel Olatunji
Israel Olatunji
TMcKeever
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Thanks for this training. I just moved some posts from one category from one of my blogs to one of my new blogs where that moved category is the main purpose for the new blog.
Question is, what is the best way to delete all of those post (and it is a good amount) from the old site? I will get dinged if Google and others read that the content is duplicate content, right?
I never thought about the amount of work now that I am going to have to do to make these post good for the new blog. All of those links that were moved now need to be changed and redirected also.
Question is, what is the best way to delete all of those post (and it is a good amount) from the old site? I will get dinged if Google and others read that the content is duplicate content, right?
I never thought about the amount of work now that I am going to have to do to make these post good for the new blog. All of those links that were moved now need to be changed and redirected also.
TMcKeever
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Oh No!!! I did start to delete some from my other blog that I moved to my new blog. I will stop now for sure because I do not want to hurt my traffic on the blog that I exported from.
Will Google ding me if it shows I have repeated content out there on 2 sites? I am going to try and create new add-on content with the imported content but it will take a long time as I exported a whole category from the one site to the new site.
I may have bitten off more than I should have. Any created input anyone has is completely welcomed.
Will Google ding me if it shows I have repeated content out there on 2 sites? I am going to try and create new add-on content with the imported content but it will take a long time as I exported a whole category from the one site to the new site.
I may have bitten off more than I should have. Any created input anyone has is completely welcomed.
Israel17
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Thanks a lot, Petra! I also learned this the hard way experientially. One should never delete in order to avoid getting 404 messages and all of that and many bounce rates in Google Analytics. Thanks for your wonderful contribution, my friend! Really appreciate this! Keep rocking your blog. Keep rocking WA. Keep rocking the online world. You're indeed a rocking blogger. Thanks for your visit!
Israel Olatunji
Israel Olatunji
Israel17
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Sorry about that, friend! You shouldn't have deleted immediately though, but waited for at least 2-3 months first before deleting. Not to worry at all! Just make sure you stop deleting until after this period lest you lose most of your returning visitors. Thanks for your visit!
Israel Olatunji
Israel Olatunji
Israel17
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Thanks for your comment, my friend! Petra replied to your inquiry properly. Kudos to Petra! He's a rocking blogger. Thanks!
Israel Olatunji
Israel Olatunji
Israel17
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Thanks for this, my friend! Google recognizes you as the rightful owner of the content even for as long as the content remains on the site you exported from. Thanks for getting back! Wish you much success in the online world!
Israel Olatunji
Israel Olatunji
Israel17
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Thanks for getting back, TMcKeever! Just leave the content for a couple of months. Google recognizes that you're the rightful owner of the content you exported. Don't worry at all. Wish you much success in your online endeavors!
Israel Olatunji
Israel Olatunji
Israel17
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Don't worry at all, SylviaMG. As you continue moving forward in your business leveraging the amazing tools and resources available at WA as well as asking questions on the Live chat platform and elsewhere, you'll surely continue growing in the knowledge of the business. In case you may need to move posts or pages from one WordPress site to another in the future, bookmark this resource. It will surely save you some stress then. Thanks for stopping by!
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