Migrate WordPress posts with post image

Such articles are usually created for a reason. In our case, we had to migrate posts from a very large and complex blog, i.e. transfer them from one WordPress installation to another.

Such articles are usually created for a reason. In our case, we had to migrate posts from a very large and complex blog, i.e. transfer them from one WordPress installation to another. During the final transfer of posts using the usual WordPress export/import function, however, the post images suddenly no longer migrated.

So we looked for ways to export the posts and import them into the new website in such a way that the post images would actually be migrated.

We tried these two plugins, but they did not produce any results:

Both plugins were successfully used by other WordPress users, but not in our situation.

However, a successful migration of the posts including post images was possible with this plugin:

How it works

  1. Install and activate the plugin.
  2. Unter „Werkzeuge“ / „Daten exportieren“ Beiträge auswählen, und eventuell eine Eingrenzung vornehmen. Wenn es viele Beiträge pro Monat gibt, dann vielleicht Exportdateien für einen Zeitraum von ein bis drei Monaten erzeugen. Wenn die Export-Datei etwa ein MB groß ist, sollte der Import klappen. Unter Umständen müssen Sie etwas experimentieren.
  3. Setzen Sie ein Häkchen bei „Export Media with selected content“
Export Media With Selected Content
  1. In der neuen Website unter „Werkzeuge“ / „Daten importieren“ den „WordPress Import“ aktivieren und dann eine Datei nach der anderen importieren. Das wird pro Datei etwas Zeit (zwischen ein paar Sekunden und einigen Minuten) in Anspruch nehmen.
WordPress Importieren

This should now also include the post images.

If you still do not have all the images on the new server, you can copy the missing images using FTP (the wp-content/uploads directory).

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Heinz Duschanek
Heinz Duschanek

Heinz Duschanek founded the online marketing agency E-Werkstatt in 2003. Having previously worked in radio (Radio CD International, Ö1, Ö3), he is now particularly pleased with the direction that online marketing is taking. This gives him an excuse to buy lots of electrical devices and gadgets for audio and video.

Heinz is also interested in Tango Argentino (since 2009), Lindy Hop, Wing-Tsun, boxing and (jazz/blues) guitar.

One comment

  1. Thank you very much for this helpful article! That's exactly what I was looking for! Worked wonderfully with the plugin! Thank you very much!

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