Author names change when importing MT into WP

  • I recently imported a MT blog into WordPress for a friend. The import went smoothly, but for some reason, the author name changed on a bunch of the posts. There are multiple authors, although one person does the majority of the posting. Sadly, that isn’t the name that the post author is defaulting to. Any suggestions?

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  • I’ve had the same problem.
    Could we get some help?
    Thanks!

    I checked my import file.
    The import process was successful but the last post is missing on wordpress.
    Why does it miss that post?
    Thanks

    If you can’t wait for a bugfix, that’s how I “solved”:

    1. backup of your database (assure it creates instructions on how to create tables and it doesn’t keep memory of the auto_increment value)
    2. delete the user and the posts tables
    3. open the backup files and restore the user and posts tables leaving only the default insert queries (those that create the admin user with your password and the hello world post and page)

    NOW

    Set up a local webserver and install wordpress, so that you can import your 8 (or more) mb file without any limitation and without uploading it

    THEN

    Export the posts using the “export” functionality of your local-intalled wordpress: you’ll get an xml file that you can use to restore the posts on your remote website.

    Hope this can help.

    If you have doubts, just ask, I’ll check this posts in the next 2-3 days.

    having the same problem.

    There has got to be an easier way. All I want to do is change the author to the correct person.

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