Cannot reimport files that were already imported via the plug-in

1. If one accidentally forgets to set the “Set the imported date” to “File Time” (which should be the default — at least for site migration) instead of “Current Time”, the damage cannot be undone:

I’d suggest the proper way to fix this is to Delete the Media item and re-import.

2. When migrating a site with many years of contents, it is a bit tedious

This plugin isn’t designed for site migration, full stop. Please don’t use it for such. Please use a proper import/export tool for that job. If you’re forced into re-creating a site, use something like wp-cli in a batch import mode.

3. When importing from existing folders under wp-content/uploads/<year>/<month>, you could consider a third option for import date:

I think I’m likely to remove the post/file date options and just force it to the current date (unless in a from an existing folder – than that date, which is supposed to be supported in the plugin at present when using file-date I believe)

This plugin is 8 years old and not maintained, treat it as such.

Thanks for your reply!

1. If one accidentally forgets to set the “Set the imported date” to “File Time” (which should be the default — at least for site migration) instead of “Current Time”, the damage cannot be undone:

I’d suggest the proper way to fix this is to Delete the Media item and re-import.

Yeah, ok. I guess this is more of a “nice to have”.

This plugin isn’t designed for site migration, full stop. Please don’t use it for such. Please use a proper import/export tool for that job. If you’re forced into re-creating a site, use something like wp-cli in a batch import mode.

wp-cli is not possible for this client’s site as it is only accessible through FTP. I did use WordPress export/import tools to move the posts. Unfortunately, those tools does not handle file attachments well. One can chose to import file attachments, but they then get imported with references to the old site. Instead a manual file transfer of wp-content/uploads and search/replace in the WP moves the media files properly. However, the file attachments are then not part of the media library, which is where your tool comes in very handy :-), but perhaps there is better way to do this.

I understand that your tool is not a migration tool as such, but I could imagine that it is used as part of site migrations quite a lot due to its feature of being able to get media files that have been manually transferred properly registered in the media library.

I think I’m likely to remove the post/file date options and just force it to the current date (unless in a from an existing folder – than that date, which is supposed to be supported in the plugin at present when using file-date I believe)

Sounds like a good way to deal with it!

This plugin is 8 years old and not maintained, treat it as such.

It is a free plug-in, so I can understand that you may not wish to spend a lot of time on it, but it is a good plug-in that comes in very handy, so no need consider it old!

Thanks a lot for developing and maintaining it. It definitely made my job easier :-).

Btw, I used it with WP 4.9.4 and it seems to work just fine.

Best regards,

Frank

• This reply was modified 7 years ago by orionfmsg.
• This reply was modified 7 years ago by orionfmsg.