Elementor metadata not being applied to content

  • Resolved createandcode

    (@createandcode)


    8 years ago

    Hey guys,

    Love this plugin – great work – we use it currently with our StartRight theme
    https://createandcode.com/wordpress-themes/startright/

    We recently added support for the Elementor Page Builder.
    Our demodata contains postmeta key/values for Elementor.

    When you import the xml file via either the current WordPress Importer (i.e. Tools -> Import -> WordPress) or the new version you guys bundle (i.e. https://github.com/humanmade/WordPress-Importer) the postmeta is imported correctly and applied correctly to the content on the frontend.

    When we exact same file is imported via this plugin – the postmeta does look to be imported into the DB – but is NOT applied to the content on the frontend for some reason.

    Demo data file is here
    https://assets.createandcode.com/startright/demo-data/content-all.xml

    Test case example if you want is the page titled “Home” (i.e. search for <title>Home</title>

    Let me know if you need anything else.

    Colm

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  • Plugin Author Gregor Capuder

    (@capuderg)

    Hi Colm,

    thanks for these kind words ??

    I’ve never used the Elementor Page Builder, so I would have to test it out… I’m pretty busy this weekend, but I will try to test it by the end of next week. I develop this plugin in my free time, so I hope you understand…

    From the top of my head I don’t know what could cause this, because we are using almost the same code as the https://github.com/humanmade/WordPress-Importer importer. And if the database entries look good, then I don’t know what may cause the different outcome.

    Anyway I’ll have a look at this next week.

    Take care!

    Plugin Author Gregor Capuder

    (@capuderg)

    Hi,

    I’ve just tested your import.

    Only the original WP importer, was able to import the Elementor data correctly. The WP importer 2.0 had the same result as our OCDI plugin, which is expected. Did you really have a successful import with WP importer 2.0? Could you please make another test import with WP importer 2.0…

    Take care!

    Thread Starter createandcode

    (@createandcode)

    Hey there,

    Did you really have a successful import with WP importer 2.0? Could you please make another test import with WP importer 2.0…

    I see what I did here. In my original test while I had WP Importer 2.0 installed and activated, I still had the WP Importer 0.63 installed and activated – which actually gives you an import screen that looks like this

    View post on imgur.com

    I assumed that was a temp UI for WP Importer 2.0 ??

    I see now that I’ve deactivated WP Importer 0.63 that WP Importer 2.0 has a much better UI. I also now see that the Elementor import failure issue persists with WP Importer 2.0 (clearly in my original test when I still had both Importer plugins active, the original importer must have completed the import).

    Ok so now it would appear the issue is with WP Importer 2.0 not correctly importing Elementor postmeta. Hmmm – not sure what to do now – I guess I could throw it up as a github issue for WP Importer 2.0? I’m sure the Elementor guys will be very worried if their postmeta will not be compatible with the new WP importer!

    Colm

    Plugin Author Gregor Capuder

    (@capuderg)

    Hi Colm,

    that was a great idea (GH issue)… I see that the issue has been closed already, so the Elementor guys will add the filter for the WP 2.0 importer and everything will work ok then ??

    Have a nice day!

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