Import of podcast changed GUID’s

  • I just installed PowerPress to our WordPress instance and used the import feature to import an existing podcast stream. Upon reviewing the new stream, it appears the import changed all the GUID’s to include “https://” at the beginning.

    Original GUID:
    <guid isPermaLink=”false”>8F54D983-5AF9-4BF5-AD0B-985862929301</guid>

    Imported GUID:
    <guid isPermaLink=”false”>https://8F54D983-5AF9-4BF5-AD0B-985862929301</guid&gt;

    Anyone else run into this type of issue? Is there an easy way to remove all the imported podcast episodes and retry?

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  • Plugin Author benbeecroft

    (@benbeecroft)

    I suspect this is due to WordPress converting guids to URLs in the process of creating the post. PowerPress does not change the guid but we do rely on the WordPress functions to leave them as-is and more recent versions of WordPress may be converting them to links. We will look into this and try to find a solution.

    Thread Starter superbeta

    (@superbeta)

    Ah, that makes sense with the investigation I’ve continued to do. I had done some updates after the import to some of the more recent posts and found it was those ones that added “https://&#8221; to the beginning of the guid. The posts that were imported but left untouched had the same guid as the original feed.

    Since then, I’ve gone directly into the DB and updated the post guid by removing the appended “https://&#8221;.

    Thank you for your quick response and support!

    Plugin Author benbeecroft

    (@benbeecroft)

    We have experienced this bug in our PowerPress import a couple of years ago, and we fixed it by saving the guid in memory, then updating the guid via DB query after saving the post. Because WordPress messes with the guids, we overwrite the ones they produce with the exact one we pulled from the importing feed.

    If you accidentally went straight to WordPress main RSS importer rather than clicking “Import Podcast” in PowerPress, then this step would be skipped.

    It sounds like you’ve already solved the problem on your site, but if you could answer these questions so that we can diagnose if there’s an issue, that would be great:

    What version of PowerPress are you using?
    Is it possible that you used WordPress’s RSS importer rather than PowerPress podcast importer?

    Thread Starter superbeta

    (@superbeta)

    I’m using PowerPress 8.6.2 on WordPress 5.7.1. I used the import function within the “Get Started” menu option under PowerPress.

    Just to clarify again, the https:// was added to the guid AFTER I updated an imported post entry. I had initially thought it was the import process, however that was my mistake. I had initially completed an import and before checking the guid’s I made some updates to a bunch of the post entries which then updated the guid’s incorrectly. The imported entries I didn’t touch had the correct guids.

    Sorry for any confusion.

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