Need to backdate posts – manually recreating a site
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I think the short question is: when creating a post by email is it possible to set the original publication date to the correct past date when the post was originally added (to the former site)?
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I’m helping a friend recreate her blog which was unfortunately totally lost when the small local provider suddenly went bellyup. In short, no backup is available. The site luckily has just a few static pages but over one hundred posts.I have discovered the joy (!) of creating posts by email (using a generated wordpress.com address) which supports a number of shortcodes. She can do this herself. With one more feature, this email technique would be perfect for her needs.
That feature is: set the original publication date when adding an old post to the new recreated site.
I cannot find a shortcode that will do that?
I have seen that it is possible to created custom shortcodes, and if that appears to be a viable solution, I’ll have a go at it.
I do see how to manually change the post date but would prefer to avoid that, as well as to learn a better way to handle what must be a common enough need.
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