What meta data is compared for wp-lr sync

  • I use wp-lr sync to support publishing to wordpress, it works well from the desktop app but the total-synchronisation plugin can be tricky.

    The workflow I am trying to support is

    • While travelling upload from my camera into my iPad
    • Do first level editing/naming/cropping
    • Upload directly to wordpress using the normal tools
    • When I return home use total-sync to ‘find’ the images I have already uploaded and connect them
    • Run the Lightroom plugin
    • Manually connect any remaining using LR-ID
    • Add the images to the publish service

    It mostly works but is very sensitive and I have a couple of questions/suggestions

    1. When using the WordPress page (MeOw apps page) to enter the LR-ID’s it only works properly if you enter the LR ID’s on the last row
    2. If you do enter the LR-ID on a different row I found the value is only stored if it is the first value entered after refreshing the page. If the LR-ID is entered on as the second value (or more) on a row other than the last row the row is USUALLY refreshed still without the LR-ID just entered.
    3. Refreshing the page then does allow a LR-ID value on any row (but only once unless it is the last row.
    4. I have found the manual linking does not stop the publish service uploading new versions of the manually linked photos (ie. two versions in wordpress) unless Get/Refresh Statistics is pressed at the start of the session.

    Once I learnt these quirks I was able to use it successfully but I wonder if it can be a little simpler

    • When running the Total-Sync automatic match I found the same images never match, I’m not sure but are the dimensions used in comparison? (All the images that failed are resized on upload).
    • If size is used could the match be done without size? It seems that filename and created time would be enough for a very high level of matches
    • If size is not used what are the fields? If I know what is making the matches fail I may be able to make sure those fields are the same.

    The manual process is quite tedious over 100s of images.

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