koenvrancken

Hi Allen, thanks for the update.
I will upload the new import_posts.php today and let you know in a few days.

btw: my own ‘hacking’ resolved the duplicate issue, but I’ve got this feeling that updates are missing now (did not really check on that, but I used to a have a 10-15 new posts a day, now only got 2), so I rather use your update!

I did some more research, my – final – findings:

1. the meta_value rssmi_source_link is not inserted into the database if the multi importer is run by the Cron job (manager) –> is causing the duplicates, because the search always fails.

2. In the previous release the plugin also checked on duplicates by titles, but this code had been ‘deactived’ (comment // ) so therefore this check is no longer working.

3. Some RSS feeds are not processed. I don’t know why. Is it because the limits of Number of Entries per Feed to Fetch and Number of Total Post Entries per Fetch are reached? (15 feeds, I set this to 100 / 800)

4. the meta_value rssmi_source_link is inserted into the database if the multi importer is run manually (through the admin interface).

1+2 Make the plugin to create duplicates. This mechanisme might by failing for a longer time, but in the past the duplicate check on the title prevented duplicate posts … IMHO … !!

I removed the comments for the duplicate check on titles and will report on any (new) findings within a few days.

Cheers,
Koen

I had the same issue here. All my rss feeds are custom made (build by myself or i use feed43.com and do validate. The feeds did not change before/since the upgrade of Multi-importer). But then duplicate posts started to occur. I checked the url and title’s of the duplicates (as registered in the database), and they are all identical (!!) So in theory, this should not happen.

I have about 15 rss feeds. It worked fine until the upgrade.

Most posts are kept ‘pending’ (and never published, I had around 200 post marked as pending).

I just removed all the rss feeds, disabled the feed to post setting. Moved all pending posts to trash. Re-entered the rss feeds again and activated the feed-to-post setting.

For now it works. New rss feeds (I forced some to update) are recognised and existing (unmodified) feeds are ignored.

I will watch the behaviour of the plug-in the next few days, if there are any problems, i will post a message.

Cheers,
Koen