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Unable to import the same image to multiple posts

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big asked 2 weeks ago on August 7, 2025 at 5:47 pm

My CSV file contains fields for images that will be attached to a post. The images are not the featured image. Some images are shared between different posts. 

For the permissions for the image field, I have two options (see attachment):
• Always download new files
• Search media library before downloading new files

If I select ” Search media library before downloading new files”, then the image will only be attached to the first post that uses the image. If later posts (in the same import) use that same image, the image won’t be attached to those later posts.

If I select “Always download new files”, then the image will be attached to all posts that use the image. However, the image will be duplicated in the media library for each post. 

Is there any way to attach an image to all posts that use the image without duplicating it in the media library?

 

 

 

J

James replied Support Agent

2 weeks ago on August 7, 2025 at 10:07 pm

Hi,

Sorry i am not 100% following your issue, can you please explain in a step by step guide (outside of the importer) how you would share an image between multiple posts in wordpress, and then followed by a step by step guide on how i would know an image is shared between multiple posts.

Once i know this, i can try to resolve the issue.

James