How to Update Existing WordPress Data?

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Import WP Updated 7 months ago 1 Reply

Ahmad asked 7 months ago on April 15, 2024 at 7:51 pm

How to update existing posts to match with existing records, without giving me an error?

I manually created them

J

James replied Support Agent

7 months ago on April 16, 2024 at 6:57 pm

Hi Ahmad,

To update existing posts, when you are selecting your template fields (https://www.importwp.com/docs/template-fields/) and populating them from your csv or xml file, you need to add a field that will connect to an existing post this could be the post ID, name, title, or a custom field.

Then on the permissions step under the unique identifier field (https://www.importwp.com/docs/permissions/#use-a-template-field-as-the-unique-identifier) you need to set it to "select a template field to be used", and select the previously mentioned field.

You then need to make sure you have the update permission enabled, and then if required you can restrict which fields should be updated.

James