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I have used the Wordpress Importer plugin to export content from site 1 and import into site 2.

When exporting content, i selected "All content" and downloaded the export XML file.

Then when i imported the XML file into site 2, i selected "Download & Import File attachments". Though i got a bunch of errors at the end of the process saying that "Failed to import media", i see that all posts and pages have got the corresponding images in them.

But what i saw is that, the image is referring to the first site. I am not sure whether this is the default behavior of Wordpress Importer.

Is there a good plugin that can fetch all images from site 1 to site 2, while importing content?

Otherwise, what i am planning to do is to copy all media images (wp-content/uploads folder) from site 1 to site 2, and then before importing XML file of site 1 into site 2, change the media links of XML file, to point to site 2. It is suggested in a forum page.

But i see that this approach is an odd one. Can someone suggest me a better way to tackle this?

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    I'd guess you need to copy the wp-content/uploads directory across too?
    – Rup
    Jun 25, 2014 at 13:20
  • @Rup That is what i am referring to in my question, if there is no plugin that can efficiently import media content. I have to copy the entire "uploads" directory content from site 1 to site 2.
    – shasi kanth
    Jun 25, 2014 at 13:22
  • Are those sites hosted on the same server?
    – Abhik
    Nov 20, 2015 at 19:06
  • No, they are hosted on different servers.
    – shasi kanth
    Nov 23, 2015 at 6:55

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If the url changed for your new site you'll have to do a search and replace of the old urls in your database. Always make a backup first.

See this Codex reference to do this safely: http://codex.wordpress.org/Moving_WordPress#When_Your_Domain_Name_or_URLs_Change

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    Yes, he says he's planning to do that in the XML export.
    – Rup
    Jun 25, 2014 at 17:51

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