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I've registered a custom post type:

function create_gallery_post_type() {
  register_post_type( 'sim_gallery',
    array(
      'labels' => array(
        'name' => __( 'Sim Gallery' )
      ),
      'public' => true,
      'has_archive' => true,
      'menu_position' => 10,
      'description' => "Post for displaying gallery"
    )
  );
}

Now I'm trying to import the content from my staging server to my dev server.
During the import process, I get the feedback that it failed to import all my custom post.

So clicking 'Sim Gallery' in the left navigation panel, shows zero posts.

But if I look at the database, wp_posts, I can actually see the posts.
If I try to create a post with a name that is already registered, I get somename-2 where -2 indicates that a post by the same name is already registered.

So my question is:

1) Why does the wp import function say that it failed to import my cistom posts?
2) Why are my custo mpost not shown in the post listing in the backend?

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  • Why not import data using a sql dump ?
    – soju
    Apr 19, 2012 at 8:37
  • Because exporting wia WP is a lot easier than having to login to server and get access to PHPMyAdmin through cPanel.
    – Steven
    Apr 19, 2012 at 21:06
  • easier is not necessarily proper.
    – soju
    Apr 19, 2012 at 21:11
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    @soju - FYI, doing a SQL dump to export data is considered last resort. It is not the recommended first step.
    – Steven
    Apr 21, 2012 at 9:19
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    Where did you read this ???
    – soju
    Apr 21, 2012 at 12:49

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Have you tried removing the underscore from your Custom Post Type name? I ran into an issue a few weeks ago that was resolved when I changed to only alphabetical characters.

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  • hmm.... that defeats the purpose of avoiding getting the custom attribs in the drop down list. But I'll do a test with this and see if this solves the issue. If yes, then I consider this a "bug".
    – Steven
    May 9, 2012 at 12:33
  • It's not really a bug, because the actual name of the post type ('sim_gallery') is only used internally. If you change it, of course, you'll need to change the post_type field in the database to match as well.
    – SickHippie
    May 9, 2012 at 17:00

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