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What is the proper use of guid for images in wp_posts?
I understand that guid is a unique reference for a post, whether that post is a post or an attachment.
When it's a post, I think guid is self-evident. But what is the correct formulation/destination ...
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Post object GUID adding http:/
In my template I have href="'.$package_link->guid.'"
The resulting HTML is: href="http:/package/download-2023-friday-arrival-monday-departure-weekend-coach-festival-ticket/"
Why ...
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I need to change the attribute of the isPermaLink guid in the Wordpress RSS feed - from false to true
I need to change the attribute of the isPermaLink guid in the Wordpress RSS feed - from false to true.
<guid isPermaLink="false"></guid>
What's the best way to do this without ...
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how to Update guid = "text"+post_name?
in phpmyadmin, i use this SQL command to update all posts that have guid like '%/?p=%' = "https:/bkfast.vn/"+post_name
update lgs_posts set guid='https://bkfast.vn'&'post_name' where ...
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What is the difference between these GUID's in wordpress feed?
My RSS feed currently contains generated post GUIDs URLs that use the post slug:
<guid isPermaLink="false">https://sitename.com/postname/</guid>
However I want to use the ?p=...
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Change old URLs after the domain change
I have setup wordpress on my server, and after some time I've changed the domain name of the installation. However, all of the old urls within the site point to the old domain. How can I change old ...
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I have a site where attachments in the wp_posts table have guid values of guid, how did this happen?
I realise comparing this particular website with all the other WP sites I've built that all the others have the image url in the guid column of the wp_posts table, yet this problem site just has "guid"...
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Is it safe to add a new field to meta_value field?
I'm trying to offload Wordpress images from my web server. I've successfully moved everything over to Amazon AWS and have a syncing mechanism in place that uploads new images to AWS. Now I would like ...
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How to introduce Permalinks into pop-u-lar widget?
I am using the pop-u-lar widget on my blog, which is linking to the selected posts by their "guid"s.
However, the site itself is using human-readable links instead and I want the widget to do the same....
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Add guid filter to attachment in media library grid mode
I'm trying to show in media modal box, attachments from a specific folder in my website and, correct me if I'm wrong, the best way to proceed is a like filter on wp_posts field GUID. Something like ...
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Custom permalink for each post
im importing data from Drupal to WP. I have more than 10 000 posts. Each post have ID, category and slug. For example:
Category> important
ID> 11111
Slug> hello-world
I need to keep permalinks ...
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Creating posts from API data, how to identify posts already imported?
As the title says, I'm using an API to fetch some data which is used to create CPT posts, and need to identify items returned from the API which have already been inserted as posts.
The API returns ...
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Moving WordPress Directory (same domain) - GUID issue?
I have a WordPress installation on a directory within my domain. So, it is like this:
www.example.com/blog/
WordPress is placed in /blog/
I'd like to move the WordPress installation Blog Posts back ...
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Set Attachment Image File URL as GUID
I have a form that uploads images and i want to update the GUID to be the attachment file url after WP generates the metadata.
I tried to use wp_update_post, but seems that is not updating the guid.
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How to change all the guid in posts table?
Recently I have transferred my WordPress from development server to live server. I noticed that I have to change all the "guid" with live domain url. Is there any mysql query or simple function ...
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How to identifty post from its URL in 404 page?
Why GUID is such unstable? Some of the post's GUID are pretty permalinked, but most of them are default. I's using Pippin's function to get the post_id from its GUID, but it's not working if my site ...
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GUID to related post not in current language
I'm having problems with related posts and the link to them. I'm using the plugin Posts 2 Posts to create connections between posts.
I also have three languages in wordpress website (french, english,...
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Are there some caveats for using guids for FB comments
I'm using Facebook comments box and just realized that when we use
<div class="fb-comments" data-href="<?php the_permalink(); ?>" data-width="100%" data-numposts="5"></div> and then ...
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Is it risky if I update all url in the database due to my site url changed?
Let's say I have a wordpress site on a subdomain.
Initially, I created the site with "www." >>> www.mysite.mainsite.com
Now, I'd like to change site url to only mysite.mainsite.com without www ...
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GUID URL Question
I had a website that needed to be re-done, so I hosted a new dev site (not locally) with a temporary domain. The dev/new site was completed and I then moved the domain from the old site to the dev/new ...
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Why is it bad to use the GUID?
I recently upgraded my WP version from 3.2.x to 3.5.x. In the process, the WP functions that retrieve images (wp_get_attachment_image_src, get_the_post_thumbnail, etc) are now broken. I had to change ...
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wp_posts - guid update
Hello and please excuse if this has been answered before but we really need to make sure.
We have developed a website under a domain of ours and then moved it to the live site of the client. We have ...
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problem with guid, when i change the folder name
I'm new to WordPress. I started the site as good with folder name wordpress. After I changed the folder name from wordpress to test. And also change the siteurl from http://localhost/wordpress to http:...
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Inserting post_id into guid before wp_insert_post
I would like to insert data into the wp_posts table with the inserted post_id in the 'guid' for a record that doesn't already exist. Below is the closest I've gotten but this doesn't work ($postarr['...
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One reason for changing the GUID
I create product custom posts from an external data suscription, populating some custom fields and displaying product specifications automatically.
As there are a lot of these products, the manual ...
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GUID not updated on import
I've exported data from my dev server and imported it to my prod server.
One template is listing child pages and uses $page->guid to get link to page.
The problem is that this link still points to ...
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Moving WP install from local to live, what about wp_posts GUID?
Done this before and i am still wondering what to do with the wp_posts => guid content, which has reference to http://localhost
But at wordpress.org documentation it clearly states:
Never, ever, ...
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media 'path' issue / concern when bringing files live
I'm currently developing a site we have installed on a sub-domain.
'beta.mysite.com'
We will eventually, be moving site to it's root domain.
'www.mysite.com'
Problem?
any post type attachment / the ...
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Change custom post type GUID in RSS
So i got the RSS feed which output some custom post types, but the GUID looks bad to me, it's like:
?post_type=mycustompost&p=124
The reason i want to change this is that I don't need people to ...
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GUID field in wp_posts - relevance for attachments?
How significant is the guid field in wp_posts?
I'm doing a migration and adding a lot of images to the table (via wp_insert_attachment, wp_generate_attachment_metadata and ...
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Importing Direct to DB - GUID Question
I've got a CSV file of new posts which I'll be importing straight into the database.
Is it safe to give a GUID of http://domain/?p=[n] where [n] is any number, as long as it's not a duplicate of an ...
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Duplicate Posts using Feedwordpress
Feedwordpress has an issue with creating duplicate posts. This duplication does not happen predictably, however, so it is hard to debug it. I need to be able to reproduce duplicating posts before I ...
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Problem with guids and absolute links
Post and page guids include the full absolute URL of my site (e.g. http://www.example.com/wordpress/?p=1). This causes a problem if the domain, or wordpress path changes, or if I'm viewing the site ...
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