Comment import fails when post IDs differ
Comments fail to import with a post does not exist error when post IDs differ between sites, because matching only uses numeric IDs.
Tier II · Emerging Problems that are still building up.
4 public reports · first reported 10 December 2020 · last reported 9 May 2025
What's going wrong
Site owners moving comments to a new WordPress install report that many rows fail with a post-does-not-exist error, even when the post ID in the CSV looks correct.
AI-assisted: written with the help of AI from the reports. The idea report has the full summary.
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