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WordPress: convert posts to jetpack portfolio entries

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Executive summary

Use the import + export tool and a text editor to replace a few data points.

Export your posts to xml
Use a text editor with a search + replace tool to replace a few fields
Import the updated xml

Search + replace details

Format
- S: search string
- R: replace string

convert categories to portfolio types

S: domain="category"
R: domain="jetpack-portfolio-type"

convert tags to portfolio tags

S: domain="post_tag"
R: domain="jetpack-portfolio-tag"

convert post type to jetpack portfolio type

S: <wp:post_type><![CDATA[post]]></wp:post_type>
R: <wp:post_type><![CDATA[jetpack-portfolio]]></wp:post_type>

update url link

use the regular expression option for this search
S: <link>https://example.com/\d{4}/\d{2}/
R: <link>https://example.com/portfolio/
summary: converts <link>https://example.com/2005/07/project-slug/</link> becomes <link>https://example.com/portfolio/project-slug/</link>

update guid field

S: <guid isPermaLink="false">https://example.com/?p=
R: <guid isPermaLink="false">https://example.com/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&p=
summary: <guid isPermaLink="false">https://example.com/?p=158</guid> becomes <guid isPermaLink="false">https://example.com/?post_type=jetpack-portfolio&p=158</guid>

Once you import, WordPress does the rest. WP creates all the tags and types and updates all the ids.

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