Title: Cannot Import Previously Imported Items
Last modified: February 8, 2023

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# Cannot Import Previously Imported Items

 *  Resolved [wpbroken2much](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpbroken2much/)
 * (@wpbroken2much)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-import-previously-imported-items/)
 * Last year I broke a category off from a site into its own. That turned out to
   be a bad idea so I want to import it back to the original. Problem is when I 
   try this plugin won’t import citing the previous import from last year. How do
   I force it to re-import this content.

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 *  Thread Starter [wpbroken2much](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpbroken2much/)
 * (@wpbroken2much)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-import-previously-imported-items/#post-16453442)
 * I tried again by changing the unique identifier in step for to 2023 – so that
   each one couldn’t possibly be viewed as a duplicate based on that. Didn’t work,
   WTF?
 * This is clearly a bug. For example, it says stuff like “2023 – some title imported
   last year – ID” already exists even though nothing with the 2023 – prefix ever
   existed before.
    -  This reply was modified 3 years, 4 months ago by [wpbroken2much](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpbroken2much/).
 *  Plugin Author [WP All Import](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpallimport/)
 * (@wpallimport)
 * [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-import-previously-imported-items/#post-16459827)
 * Hi [@wpbroken2much](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wpbroken2much/),
 * > This is clearly a bug. For example, it says stuff like “2023 – some title imported
   > last year – ID” already exists even though nothing with the 2023 – prefix ever
   > existed before.
 * This sounds really strange, and I’d really need to see your import configuration/
   data to understand what’s going on. Please replicate the problem on a sandbox
   site at [http://www.wpallimport.com/debug/](http://www.wpallimport.com/debug/),
   then send us the sandbox site URL and a brief description of what’s going on 
   via [http://www.wpallimport.com/support/](http://www.wpallimport.com/support/).

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 * Last activity: [3 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/cannot-import-previously-imported-items/#post-16459827)
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