Title: Export-> Edit(text) ->Import
Last modified: April 13, 2021

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# Export-> Edit(text) ->Import

 *  Resolved [WJJ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wjj/)
 * (@wjj)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-edittext-import/)
 * Please, imagine the theoretical situation that 700 out of 1000 pages and posts
   on the blog have the text “Ala has a cat” and you want to change it to “Alexandra
   has a lot of cats”.
    Find and editing 700 pages (among 1000) is quite an idiotic
   idea, so I look for possibilities to properly export and import pages (and/or
   posts) without asking about anything! I want export pages, edit texts in notepad(
   or other TEXT editor) and import and update existing pages (the same what I exported
   and to the same blog). Unfortunately WordPress Export/Import not import them 
   properly – it speaks “this page exists so I didn’t update it” What I can realise
   my process without problems? I want use only the native WP feature to export/
   import.
 * The page I need help with: _[[log in](https://login.wordpress.org/?redirect_to=https%3A%2F%2Fwordpress.org%2Fsupport%2Ftopic%2Fexport-edittext-import%2F%3Foutput_format%3Dmd&locale=en_US)
   to see the link]_

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 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-edittext-import/#post-14314295)
 * Instead of going through all that, try [https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-search-replace/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/better-search-replace/)
 *  Thread Starter [WJJ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wjj/)
 * (@wjj)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-edittext-import/#post-14314585)
 * “When moving your WordPress site to a new domain or server…”[Better Search Replace]–
   I’m sorry, but it’s not an answer on my question. I think there are some plugins
   trying to do this, but no ones do this properly. Changes are more complicated
   and doing this on “living pages” is to dangerous. This MUST be done in any text
   editor.
    I want to do ONLY “export” pages/posts and “import” them to THE SAME
   blog, updating existing pages/posts – all!
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [5 years, 2 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-edittext-import/#post-14314943)
 * There isn’t a way to do that as far as I’m aware, which is why I suggested using
   an established search-and-replace plugin instead.
 * Of course, if you do that, you should backup first: [https://wordpress.org/support/article/wordpress-backups/](https://wordpress.org/support/article/wordpress-backups/)
 *  Thread Starter [WJJ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wjj/)
 * (@wjj)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-edittext-import/#post-14317637)
 * 🙁
    It is possible to report this bug / limited functionality to the WordPress
   developers? How?
 *  Moderator [James Huff](https://wordpress.org/support/users/macmanx/)
 * (@macmanx)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-edittext-import/#post-14319212)
 * You can follow the same steps at [https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/testing/reporting-bugs/](https://make.wordpress.org/core/handbook/testing/reporting-bugs/)
   but choose “Enhancement” for the report type.
 *  Thread Starter [WJJ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wjj/)
 * (@wjj)
 * [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-edittext-import/#post-14319263)
 * Thanks

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## Tags

 * [edit](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/edit/)
 * [export](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/export/)
 * [Import](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/import/)
 * [text](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/text/)

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 * Last reply from: [WJJ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/wjj/)
 * Last activity: [5 years, 1 month ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/export-edittext-import/#post-14319263)
 * Status: resolved

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