Title: Import exported posts
Last modified: July 30, 2023

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# Import exported posts

 *  [aclys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aclys/)
 * (@aclys)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-exported-posts/)
 * There’s no obvious error message but I am wondering why you import exported posts
   and it’s live asap? Can I stop it and put it on halt to check if I want these
   posts online? I want to check if all older posts still fit? Especially when I
   import from my own personal website to one where different people write.
 * What I’d like to do is: Put the imported posts not live, but save as drafts.

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 *  [corrinarusso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corrinarusso/)
 * (@corrinarusso)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-exported-posts/#post-16935833)
 * If you import using this plugin, you can default the status to Draft:
 * [https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-all-import/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/wp-all-import/)
 *  Thread Starter [aclys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aclys/)
 * (@aclys)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-exported-posts/#post-16936067)
 * [@corrinarusso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corrinarusso/) I was hopeing
   to do this without a plugin. Thought it might be useful and thought it is already
   implemented in WP. Too bad.
 *  [corrinarusso](https://wordpress.org/support/users/corrinarusso/)
 * (@corrinarusso)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-exported-posts/#post-16936125)
 * Why would you want to do this without a plugin?
 * Would you prefer to use the CLI?
 * If you import all as Published, you can manually use the Bulk editor to set them
   all to Draft.
 *  Thread Starter [aclys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aclys/)
 * (@aclys)
 * [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-exported-posts/#post-16936285)
    1. Because I am not admin / owner of the website. Not sure, if it they stay draft
       if I uninstall the plugin even if not all posts are checked properly.
    2. No.
    3. No, I cannot. There are already hundreds of posts published of the existing 
       website, if I use bulk editor it will mark all my posts as draft. Including 
       those already published. I don’t want that.

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 * Last reply from: [aclys](https://wordpress.org/support/users/aclys/)
 * Last activity: [2 years, 10 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/import-exported-posts/#post-16936285)
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