Title: Attributes problem after exporting/importing
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Attributes problem after exporting/importing

 *  [Kevin86](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevin86/)
 * (@kevin86)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attributes-problem-after-exportingimporting/)
 * Hi there,
 * I was hoping somebody could help me out with this minor but very annoying problem.
 * I had my shop built on another domain, so i wanted to export all products (and
   everything else) to the other shop using the exporter/importer available inside
   WordPress. It asked me to install a plugin called WordPress Importer, so i did,
   and imported everything without a problem.
 * After importing everything and changing some minor things that got lost after
   the import i started to add some more products.
 * So the problem; When i add a new product, i can add attributes, save the attribute,
   and add them to the product with no problem whatsoever. They work as intended.
   But the problem lies in adding a new product.. on the old shop i added 1 attribute
   called Color with a few options inside, but this got lost in the export/import
   process.. normally this is no problem and i do not mind adding it again but now
   it will only save the attribute to that specific product.. when i add new products
   i will have to recreate the whole color attribute again and again with every 
   new product i add.
 * Is this fixable, or am i looking at a whole new reinstall with the importing 
   messing up the shop?
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 *  Thread Starter [Kevin86](https://wordpress.org/support/users/kevin86/)
 * (@kevin86)
 * [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attributes-problem-after-exportingimporting/#post-6150087)
 * Alright, a little update.
    It seems that when i add a attribute via the attributes
   page itself it stays and i can select it on a new product aswell. When i added
   the Color attribute the old one popped up again too but showing no name (blank
   tag but with the color options inside though)
 * Either way… it still does not work when adding a new attribute list inside a 
   new product, it will not appear in the attribute list of another product so i
   have to pre-add the attributes via the attribute page beforehand to be able to
   reuse it elsewhere.

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 * Last activity: [11 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/attributes-problem-after-exportingimporting/#post-6150087)
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