Title: [Plugin: CSV Importer] Overwrite old posts with new version
Last modified: August 19, 2016

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# [Plugin: CSV Importer] Overwrite old posts with new version

 *  [ABCDiamond](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abcdiamond/)
 * (@abcdiamond)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-csv-importer-overwrite-old-posts-with-new-version/)
 * Can CSV Importer be set to overwrite old posts with the same name ?
 * What I want to do is export all my posts and pages, (using Export to Text) then
   do some adjustments, and then import them all back again, with CSV Importer, 
   but overwriting the originals.
 * I do not want to duplicate posts.

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 *  [dvkob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dvkob/)
 * (@dvkob)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-csv-importer-overwrite-old-posts-with-new-version/#post-1829315)
 * ABCDiamond: No, CSV Importer never touches existing posts.
 *  Thread Starter [ABCDiamond](https://wordpress.org/support/users/abcdiamond/)
 * (@abcdiamond)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-csv-importer-overwrite-old-posts-with-new-version/#post-1829320)
 * OK, thanks.
 * I will share my first reaction to this… and ask if it is sensible…
 * If I export all posts, then do my changes, then Delete all the original posts,
   followed by immediately re-importing the changed ones, would I be asking for 
   trouble ? I have over 2,000 posts, and I would NEED the posts to have the same
   original page URL’s.
 *  [dvkob](https://wordpress.org/support/users/dvkob/)
 * (@dvkob)
 * [15 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-csv-importer-overwrite-old-posts-with-new-version/#post-1829330)
 * ABCDiamond: Deleting and re-importing shouldn’t pose problems. You won’t get 
   the original URLs if the deleted posts are kept in the trash; if you delete the
   posts permanently, you should get the original URLs.
 * Try importing 3 posts, delete, re-import and see how that works first.
 *  [lizglewis](https://wordpress.org/support/users/ipatrona/)
 * (@ipatrona)
 * [15 years, 3 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/plugin-csv-importer-overwrite-old-posts-with-new-version/#post-1829385)
 * I have used this plugin to upload product. Now i need to add additional taxonomies
   and custom fields to those products… can this plugin be used in that way? or 
   will I end up with duplicate products?

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