Title: WordPress Import Image problems
Last modified: August 31, 2016

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# WordPress Import Image problems

 *  [markie1611](https://wordpress.org/support/users/markie1611/)
 * (@markie1611)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-import-image-problems/)
 * OK, So i’m trying to change my domain, and i’m having a nightmare. I don’t really
   understand the problem so i’m struggling to find a solution.
 * I started of trying to import everything in one go through WP Imports, this failed.
   So imported everything individually – Posts, Pages, feedback, media.
 * Everything worked except for images. This seems to be a common error and people
   suggest different ways to resolve, and so far nothing has worked. Currently i
   have olddomain.com hosting the images and newdomain.com hosting the files. This
   is fine and works no problem for me and i would be happy to keep it this way 
   as i’m keeping both sites. But…
 * I am doing a 301 redirect from olddomain to newdomain, and once i install the
   htaccess file to redirect, some, not all, some of the images stop working on 
   my newdomain. This is not acceptable as i have over 1000 posts and 33,000 images(
   inc. thumbs) so finding the ones which don’t work is not an easy task. There 
   is no obvious reason some work and others don’t, i would have guessed either 
   all work or none work, but it’s some, some are .jpg .jpeg .png .gif ect… but 
   again some work, others don’t for all file types.
 * I still can not import media, whether i try and import All files or Just media
   ones.
 * I have now logged into my olddomain FTP and copied all files located in wp-content/
   uploads with the intention of installing this into the same place on newdomain,
   but as the posts still seem to link to the olddomain, i’m not sure this will 
   have any benefit as the posts wont look for the image on newdomain.
 * I’m not sure what to do. Is there an easy way change the image links in all 1000
   posts so that they direct to newdomain.com/uploads/… instead of olddomain.com/
   uploads/… if so this will fix my issue (i think)
 * if i contacted my host and asked them to create an exact copy of olddomain onto
   newdomain, will there be any lingering issues internally where setup was done
   for olddomain? (I would be happy to try this but it would mean losing all work
   done so far on newdomain)
 * or should i change my 301 redirect from doing the whole site to doing page by
   page so it doesn’t break my image links?
 * If you have any suggestion or want to know more about my problem, please let 
   me know as im close to returning to olddomain for good.
 * Many thanks

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 *  [Nick Adams](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickadamstv/)
 * (@nickadamstv)
 * [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-import-image-problems/#post-6983250)
 * You may want to give [https://wordpress.org/plugins/velvet-blues-update-urls/](https://wordpress.org/plugins/velvet-blues-update-urls/)
   a try. That will go through all of your content and update anything with your
   old URL to your new URL, including the images.

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 * [importer](https://wordpress.org/support/topic-tag/importer/)

 * In: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/)
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 * Last reply from: [Nick Adams](https://wordpress.org/support/users/nickadamstv/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 4 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/wordpress-import-image-problems/#post-6983250)
 * Status: not resolved

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