Title: futureprogress's Replies | WordPress.org --- # futureprogress [ ](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futureprogress/) * [Profile](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futureprogress/) * [Topics Started](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futureprogress/topics/) * [Replies Created](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futureprogress/replies/) * [Reviews Written](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futureprogress/reviews/) * [Topics Replied To](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futureprogress/replied-to/) * [Engagements](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futureprogress/engagements/) * [Favorites](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futureprogress/favorites/) Search replies: ## Forum Replies Created Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total) * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [the_guid(); pulling old wordpress address](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_guid-pulling-old-wordpress-address/) * Thread Starter [futureprogress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futureprogress/) * (@futureprogress) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_guid-pulling-old-wordpress-address/#post-546512) * Again, technically it does not matter — yet I would agree with this: * [http://diveintomark.org/archives/2004/05/28/howto-atom-id#nohttp](http://diveintomark.org/archives/2004/05/28/howto-atom-id#nohttp) * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [permalink GUID in database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-guid-in-database/) * [futureprogress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futureprogress/) * (@futureprogress) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-guid-in-database/#post-381950) * Simply put, the GUID can be thought of as an unique ID — WP uses URIs and if you happen to change your URI, the GUID will not update because simply put, it does not need to. * However ‘sloppy’ this may appear it will not matter because as an example where the GUID appears in your RSS2 feed you will note: `isPermaLink="false"` which as stated by the spec: * > isPermaLink is optional, its default value is true. If its value is false, > the guid may not be assumed to be a url, or a url to anything in particular.( > [http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss#ltguidgtSubelementOfLtitemgt](http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss#ltguidgtSubelementOfLtitemgt)) * So fear not, the GUIDs in your DB (though they may look sloppy because of a URI change) will not hurt you 🙂 * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [the_guid(); pulling old wordpress address](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_guid-pulling-old-wordpress-address/) * Thread Starter [futureprogress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futureprogress/) * (@futureprogress) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_guid-pulling-old-wordpress-address/#post-546502) * Well technically….since its a GUID and `isPermaLink="false"` it matters little… I just feel its sloppy….regardless of their utility, WP uses URIs as GUIDs which at this point are dead or invalid… * After reviewing some of the old posts, I take it your stance is that it doesn’t matter….but as I said…it is sloppy….but not worth the work to update at this point. * Anyway, I will set this as resolved. * Thanks again Handy 🙂 * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [permalink GUID in database](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-guid-in-database/) * [futureprogress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futureprogress/) * (@futureprogress) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/permalink-guid-in-database/#post-381949) * Me too…seems like this is an old issue — has this been resolved? * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [the_guid(); pulling old wordpress address](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_guid-pulling-old-wordpress-address/) * Thread Starter [futureprogress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futureprogress/) * (@futureprogress) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_guid-pulling-old-wordpress-address/#post-546491) * OK, so while looking at the logistics of modifying my `guid` field manually to change ’em to my production URI, I am really hoping there is a force update method or something similiar. * What does one do to update `guid` URIs when moving a blog? * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Curious Feed Problem](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/curious-feed-problem/) * Thread Starter [futureprogress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futureprogress/) * (@futureprogress) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/curious-feed-problem/#post-546476) * haha…ok thanks again Handy 🙂 * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Curious Feed Problem](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/curious-feed-problem/) * Thread Starter [futureprogress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futureprogress/) * (@futureprogress) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/curious-feed-problem/#post-546472) * Hmm…so to confirm the feed appears OK in your browser? * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Curious Feed Problem](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/curious-feed-problem/) * Thread Starter [futureprogress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futureprogress/) * (@futureprogress) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/curious-feed-problem/#post-546465) * Thanks for your time HandySolo…. * ok so thats the trick…when I view the feed in a browser: [http://futureprogress.net/feed/](http://futureprogress.net/feed/) * I get: * ``` XML Parsing Error: mismatched tag. Expected: . Location: http://futureprogress.net/feed/ Line Number 60, Column 5: ------------------^ ``` * However if I refresh the page a few times the line # and sometimes the tag that is mismatched changes, as another example: * ``` XML Parsing Error: mismatched tag. Expected: . Location: http://futureprogress.net/feed/ Line Number 289, Column 5: ------------------^ ``` * So it appears to error at random places, though the feed itself validates. * Do you see this as well? * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [the_guid(); pulling old wordpress address](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_guid-pulling-old-wordpress-address/) * Thread Starter [futureprogress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futureprogress/) * (@futureprogress) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/the_guid-pulling-old-wordpress-address/#post-546462) * Well I found the `guid` column in my `wp_posts` and it appears that I need to edit that. * However, I am still curious….is this the only way to update the `guid` field? * Thanks in advance for any insight… * Forum: [Fixing WordPress](https://wordpress.org/support/forum/how-to-and-troubleshooting/) In reply to: [Curious Feed Problem](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/curious-feed-problem/) * Thread Starter [futureprogress](https://wordpress.org/support/users/futureprogress/) * (@futureprogress) * [19 years ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/curious-feed-problem/#post-546453) * I have been searching around the forums and it almost all the feed related issues are related to niceadminname…which is obviously not the case here… * As such I am still quite perplexed. Can anyone help me out with this? * Regards… Viewing 10 replies - 1 through 10 (of 10 total)