How can I migrate Posts to Custom Post Type but keep translations info

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Last updated by Bruno Kos 1 year, 1 month ago.

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February 23, 2024 at 12:18 pm #15337607
mikeG-21	Hi. We have about 4000-5000 posts in various languages that we want to migrate to Custom Post Type. The unique thing about those posts is that they are currently regular post type "Post" and are in the category "Example1" or the category "Example2. The problem is that if I switch the post type of those posts either via the Taxonomy switcher plugin, Post type switcher plugin, or a direct SQL command(which is the fastest), the post translations are not correctly migrated and I get a lot of Orphaned posts. All of the posts also get migrated to the primary EN language. I also tried following these instructions, but without luck: https://wpml.org/forums/topic/move-posts-and-their-translations-from-posts-category-to-a-custom-post-type/ Can you let me know the best way to migrate posts from category "Example1" and "Example2", to a Custom post type? While maintaining all translations/language data and other metadata. Thank you. Kind Regards
February 24, 2024 at 8:20 am #15340021
Bruno Kos Supporter Languages: English (English ) German (Deutsch ) French (Français ) Timezone: Europe/Zagreb (GMT+02:00)	Hi, Thank you for contacting WPML support! What about this approach? ### Step 1: Export Posts https://wpml.org/documentation/plugins-compatibility/export-multilingual-websites-using-wp-all-export-wpml/ ### Step 2: Configure WPML Check WPML settings to ensure your CPT is translatable (WPML → Settings → Post Types Translation). ### Step 3: Import to CPT Now, use WP All Import and WPML to import the previously exported posts into the new Custom Post Type. https://wpml.org/documentation/related-projects/wpml-all-import-plugin-website-import-with-wpml/importing-multiple-languages-with-wp-all-import-and-wpml/ Also, make sure that your taxonomies are created before: https://wpml.org/documentation/related-projects/wpml-all-import-plugin-website-import-with-wpml/importing-multiple-languages-with-wp-all-import-and-wpml/#step-2-create-your-taxonomies-in-wordpress Regards, Bruno Kos

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