[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #15272: wp importer trunk regression: no longer can create users
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#15272: wp importer trunk regression: no longer can create users
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Reporter: lloydbudd | Owner: duck_
Type: defect (bug) | Status: new
Priority: normal | Milestone: WordPress.org site
Component: Import | Version: 3.1
Severity: normal | Keywords: needs-patch
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Comment(by duck_):
The problem with importing authors from WXR 1.0 was that the file holds
the author names in their display form. This lead to problems when
sanitizing that display name to create the new imported author (#10319).
It can also cause unexpected changes to the new user's login name (e.g.
old site the login was "john" but now it's "John Doe", this cannot be
changed from WP admin).
I'll look into better ways of offering the new login (I know the old
importer had an input box, but not totally obvious this would be the login
since it's prefilled with the display name). I can see that it would be a
hassle to set up all the old authors in a new site for mapping for a large
number of authors (though this would probably be the most reliable way).
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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/15272#comment:2>
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