[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #21710: More hooks for WordPress Importer

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#21710: More hooks for WordPress Importer
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 Reporter:  batmoo                 |       Owner:
     Type:  enhancement            |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                 |   Milestone:  WordPress.org
Component:  Import                 |     Version:  3.4.1
 Severity:  normal                 |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  has-patch 2nd-opinion  |
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Changes (by stephenh1988):

 * cc: contact@… (added)


Comment:

 Currently it's very difficult to import custom tables where one of the
 columns references a core WordPress table. Hooks like
 `wp_import_insert_post` would help a lot in keeping check of how posts
 have been imported (i.e. Old ID -> New ID).

 In fact, all that would be required is one action, preferably passing the
 `$wp_import` object (as this tracks ID changes), just before
 `wp_import_cleanup()` is called in the `import_end()` method.

 At the risk of adding more hooks - another one that I think is needed is
 an action inside WXR_Parser_SimpleXML::parse to allow the imported file to
 be parsed for custom data, rather than having to use `import_start`,
 access the global `$wp_import` and re-parse the file.

 Couldn't some of the above suggested filters be made redundant by passing
 `$wp_import` by reference to `import_start`?

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Ticket URL: <http://core.trac.wordpress.org/ticket/21710#comment:16>
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