MinnPost

Jonathan Stegall

When migrating from another system (i.e. Drupal), WordPress can require data that is currently serialized to be unserialized and stored in its own WordPress-specific tables/columns. This plugin can look for such data, and deserialize and store it, based on the plugin settings.
This plugin handles one (configurable) imported field at a time, so all imported, serialized data needs to be stored in that single field. Each key in that field can be mapped to any column, and stored in either <code>wp_postmeta</code> or <code>wp_posts</code>, as shown below:
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if ( $maps[$key][‘wp_table’] === ‘wp_postmeta’ && $value != ” && $value != NULL ) { 
 add_post_meta( $post_id, $maps[$key][‘wp_column’], $value, $maps[$key][‘unique’] ); 
} else if ( $maps[$key][‘wp_table’] === ‘wp_posts’ && $value != ” && $value != NULL ) { 
 $post = array( 
 ‘ID’ => $post_id, 
 $maps[$key][‘wp_column’] => $value 
 ); 
 wp_update_post( $post ); 
} 
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The <code>wp_schedule_event</code> method is used to deserialize the data and place it into its appropriate fields, and it can run at any configurable interval (you pick a number, and then a unit of time).

Deserialize Metadata

When migrating from another system (i.e. Drupal), WordPress can require data that is currently serialized…

anarchivist

Imports data XML file containing MARCXML records, or a Zip file containing XML files containing MARCXML records. The data from the records will be imported (currently using a fixed mapping) and inserted into WordPress posts. The plugin’s import process is tailored for MARCXML records containing information about archival material, such as those exported from the Archivists’ Toolkit.
This tool was created as part of the project, “Uncovering the Secrets of Brooklyn’s 19th Century Past: Creation to Consolidation,” funded by the Council on Library and Information Resources, with additional support from The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation.

BHS MARCXML Importer

Imports data from MARCXML records and generates WordPress posts.

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